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Beckenham Street

30 reports at 10 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2017, the latest 2026. 27 separate days somebody filed something about it.

30 reports10 addresses27 days reported onfrom the air, then5 documents carry the namethe 2003rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

33 Beckenham Street, 8 reports44 Beckenham Street, 6 reports17 Beckenham Street, 4 reports42 Beckenham Street, 3 reports14 Beckenham Street, 3 reports38 Beckenham Street, 2 reports32E Beckenham Street, 1 report25 Beckenham Street, 1 report24 Beckenham Street, 1 report23 Beckenham Street, 1 report

Each report dot is the average of the spots reports were filed from, where reporters stood on Beckenham Street, not the street’s surveyed line. The strong outline is Sydenham.

From the air, then

Beckenham Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Beckenham Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Beckenham Street from the air, 1975-1979
1975-1979 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →

The addresses on it

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 5 on the shelf; the 1 earliest:

The rest are a search away, the whole shelf, for the name →

The named ground

the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Housing Lancewood Courts set of steps · 73 m away Housing Lancewood Courts set of steps · 78 m away Housing Lancewood Courts set of steps · 89 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Beckenham Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The crashes it names, each one →

Its file in the papers

Papers Past records that surfaced when the archive searched for the street’s name, they answered the search; whether they are about this street is a reader’s call, at the link.

As it was reported

Damaged Street Sign, a report photoRoad Signage, a report photoRoad Blockage, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoDamaged Street Sign, a report photoRoads - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoPit and Equipment - General, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoWater Supply, a report photo more photographs
on the Sydenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Beckenham Street?

In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Beckenham Street?

30 reports at 10 addresses, most often water & drains (11), roads & footpaths (11), rubbish & dumping (3).

When was Beckenham Street first reported on?

2017, the record covers 27 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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