Waltham Road

1,145 reports at 150 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2015, the latest 2026. 640 separate days somebody filed something about it.

1,145 reports 150 addresses640 days reported onfrom the air, then 179 documents carry the name 12 businessesthe 28th street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

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

From the air, then

Waltham Road from the air, 1940-1944 — **1940-1944** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Waltham Road from the air, 1970-1974 — **1970-1974** · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

Waltham Road 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

255 Waltham Road, 100 reports
373 Waltham Road, 41 reports
60 Waltham Road, 39 reports
64 Waltham Road, 38 reports
67 Waltham Road, 36 reports
37 Waltham Road, 36 reports
197 Waltham Road, 36 reports
111 Waltham Road, 36 reports
239 Waltham Road, 33 reports
180 Waltham Road, 31 reports
102 Waltham Road, 26 reports
5235 Waltham Road, 24 reports
135 Waltham Road, 24 reports
61 Waltham Road, 23 reports
202 Waltham Road, 23 reports
63 Waltham Road, 21 reports
107 Waltham Road, 20 reports
70 Waltham Road, 16 reports
28 Waltham Road, 16 reports
108 Waltham Road, 15 reports
10/68 Waltham Road, 13 reports
58 Waltham Road, 12 reports
44 Waltham Road, 12 reports
106 Waltham Road, 12 reports
83 Waltham Road, 11 reports
47 Waltham Road, 11 reports
39 Waltham Road, 11 reports
206 Waltham Road, 11 reports
204 Waltham Road, 11 reports
80 Waltham Road, 10 reports
203 Waltham Road, 10 reports
153 Waltham Road, 10 reports
131 Waltham Road, 10 reports
30 Waltham Road, 9 reports
217 Waltham Road, 9 reports
196 Waltham Road, 9 reports
188 Waltham Road, 9 reports
173 Waltham Road, 9 reports
129 Waltham Road, 9 reports
51 Waltham Road, 8 reports
43 Waltham Road, 8 reports
151 Waltham Road, 8 reports
81 Waltham Road, 7 reports
27 Waltham Road, 7 reports
233 Waltham Road, 7 reports
203A Waltham Road, 7 reports
167 Waltham Road, 7 reports
135A Waltham Road, 7 reports
103 Waltham Road, 7 reports
54 Waltham Road, 6 reports
5 Waltham Road, 6 reports
46A Waltham Road, 6 reports
237 Waltham Road, 6 reports
219 Waltham Road, 6 reports
175 Waltham Road, 6 reports
155 Waltham Road, 6 reports
15 Waltham Road, 6 reports
208 Waltham Road, 5 reports
19 Waltham Road, 5 reports
189 Waltham Road, 5 reports

and the other 90 the record names

183 Waltham Road, 5 reports
125 Waltham Road, 5 reports
115 Waltham Road, 5 reports
101 Waltham Road, 5 reports
97 Waltham Road, 4 reports
90 Waltham Road, 4 reports
56 Waltham Road, 4 reports
46 Waltham Road, 4 reports
41 Waltham Road, 4 reports
31 Waltham Road, 4 reports
29 Waltham Road, 4 reports
145 Waltham Road, 4 reports
91 Waltham Road, 3 reports
240 Waltham Road, 3 reports
228 Waltham Road, 3 reports
215 Waltham Road, 3 reports
187 Waltham Road, 3 reports
175B Waltham Road, 3 reports
147–149 Waltham Road, 3 reports
139 Waltham Road, 3 reports
131E Waltham Road, 3 reports
123 Waltham Road, 3 reports
110 Waltham Road, 3 reports
11 Waltham Road, 3 reports
100 Waltham Road, 3 reports
9 Waltham Road, 2 reports
87 Waltham Road, 2 reports
67E Waltham Road, 2 reports
63-67 Waltham Road, 2 reports
62 Waltham Road, 2 reports
49 Waltham Road, 2 reports
253 Waltham Road, 2 reports
245–247 Waltham Road, 2 reports
240A Waltham Road, 2 reports
228a Waltham Road, 2 reports
208a Waltham Road, 2 reports
186 Waltham Road, 2 reports
171 Waltham Road, 2 reports
17 Waltham Road, 2 reports
161 Waltham Road, 2 reports
127 Waltham Road, 2 reports
116 Waltham Road, 2 reports
112 Waltham Road, 2 reports
104 Waltham Road, 2 reports
1/171 Waltham Road, 2 reports
1/104 Waltham Road, 2 reports
99 Waltham Road, 1 report
97-109 Waltham Road, 1 report
94 Waltham Road, 1 report
90A Waltham Road, 1 report
85 Waltham Road, 1 report
77-87 Waltham Road, 1 report
7 Waltham Road, 1 report
69 Waltham Road, 1 report
65 Waltham Road, 1 report
5/171 Waltham Road, 1 report
44-46 Waltham Road, 1 report
42-44 Waltham Road, 1 report
42 Waltham Road, 1 report
37-63 Waltham Road, 1 report
3509395/30 Waltham Road, 1 report
251-253 Waltham Road, 1 report
251 Waltham Road, 1 report
247-249 Waltham Road, 1 report
235 Waltham Road, 1 report
230 Waltham Road, 1 report
228A Waltham Road, 1 report
220 Waltham Road, 1 report
218 Waltham Road, 1 report
214 Waltham Road, 1 report
213 Waltham Road, 1 report
211 Waltham Road, 1 report
2/235 Waltham Road, 1 report
199 Waltham Road, 1 report
192–206 Waltham Road, 1 report
175A Waltham Road, 1 report
157 Waltham Road, 1 report
151–159 Waltham Road, 1 report
143 Waltham Road, 1 report
142-132 Waltham Road, 1 report
139A Waltham Road, 1 report
135–137 Waltham Road, 1 report
135E Waltham Road, 1 report
133 Waltham Road, 1 report
13 Waltham Road, 1 report
114 Waltham Road, 1 report
113 Waltham Road, 1 report
109 Waltham Road, 1 report
105 Waltham Road, 1 report
1/58 Waltham Road, 1 report

What got reported

Graffiti & vandalism, 514 reports
Rubbish & dumping, 354 reports
Roads & footpaths, 100 reports
Water & drains, 73 reports
Trees & parks, 46 reports
Everything else, 29 reports
Vehicles & parking, 27 reports
Noise, 1 report

Year by year

2015, 3 reports
2016, 15 reports
2017, 11 reports
2018, 26 reports
2019, 37 reports
2020, 20 reports
2021, 57 reports
2022, 163 reports
2023, 146 reports
2024, 284 reports
2025, 229 reports

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 179 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

Local and General. (Star, 22 November 1872) · Papers Past, 22 Nov 1872
…secures the complete drainago of tho land lying between windmill road on tho west and the waltham road on tho east a distance of nearly one milo in a southerly direction the influence of fcho drainage…
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 11 December 1873) · Papers Past, 11 Dec 1873
…en before the court in connection with another matter joseph duly daltry three cow on the waltham road and on a subsequent occasion one cow on the same road fined 5s in each case william barcoe one ho…
CHRISTCHURCH. (Star, 02 December 1875) · Papers Past, 2 Dec 1875
…as one cow no 3 street newtown m howard three oows spreydon distriot j h irwin two horses waltham road s fleming cne horse springs district j sinclair six head of cattle templeton district a oase agai…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 30 November 1881) · Papers Past, 30 Nov 1881
…on xr 9j jli andrews requests the eleotors of sydenham to meet him at the oddfellows hall waltham road on wednesday nov 30tb at 8 pm sohoolroom selwyn btreet addington on friday deo 2nd at 8 pm oddfel…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 1 (Star, 02 December 1881) · Papers Past, 2 Dec 1881
…ion mr charles glare requests the electors of sydenham to meet him at the oddfellows hall waltham road on fri day december 2nd at 8 pm sohoolroom selwyn street addington tuesday december 6th at 8 pm s…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 November 1882) · Papers Past, 11 Nov 1882
…iona st martina opawa l acre up to 6 acrea 244 lichfield street 3o perches with house 241 waltham road seotion with house cheap 277 opawa good building sites any aize near railway station or river 800…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 05 March 1883) · Papers Past, 5 Mar 1883
…hree sections easy terms weekly payments if required 204 aohbourne place two sections 284 waltham road quarter-uore cheap 283 st alban�� leasehold with dwelling house and shop low ground rent price 50…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 8 (Star, 16 March 1883) · Papers Past, 16 Mar 1883
…ee bections j easy terms weekly paymonto if required 204 ashbourne place two sections 284 waltham road quartor-acre oheap 283 sfc albans leasehold with dwelling house and shop low ground rent price 60…
Page 2 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 30 June 1883) · Papers Past, 30 Jun 1883
…with the wel finished house oontaining six rooms situated noxt waltham aim and faoing the waltham road the bouse is most oomplete in every respeot there is an excellent coachhouse btable horee boxes f…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 05 September 1885) · Papers Past, 5 Sept 1885
…ng c in several of the principal streets railway sidings south belt i-acro do 2 acres and waltham road 4-acre which are also suitable for builders or coal and timbor yards i-acre kilmore street for do…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 09 September 1885) · Papers Past, 9 Sept 1885
…g ira in several of the principal streets railwaybidings senth belt i-acre do 2 acres and waltham road v a cre which are also suitable for builders or coal and timber yards i-acre eilmore street for d…
Page 1 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 11 September 1885) · Papers Past, 11 Sept 1885
…g to in several of the principal streets railway sidings seuth belt j-aare do 2 acres aad waltham road ft-aare which are also suitable for builders or coal and timber yards i-asre kilmore street for d…

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

The businesses on it, 12

Premises whose address in the directory is Waltham Road, the commercial record alongside the civic one.

The named ground

Named water within 150 m of a reported pin, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.

Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River stream · 39 m away Waltham Park ramp · 9 m away Waltham Park ramp · 10 m away Waltham Pool shelter · 14 m away Waltham Park set of steps · 14 m away Waltham Park ramp · 15 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Waltham Road in 67 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 8 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

The corner the record returns to: State Highway 76 & Waltham Road, 46 crashes pinned to the pairing.

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.