25 Esplanade, Sumner
45 reports on record since December 2015 · 34 with photographs. The street’s heaviest record is 147 Esplanade, 163 reports on file. Indicative rating valuation and school zones, hazards, bin day and what stood here before.
What gets reported here
- Water Fountain, 7
- Rubbish/Recycling, 6
- Graffiti, 4
- Pavement - General, 3
- Wastewater/Stormwater, 2
- Rubbish and Bins - General, 2
Photographed here 34 on record
Reported here
Overgrown Vegetation, Garden is over grown and is a hazard to public crossing. Drivers can't see people waiting to cross
Water Fountain, This drinking fountain has been blocked for quite some time. I decided to take a photo two weeks ago. It’s still blocked. We walked past it
Water Fountain, This drinking fountain and general area along the very popular coastal pathway needs attention. The fountain is blocked so unusable and the
Public Toilet, At the Sumner beach Esplanade toilets opposite Marriner street end. Toilets x two have no liquid soap dispensers so hand wash not possible.
Pavement - General, a good old fashioned Pavement sweep up is needed in this high foot traffic area of Sumner pavement walkway
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Graffiti on Council rubbish bin.
Park - General Request, Irrigation not working at cave rock end of esplanade. Hot norwesters and the grass is nearly dead.
Water Fountain, This tap is broken and so the water is pouring out and won’t shut off. It’s leaking on the footpath down to the beach.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 
Flooding, Blocked drain Right near cave rock
Litter, Glass litter inside cave rock
Water Fountain, Drain on fountain is blocked.
General Request, Equipment cabinet. Loud buzzing noise. Electrical? In corner of garden, over low wall. Cabinet appears insecure. Could someone please take
Water Fountain, 
Water Fountain, main drain blocked by sand 4
Pavement - Damaged, Loose plank - HSW risk
- Pit and Equipment - General,
Loose plank on Sumner foreshore beside Beach cafe Health and safety hazard as someone could trip and fall
General Request, weed and tidy thanks
Water Fountain, - Graffiti,
- Rubbish and Bins - General,
- Dumped Rubbish,
- Park - General Request,
- Pavement - Damaged,
- Road Signage,
- Rubbish and Bins - General,
- Pavement - General,
- Pavement - General,
Vandalism - General, Stickers & rubbish on a water ?? drink fountain
Accessibility, Fallen tree branch requires removing
Rubbish/Recycling, Esplanade bins still not emptied after busy weekend at beach and another two hot days forecast
Graffiti, Graffiti on rubbish bin
Water Supply, beach shower not shutting off
Graffiti,
- Rubbish/Recycling,
The rubbish bins in Sumner are all overflowing. There is a need for more regular enptying of these bins. Sunner is a very popular fir lacsm
Parks,
Missing safety signs off beach access and cave rock.
Rubbish/Recycling,
Bins around the esplanade are all overflowing. Been like that for a while.
Rubbish/Recycling,
These bins are empty everyday. But every morning the full to overflowing, yet they are empty every morning. They are clearly inadequate for
Rubbish/Recycling,
Bin needs to be emptied
Roading/Streets,
Van parked in pedestrian area
Roading/Streets,
Cars parked illegally on Peacocks Gallop blocking cycleway. Ccc phone number not working
Rubbish/Recycling,
It is holiday time and Sunmer is popular! Also bad look for tourists
Wastewater/Stormwater,
Sumner Beach
Graffiti,
On esplanade wall
Wastewater/Stormwater,
Drains are totally covered with sand
Also reported on Esplanade
- 147 Esplanade, 163 reports
- 52 Esplanade, 112 reports
- 27 Esplanade, 75 reports
- 2 Esplanade, 42 reports
- 141 Esplanade, 34 reports
- 62 Esplanade, 31 reports
- 16 Esplanade, 31 reports
- 147A Esplanade, 28 reports
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 street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Esplanade in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The green nearby
- Sumner Beach, you are in it · Regional · 8 ha
- Scarborough Beach, 18 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- Cave Rock Reserve, 34 m to the edge · Regional
- Sumner Coronation Garden, 288 m to the edge
- Sumner Croquet Reserve, 458 m to the edge
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data.
The civic shelf nearby
- Matuku Takotako / Sumner Library, 270 m away · Library · Nayland Street, Sumner
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Beach Bar, 18 m away · Restaurants
- Kiosk 147, 35 m away · Fast food
- Brigittes Sumner, 40 m away · Restaurants
- The Social, 42 m away · Bars & pubs
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin: OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk, 143 m away · route 3
- Marriner St near Wakefield Ave, 199 m away · route 3
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Sumner, 49 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Sumner, 216 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, measured to the line itself, 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
- Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner, 20 m away ·
STAN RULE / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 (illegible) / SON OF SUMNER
· 2013 - This Monument Was / Refurbished, 23 m away ·
THIS MONUMENT WAS / REFURBISHED BY THE / CHRISTCHURCH CITY COUNCIL / TO COMMEMORATE / THE
· 2013 - W. Rollitt / Mayor, 23 m away ·
W. ROLLITT / MAYOR
· 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 was here, The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting
on this spot · located to ±116 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
What was here, Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting
110 m away · located to ±70 m · the place’s own record →
On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Heathcote ward, the Spreydon-Cashmere-Heathcote community board. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre.
What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address on RetroLens →
Questions, answered briefly
45 council reports on record since December 2015, most often water fountain (7), rubbish/recycling (6), graffiti (4).
Sumner, Christchurch, on Esplanade.
The heritage register names 2 places at or beside it, The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting, Tuawera/Cave Rock and Pilot/Signal Station, and Setting.
Sumner Beach, the address is inside it, 8 ha.