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Lancaster Street

59 reports at 10 addresses in Waltham, the first in 2016, the latest 2026. 39 separate days somebody filed something about it.

59 reports10 addresses39 days reported onfrom the air, thenthe 1583rd street on the roll, by days it took to know

Where it runs

21 Lancaster Street, 26 reports7 Lancaster Street, 7 reports1 Lancaster Street, 6 reports2 Lancaster Street, 5 reports14 Lancaster Street, 4 reports11 Lancaster Street, 4 reports17 Lancaster Street, 3 reports18 Lancaster Street, 2 reports2B Lancaster Street, 1 report29 Lancaster Street, 1 report

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

From the air, then

Lancaster Street from the air, 1940-1944
1940-1944 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Lancaster Street from the air, 1960-1964
1960-1964 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Lancaster Street from the air, 1970-1974
1970-1974 · CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
Lancaster 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

The named ground

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

Lancaster Park set of steps · 58 m away Lancaster Park set of steps · 64 m away Lancaster Park ramp · 74 m away Lancaster Park set of steps · 74 m away

The crash record on it

NZTA’s record names Lancaster Street in 15 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 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

Water Leak, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoDumped Rubbish, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa, a report photoPavement - Damaged, a report photoGraffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photoGraffiti on a fence, building or structure, a report photo more photographs
on the Waltham wall →

The latest on it

Questions, answered briefly

Where is Lancaster Street?

In Waltham, Christchurch, New Zealand.

What gets reported on Lancaster Street?

59 reports at 10 addresses, most often graffiti & vandalism (25), vehicles & parking (15), water & drains (6).

When was Lancaster Street first reported on?

2016, the record covers 39 separate days somebody filed something about it, through 2026.

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