# Aylmers Hill, a summit of Christchurch A named summit on the city’s high ground, 270 metres above the sea, standing over Akaroa. Height: 270 metres Suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa) From the air, an aerial view of Aylmers Hill: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-aylmers-hill (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa) - [Inside a kept landscape, Significant rural landscape](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule - [The plan zones this ground Rural Banks Peninsula](https://www.chch.live/zones), RuBP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 4.7 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.820945&lon=172.958981&radius=250 ## Around it - [Takapuneke Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1806-takapuneke-reserve), regional park · ~500 m - [Kaik Hill](https://www.chch.live/summit/kaik-hill), high place · ~700 m - [Big Pine Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/big-pine-lookout), high place · ~900 m - [Lovers lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/lovers-lookout), high place · ~950 m - [Brasenose](https://www.chch.live/summit/brasenose), high place · 2.3 km ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Aylmers Hill?** A named summit in the open map’s record of Christchurch, 270 metres above the sea, standing over [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa). **How high is Aylmers Hill?** 270 metres, as OpenStreetMap tags it, a mapper’s elevation, not a new survey. **Is the pin on the map exact?** It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, the top or the viewing spot as the volunteer map marks it. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record. --- The position, elevation and names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named peak or viewpoint inside the city boundary (ODbL). An elevation is the mapper’s tag, not a fresh survey; a listing is a lead, not a register entry. The page: https://www.chch.live/summit/aylmers-hill Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site