25–27 Esplanade
5 council reports since February 2026, 5 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 147 Esplanade, 164 reports on file.
On the register here
- The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting (61m)
- Dwelling and Setting, 1 The Spur (136m)
- Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting (232m)
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
- Sumner Beach, 4 m to the edge · Regional · 8 ha
- Sumner Coronation Garden, 147 m to the edge
- Scarborough Beach, 166 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- Cave Rock Reserve, 178 m to the edge · Regional
- Shag Rock Reserve, 350 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Matuku Takotako / Sumner Library, 292 m away · Library
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Sumner Market, 28 m away · Markets
- Big Bear Breakfast Burritos, 30 m away · Fast food
- Le Petit Hotel, 76 m away · B&Bs
- Beach Bar, 136 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Marriner St near Main Rd, 53 m away · route 3
- Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk, 66 m away · route 3
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Sumner, 67 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Sumner, 198 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
- In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe / [], 58 m away ·
In Loving Memory / DAVID JOHN EDGECOMBE / [illegible] / In Loving Memory / Norm and Audrey
- In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe / [], 58 m away ·
In Loving Memory / DAVID JOHN EDGECOMBE / [illegible] / In Loving Memory / Norm and Audrey
- Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner, 170 m away ·
STAN RULE / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 (illegible) / SON OF SUMNER
· 2013
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
Photographed here 5 on record
What’s on record
Public Toilet, 22 Sept 2026 The toilets at the Sumner Surf Club are a disgrace for the area. They are dirty, lack loo paper, very very basic. They need a complete overh
Park - General Request, 31 Aug 2026 Freedom camping, Clifton beach near the sumner surf club.
Pavement - Damaged, 30 Aug 2026 Waiting for asphalt- been like this for 3 months
Water Leak, 10 May 2026 Water mains leaking
Water Leak, 28 Feb 2026 There’s a leak springing from the edge of the footpath opposite the gallipoli light. It’s bubbling away and footpath subsiding
Elsewhere on Esplanade
- 147 Esplanade, 164 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
5 council reports on record since February 2026, most often water leak (2), public toilet (1), pavement - damaged (1).
Sumner, Christchurch, on Esplanade.
The heritage register names 3 places at or beside it, The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting, Dwelling and Setting.
Sumner Beach, 4 m to its edge, 8 ha.