# Strowan, Christchurch 2,240 council reports since June 2015, the 49th busiest suburb in the city. 1,714 photographs on record. 3,620 people at the 2023 Census, 2,670 to the square kilometre across 1.4 km². https://www.chch.live/strowan ## The encyclopaedia on it Strowan is an inner city suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately 5 km north-west of Christchurch’s central business district. It had a population of 3,705 at the 2013 census. It is located between the suburbs of Merivale, Papanui, Bryndwr, Fendalton, and St Albans. — Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strowan), a tertiary source Population: Stats NZ 2023 Census Statistical Area 2 counts summed over the suburb’s own areas, as Wikipedia maps them; the area is measured from the suburb boundary. ## On the heritage register (11) - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/99), 70 Heaton Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/100), 74 Heaton Street - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/130), 41 Leinster Road - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/131), 61 Leinster Road - [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/473), 98 Heaton Street - [Dwelling and Setting, Damsels](https://www.chch.live/place/181), 283 Papanui Road - [Dwelling and Setting, Woodford](https://www.chch.live/place/308), 399 Papanui Road - [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/place/98) - [Elmwood School War Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/129), 1/76 Leinster Road - [Former Dwelling and Setting, Strowan](https://www.chch.live/place/182), 347S Papanui Road - [Streets with trees and plaques](https://www.chch.live/place/547) ## The streets that keep coming up - [Blighs Road](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/blighs-road), reported on 235 separate days - [Papanui Road](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/papanui-road), reported on 168 separate days - [Westholme Street](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/westholme-street), reported on 118 separate days - [Normans Road](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/normans-road), reported on 95 separate days - [Wairakei Road](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/wairakei-road), reported on 78 separate days - [Saint Andrews Square](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/saint-andrews-square), reported on 76 separate days - [Glandovey Road](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/glandovey-road), reported on 75 separate days - [Hawthorne Street](https://www.chch.live/street/strowan/hawthorne-street), reported on 65 separate days ## The green here (1) - [Plynlimon Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1221-plynlimon-park), Sports ground · 1 ha A park lands in the suburb its centre falls inside, a centroid call, not a containment claim. ## The tracks through here (14) - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 3.1 km · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-320-bryndwr), 2.1 km · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-387-merivale), 1.7 km · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-340-bryndwr), 1.5 km · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-349-strowan), 1.2 km · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-373-strowan), 723 m · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-395-strowan), 654 m · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-372-papanui), 616 m · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-360-strowan), 361 m · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-375-strowan), 326 m · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-401-merivale), 201 m · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-376-strowan), 187 m · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-388-strowan), 181 m · walk · bike - [Unnamed track](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-367-strowan), 99 m · walk · bike A track belongs to every suburb its line passes through. ## The ground that moved The February 2011 survey drew mapped ground failure over 33.7% of this outline, about 46 hectares. A patch is a footprint, not a finding about an address; the count for the whole city is at [liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction). The 2011 grading filed 2.1% of this outline, mostly **TC3**. A category is a verdict for a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the grades are at [technical-categories](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories). The flood record drew water over 4.0% of this outline, about 5 hectares, across 1 named event. A patch is one event’s observation, not a live hazard finding; the record is at [floods](https://www.chch.live/floods). No high-hazard flood area covers this outline. The broader flood-management watch covers **32%** of it, Avon River, Dudley Creek. Shares read from a sampled join; a model’s map, not a promise. The waiting water: [flood-hazard](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard). The plan’s noise overlays cover **100%** of this outline, about 136 hectares across **1** mapped overlay, and inside the airport’s bird-strike buffer. Shares read from a sampled join; a planning line, not a meter’s reading. The quiet lines: [noise](https://www.chch.live/noise). The plan’s water-margin layers cross this outline, **52** classified reaches, the plan calling **Cross Stream** and **Taylor Stream** by name, **5%** of it inside the setback strips, the widest holding **10 m** off the bank. The margin is the plan’s drawing, not a survey of the bank. The drawn water: [water-margin](https://www.chch.live/water-margin). The plan’s allowed shape holds this outline, **14%** of it inside the residential overlays, the densest standing **Medium Density**. The shape is the plan’s permission, not a survey of what stands. The allowed shape: [density](https://www.chch.live/density). The rebuild’s cameras filed **530** photographs on this ground, 2011–2016, wastewater work mostly. Each frame is a receipt the dig left behind, a work log, not a survey of what stands now. The whole record: [rebuild](https://www.chch.live/rebuild). The pedal network threads this ground, **0.0 km** of cycleway crosses the outline, [Northern Line](https://www.chch.live/cycleway/northern-line). A segment counts under every suburb its path enters; the whole network: [cycleways](https://www.chch.live/cycleways). The rulebook binds this ground, **8** drawn instruments, 2 alcohol bans, 6 bottle-store buffers; the outline sits inside the takiwā of Te Ngai Tuahuriri Runanga. The bylaw is the instrument, this the map of it, the rulebook: [rules](https://www.chch.live/rules). **3** parcels inside this outline sit on the hazardous-activities register, mostly vehicle refuelling, service and repair, cemeteries and waste recycling, treatment and disposal, 2 still doing the work. A listing records the work, not a soil test; the register is at [hazards](https://www.chch.live/hazards). The files record **50** parcels of made or characterised ground inside this outline, mostly engineered fill, silt, mixed fill with rubbish, 4 carry fill the file can’t vouch for. A record is the file’s word on what was laid, not a fresh survey; the layer is at [fill](https://www.chch.live/fill). The 2019 liquefaction study put **78%** of this outline in the **medium** class, and 4 assessed areas here carry the free-face flag for possible lateral spreading. A class is the model’s verdict on a patch of ground, not a finding about an address; the study is at [vulnerability](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability). The register counts **763** living trees inside this outline, **7** veterans among them, 70 carrying a protection, mostly Kobushi Magnolia, Manna Ash, Scarlet Oak. The file remembers **300** trees felled here. A tree record is the register’s word on what stands or stood; the canopy is at [trees](https://www.chch.live/trees). The plan files **54%** of this outline under **Residential Suburban**, **68%** residential, the rest mostly Transport 19%, Specific Purpose (School) 11%. A zone is a permission, not a description, the mix is a sampled read of the plan’s polygons; the district’s zoning is at [zones](https://www.chch.live/zones). The plan reserves about **4 hectares** of this outline, **3%**, under 2 designations, mostly learning. A designation is a claim on the ground, not a build date, the mix is a sampled read; the register is at [designations](https://www.chch.live/designations). The plan’s exceptions touch **5%** of this outline, 2 qualifying matters, mostly heritage. A matter narrows how the density rule applies, it does not forbid; the mix is a sampled read, and the cultural-significance areas are the plan’s own unnamed ones. The register is at [matters](https://www.chch.live/matters). The plan’s heritage schedule protects **2** places by name in this suburb, **1** graded highly significant, **Former Dwelling and Setting, Strowan**, **Dwelling and Setting, Woodford**. A setting is the ground the item stands in, each files under the suburb holding its centroid. The schedule is at [heritage](https://www.chch.live/heritage). ## The names on this ground (5) - [Plynlimon Park](https://www.chch.live/landfills), old dump · 1928–1954 - [Dudley Creek](https://www.chch.live/river/dudley-creek), waterway · 9.4 km - [Strowan Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/strowan-stream), waterway · 0.5 km - [Taylor’s Drain](https://www.chch.live/river/taylors-drain), waterway · 1.5 km - [Wairarapa Stream](https://www.chch.live/river/wairarapa-stream), waterway · 5.5 km The named waterways, bays, headlands, monuments, summits and old sites OpenStreetMap puts inside this outline, a pin is the mapper’s own; a waterway belongs to every suburb it crosses. Every roll, counted: [geography](https://www.chch.live/geography). ## Documents that name it *These are leads, not verified claims, search ties, not read sources.* - [Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 28 April 1858)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18580428.2.6.1), Papers Past · 1858-04-28T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 (Lyttelton Times, 21 May 1859)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18590521.2.2.4), Papers Past · 1859-05-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 21 April 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600421.2.20.1), Papers Past · 1860-04-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 2 Advertisements Column 1 (Lyttelton Times, 25 April 1860)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600425.2.3.1), Papers Past · 1860-04-25T00:00:00.000Z - [BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 01 May 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610501.2.11), Papers Past · 1861-05-01T00:00:00.000Z - [BIRTHS. (Lyttelton Times, 06 July 1861)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18610706.2.21), Papers Past · 1861-07-06T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 08 December 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18801208.2.25.3), Papers Past · 1880-12-08T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 09 December 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18801209.2.29.2), Papers Past · 1880-12-09T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 (Star, 21 December 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18801221.2.28.2), Papers Past · 1880-12-21T00:00:00.000Z - [Page 4 Advertisements Column 3 (Star, 22 December 1880)](https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18801222.2.29.3), Papers Past · 1880-12-22T00:00:00.000Z ## The crash record (146 injury crashes) 146 crashes that hurt somebody on record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 people killed, 32 seriously hurt. The corner that keeps appearing: [Strowan Rd at Normans Rd](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=strowan-rd&suburb=strowan), 11 injury crashes. - [Every crash it holds](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=strowan) - [The city’s whole record](https://www.chch.live/crashes) ## The buses through it (13 stops) 13 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, in ECan’s stop record, served by [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 17](https://www.chch.live/buses/17), [route 100](https://www.chch.live/buses/100). - Glandovey Rd - Glandovey Rd - Papanui Rd near Blighs Rd - Papanui Rd near Hawthorne St - Papanui Rd near Mays Rd - Papanui Rd near Normans Rd - Papanui Rd near Paparoa St - Papanui Rd near Tomes Rd - Papanui Rd near Tomes Rd - Papanui Rd near Weston Rd - Strowan Rd near Lloyd St - Strowan Rd near Normans Rd - Wairakei Rd near Idris Rd - [Every route in the record](https://www.chch.live/buses) ## Businesses here (38 in the directory) From OpenStreetMap, the council’s licensed-premises register and its 2024 Find Christchurch directory, each kind opens at this suburb’s shelf. - [Bottle stores](https://www.chch.live/businesses/liquor#in-strowan), 6 - [Fast food](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fast-food#in-strowan), 4 - [Restaurants](https://www.chch.live/businesses/restaurant#in-strowan), 4 - [Cafés](https://www.chch.live/businesses/cafe#in-strowan), 3 - [Dentists](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dentist#in-strowan), 3 - [Doctors & clinics](https://www.chch.live/businesses/doctor#in-strowan), 3 - [Gift shops](https://www.chch.live/businesses/gift#in-strowan), 2 - [Petrol stations](https://www.chch.live/businesses/fuel#in-strowan), 2 - [B&Bs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bnb#in-strowan), 1 - [Bars & pubs](https://www.chch.live/businesses/bar#in-strowan), 1 - [Business](https://www.chch.live/businesses/business#in-strowan), 1 - [Car repair](https://www.chch.live/businesses/car-repair#in-strowan), 1 - [Chemist](https://www.chch.live/businesses/chemist#in-strowan), 1 - [Clothing](https://www.chch.live/businesses/clothes#in-strowan), 1 - [Dairies & convenience](https://www.chch.live/businesses/dairy#in-strowan), 1 - [Delis](https://www.chch.live/businesses/deli#in-strowan), 1 - [Hairdressers](https://www.chch.live/businesses/hairdresser#in-strowan), 1 - [Pharmacies](https://www.chch.live/businesses/pharmacy#in-strowan), 1 - [Tailors](https://www.chch.live/businesses/tailor#in-strowan), 1 The ones the record says most about: - [The Elmwood Trading Company](https://www.chch.live/business/the-elmwood-trading-company-strowan), Bars & pubs - [MAMA SAN](https://www.chch.live/business/mama-san-strowan), Restaurants - [NOM NOM Kitchen](https://www.chch.live/business/nom-nom-kitchen-strowan), Restaurants - [Z](https://www.chch.live/business/z-strowan), Petrol stations - [Café Berlin](https://www.chch.live/business/cafe-berlin-strowan), Cafés - [Elmwood Fish, Chips & Burgers](https://www.chch.live/business/elmwood-fish-chips-burgers-strowan), Fast food - [Papanui Pharmacy](https://www.chch.live/business/papanui-pharmacy-strowan), Chemist - [The whole directory](https://www.chch.live/businesses) ## Next door - [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale) - [Papanui](https://www.chch.live/papanui) - [Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/bryndwr) - [Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/fendalton) - [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/saint-albans) - [Northcote](https://www.chch.live/northcote) Compare Strowan with [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=merivale&b=strowan) · [Papanui](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=papanui&b=strowan) · [Bryndwr](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=bryndwr&b=strowan) · [Fendalton](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=fendalton&b=strowan) · [Saint Albans](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=saint-albans&b=strowan) · [Northcote](https://www.chch.live/compare?a=northcote&b=strowan), same record, side by side. ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Strowan?** Strowan is an inner city suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, located approximately 5 km north-west of Christchurch’s central business district. The public record holds 2,240 council reports for it, the first filed in June 2015. **How many people live in Strowan?** 3,620 people at the 2023 Census, 2,670 per square kilometre across 1.4 km². **What gets reported in Strowan?** 2,240 reports on record, most often graffiti & vandalism (638), water & drains (559), roads & footpaths (527). 134 of them in the last twelve months. **How many crashes has Strowan had?** 146 injury crashes on the police record inside the suburb’s outline, 1 people killed, 32 seriously hurt. [The suburb’s crashes, mapped →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?suburb=strowan) **What stood in Strowan before?** The heritage register holds 11 places here, [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/99), [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/100) among them. The written record goes back further: [the shelf, for the name →](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=%22Strowan%22) **Does Strowan have buses?** 13 Metro stops inside the suburb’s outline, served by 1, 95, 17, 100. Data: https://api.chch.live/suburb?name=Strowan · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Strowan