# 2 Scarborough Road, Sumner

18 reports on record since October 2024 · 16 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sumner/2-scarborough-road

## What gets reported here
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 7
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/problems/public-toilets), 2
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/problems/parks-maintenance), 2
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/problems/abandoned-vehicles), 2
- Water Fountain, 1
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1

## Reported here
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9084221), 13 Oct 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9048432), 7 Oct 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9039883), 6 Oct 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033253), 5 Oct 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8915922), 14 Sept 2026
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8901676), 11 Sept 2026
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8609424), 21 Jul 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7783816), 22 Feb 2026
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7637440), 29 Jan 2026
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7513671), 9 Jan 2026

## Photographed here (16 on record)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9084221), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09084221/public/1_dkey3k9y1ym2.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9048432), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09048432/public/1_61gswo81jdm8.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/9039883), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09039883/public/1_63yfwf325qve.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9033253), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/09033253/public/1_21fy7lwwlshf.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8915922), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08915922/public/1_1njh99wjxcpf.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8901676), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08901676/public/1_7jyhc837bchf.jpg
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/8609424), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/08609424/public/1_jkgizazecog5.jpg
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7637440), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07637440/public/1_5zdqxni5vw9n.jpg
- [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/7513671), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07513671/public/1_31kwnwngzhms.jpg
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/7473331), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07473331/public/1_yzf481y4fa5.jpg
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7390211), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07390211/public/1_jri101asnefe.jpg
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7069418), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07069418/public/1_b00u7x553s7h.jpg

[More photographs on the Sumner wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sumner)

## Also reported on Scarborough Road
- [23 Scarborough Road](https://www.chch.live/sumner/23-scarborough-road), 1 report
- [Scarborough Road, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/scarborough-road)

## From the air, then
- [1925-1929](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5737&lon=172.7697&decade=1925_1929), CC BY 3.0 NZ · RNZAF
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5737&lon=172.7697&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5737&lon=172.7697&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. RNZAF, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Clean CC BY decades only; NZAM-covered spots stay out. [RetroLens](https://retrolens.co.nz/) holds more Crown aerials.*

## On the doorstep
- [Ocean Cafe & Bar](https://www.chch.live/business/ocean-cafe-bar-sumner), 61 m away · Restaurants
- [Scarborough Fare Cafe](https://www.chch.live/business/scarborough-fare-cafe-sumner), 64 m away · Cafés
- [C Views Beachfront Bed and Breakfast](https://www.chch.live/business/c-views-beachfront-bed-and-breakfast-sumner), 112 m away · B&Bs
- [Choco-Blitz Scarborough](https://www.chch.live/business/choco-blitz-scarborough-sumner), 190 m away · Delis

*Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.*

## The bus nearby
- Nayland St near Head St, 237 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)
- Nayland St near Head St, 254 m away · [route 3](https://www.chch.live/buses/3)

*The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.*

## The remembered names nearby
- [Scarborough Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/114134-scarborough-park), 20 m away, “DEDICATED TO / CHARLES WILLIAM MORGAN / (dates illegible) / Remembered always / (lower lin…” · 2013
- [This Pohutukawa Was Planted by / Thos](https://www.chch.live/plaque/114133-scarborough-park), 22 m away, “THIS POHUTUKAWA WAS PLANTED BY / THOS. NEWBURGH / TO MARK THE CORONATION OF / KING GEORGE…” · 2013
- [Scarborough Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310914-scarborough-park), 29 m away

*The plaque pins come from the register, a recorded spot, not a surveyed one. The whole roll: [plaques](https://www.chch.live/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 →](https://www.chch.live/sumner#s-living).

## The civic layer

This ground votes in [Heathcote ward](https://www.chch.live/wards/heathcote), the [Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board](https://www.chch.live/boards/spreydon-cashmere-heathcote) 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](https://www.chch.live/wards).

## What was here, Sumner Clock Tower and Setting
*72 m away · 147R Esplanade · located to ±11 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/439)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.

## The green nearby
- [Scarborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1729-scarborough-park), you are in it · Botanic · playground, 48 pieces
- [Scarborough Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1002-scarborough-beach), 72 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- [Bernie Hansen Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1761-bernie-hansen-reserve), 217 m to the edge
- [Nicholson Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1530-nicholson-park), 260 m to the edge · 4 ha · playground, 4 pieces
- [Sea Spray Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1427-sea-spray-reserve), 316 m to the edge

*Within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.*

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sumner](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-191-sumner), 86 m to the line · walk · bike

*Lines passing within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.*

## Questions, answered briefly

**What has been reported at 2 Scarborough Road?**

18 council reports on record since October 2024, most often park - general request (7), public toilet (2), playground equipment (2).

**Which suburb is 2 Scarborough Road in?**

Sumner, Christchurch, on [Scarborough Road](https://www.chch.live/street/sumner/scarborough-road).

**What stood at 2 Scarborough Road before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Sumner Clock Tower and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/439).

**What is the nearest park to 2 Scarborough Road?**

[Scarborough Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1729-scarborough-park), the address is inside it.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sumner&address=2-scarborough-road · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sumner&street=scarborough-road
