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Wilsons Road

55 reports at 9 addresses in Sydenham, the first in 2018, the latest 2026. 53 separate days somebody filed something about it.

55 reports9 addresses53 days reported onfrom the air, then33 documents carry the namethe 1251st street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

214 Wilsons Road, 42 reports212 Wilsons Road, 3 reports210 Wilsons Road, 3 reports198 Wilsons Road, 2 reports209 Wilsons Road, 1 report206 Wilsons Road, 1 report195 Wilsons Road, 1 report194 Wilsons Road, 1 report189 Wilsons Road, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Wilsons Road from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wilsons Road from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Wilsons 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

What got reported

Year by year

In the written record

Archive documents carrying the street’s name: leads and citations, not verified history. 33 on the shelf; the 12 earliest:

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

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 · 2 m away Heathcote Riverbank Tl South set of steps · 12 m away Waltham Pool viewing platform · 19 m away Waltham Pool set of steps · 20 m away Heathcote Riverbank Tl South jetty · 22 m away Waltham Pool set of steps · 26 m away

As it was reported

Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art, a report photoHazard, vehicle, a report photoWater Leak, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoPoles and Signage - General, a report photo more photographs
on the Sydenham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Wilsons Road?

In Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Wilsons Road?

55 reports at 9 addresses, most often rubbish & dumping (25), graffiti & vandalism (17), roads & footpaths (6).

When was Wilsons Road first reported on?

2018, the record covers 53 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

What is the busiest corner on Wilsons Road?

Ferry Road and Wilsons Road, 26 police-reported crashes at the pairing.

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