# Wooden Seat, a lookout of Christchurch A named lookout on the city’s high ground, standing over Hillmorton. Suburb: [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton) From the air, an aerial view of Wooden Seat: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-wooden-seat (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0). ## The ground under it - [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Heathcote River and Tributaries - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Metropolitan Facilities](https://www.chch.live/zones), OMF - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 26 May 2011 · 1.4 km from the pin · 243 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.555368&lon=172.57874&radius=250 ## Around it - [Nga Puna Wai](https://www.chch.live/park/989-nga-puna-wai), the sports ground park it’s inside - [Canterbury Agricultural Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1919-canterbury-agricultural-park), sports ground park · ~250 m - [Walk and bike track through Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-253-hillmorton), track · ~500 m - [Walk and bike track through Wigram](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-218-wigram), track · ~600 m - [Walk and bike track through Halswell](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-256-halswell), track · ~700 m - [Carrs Mound](https://www.chch.live/summit/carrs-mound), high place · 2.7 km - [Water Tower (Cashmere Hill lookout)](https://www.chch.live/summit/water-tower-cashmere-hill-lookout), high place · 5.2 km - [Sign of the Takahe Lookout](https://www.chch.live/summit/sign-of-the-takahe-lookout), high place · 5.3 km - [Planetable](https://www.chch.live/summit/planetable), high place · 6.9 km ## The reports nearby 176 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/8522983), [100 Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/100-warren-crescent) - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8478409), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8459557), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8459551), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8459548), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8382886), [100 Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/100-warren-crescent) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8315592), [88 Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/88-warren-crescent) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8123877), [100 Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/100-warren-crescent) - [Fallen Tree](https://www.chch.live/report/8056496), Warren Crescent, Hillmorton Christchurch 8825, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8031595), [100 Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/100-warren-crescent) - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7953653), [98E Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/98e-warren-crescent) - [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/7953602), [96E Warren Crescent, Hillmorton, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton/96e-warren-crescent) ## Questions, answered briefly **What is Wooden Seat?** A named lookout in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Hillmorton](https://www.chch.live/hillmorton). **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/wooden-seat Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site