6 Head Street
8 council reports since December 2020, 5 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Head Street.
On the register here
- Sumner Clock Tower and Setting, 147R Esplanade (148m)
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, 81 m to the edge · Regional · 5 ha
- Scarborough Park, 132 m to the edge · Botanic · playground, 48 pieces
- Bernie Hansen Reserve, 199 m to the edge
- Heritage Trail, 279 m to the edge
- Sea Spray Reserve, 337 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, 79 m away · B&Bs
- Ocean Cafe & Bar, 185 m away · Restaurants
- Scarborough Fare Cafe, 188 m away · Cafés
- Choco-Blitz Scarborough, 190 m away · Delis
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, 111 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, 145 m away
- Donated by Bronwyn and Stan / in Loving Memory, 145 m away ·
Donated by Bronwyn and Stan / In Loving Memory / PETER MARSHALL JONES / Sunrises & Sunsets
- Scarborough Park plaque, 146 m away ·
(illegible – distant bench plaque)
· 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
- Parks, 2
- Hazard, vehicle, 2
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 1
- Pavement - Damaged, 1
- Overgrown Vegetation, 1
- Facility - General Request, 1
Photographed here 5 on record
What’s on record
Pavement - Damaged, 21 Sept 2026 footpath outside no. 6..loose and needs repair. looks like someone has tripped loosened pavement. well used path from Cavil retirement home
Hazard, vehicle, 15 Mar 2026 every weekend, and during the week we have people parked over our driveway blocking our exit. please forward this to roading dept. we strugg
- Facility - General Request, 8 Oct 2025
Hi...our clock tower on the esplanade has an issue that I am not sure you can help with? The clock (4 sides) was Not working until recently
Hazard, vehicle, 15 Mar 2024 Very concerned that this car is blocking my driveway and in an emergency I cannot get out!
- Overgrown Vegetation, 2 Jan 2023
- Street Gutters / Storm Water, 2 Jan 2023
Parks, 8 Feb 2021 parking over driveway. Ongoing issue as our driveway too narrow. cannot get out, or in!
Parks, 3 Dec 2020 after getting these bollards in place, this idiot parks...somehow inside them, on lawn that is desperate to grow! note all the parks opposit
Elsewhere on Head Street
- 13 Head Street, 7 reports
- 47 Head Street, 5 reports
- 21 Head Street, 4 reports
- 12 Head Street, 4 reports
- 46 Head Street, 3 reports
- 4 Head Street, 3 reports
- 41 Head Street, 2 reports
- 10 Head Street, 2 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Head Street in 2 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 1 person killed, 1 seriously hurt.
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.
Head Street, 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 December 2020, most often parks (2), hazard, vehicle (2), street gutters / storm water (1).
Sumner, Christchurch, on Head Street.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, Sumner Clock Tower and Setting.
Scarborough Beach, 81 m to its edge, 5 ha.