126 Esplanade
8 council reports since October 2022, 4 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 147 Esplanade, 163 reports on file.
On the register here
- Sumner Clock Tower and Setting, 147R Esplanade (161m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, 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 green nearby
- Scarborough Beach, 42 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- Scarborough Park, 145 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 48 pieces
- Bernie Hansen Reserve, 278 m to the edge
- Heritage Trail, 356 m to the edge
- Sea Spray Reserve, 416 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- C Views Beachfront Bed and Breakfast, 106 m away · B&Bs
- Ocean Cafe & Bar, 199 m away · Restaurants
- Scarborough Fare Cafe, 201 m away · Cafés
- Abbott House Sumner Bed & Breakfast, 211 m away · B&Bs
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Sumner, 46 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named places within 1.5 km of this address; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- Scarborough Park plaque, 158 m away
- This Stone Was Laid by / the Mayoress of Sumner, 162 m away ·
THIS STONE WAS LAID BY / THE MAYORESS OF SUMNER / MRS W. H. NICHOLSON / 17TH DEC 1934
- Scarborough Park plaque, 163 m away
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Sumner ran about $620 a week, $70 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
- Water Leak, 4
- Pavement - Damaged, 1
- Overgrown Vegetation, 1
- General Request, 1
- Animal - Deceased, 1
Photographed here 4 on record
What’s on record
General Request, 26 Sept 2024 We lost 4 items (watch, wallet, ring and bangle) down by Scarborough beach - somewhere between car on road and beach - possibly bin. Have re
Animal - Deceased, 20 Jun 2024 Dead seabird in plants on road side of Seawall, along the pathway. Opposite house at 126 Esplanade, second photo is view from the spot on th
Water Leak, 1 Jun 2024 Looks like a leaking Toby box. This has leaked before
Water Leak, 12 Feb 2024 I think this was fixed or in this area a few months ago. Thanks.
- Pavement - Damaged, 13 Nov 2023
- Water Leak, 23 Oct 2023
- Water Leak, 27 Sept 2023
- Overgrown Vegetation, 30 Oct 2022
Elsewhere on Esplanade
- 147 Esplanade, 163 reports
- 52 Esplanade, 112 reports
- 27 Esplanade, 75 reports
- 25 Esplanade, 45 reports
- 2 Esplanade, 42 reports
- 141 Esplanade, 34 reports
- 62 Esplanade, 31 reports
- 16 Esplanade, 31 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Esplanade in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Heathcote ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at /wards.
Esplanade, the whole record → · Everything about Sumner → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
8 council reports on record since October 2022, most often water leak (4), pavement - damaged (1), overgrown vegetation (1).
Sumner, Christchurch, on Esplanade.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Sumner Clock Tower and Setting.
Scarborough Beach, 42 m to its edge, 5 ha.



