# 52 Battersea Street, Sydenham

8 reports on record since July 2018 · 7 with photographs.

https://www.chch.live/sydenham/52-battersea-street

## What gets reported here
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 5
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/problems/water-leaks), 1
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/problems/bins-recycling), 1
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1

## Reported here
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6548677), 1 Jul 2025
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5951272), 28 Feb 2025
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3686924), 11 Sept 2023
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2541781), 11 Aug 2022
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/953519), 23 Jan 2020
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/532423), 30 Oct 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/476393), 3 Aug 2018
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/465089), 16 Jul 2018

## Photographed here (7 on record)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/6548677), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/06548677/public/1_hw9ph1m66qi3.jpg
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/5951272), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05951272/public/1_r4tl7uin7a8v.jpg
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/2541781), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/02541781/public/1_nWdBN1p.jpg
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/953519), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00953519/0_4zDcVl
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/532423), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00532423/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/476393), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00476393/0
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/465089), https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/snapsendsolve-reports/images/00465089/0

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

## Also reported on Battersea Street
- [45 Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/45-battersea-street), 16 reports
- [55 Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/55-battersea-street), 15 reports
- [36 Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/36-battersea-street), 7 reports
- [46 Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/46-battersea-street), 6 reports
- [35 Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/35-battersea-street), 6 reports
- [1 Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/1-battersea-street), 6 reports
- [51 Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/51-battersea-street), 5 reports
- [48 Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/48-battersea-street), 5 reports
- [Battersea Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/battersea-street)

## From the air, then
- [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5437&lon=172.636&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5437&lon=172.636&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5437&lon=172.636&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ
- [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5437&lon=172.636&decade=1975_1979), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ

*Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, 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
- [Churchills Tavern](https://www.chch.live/business/churchills-tavern-sydenham), 17 m away · Bars & pubs
- [Andrew & Juenith McIntosh Lawyers](https://www.chch.live/business/andrew-juenith-mcintosh-lawyers-sydenham), 21 m away · Lawyers
- [Flourish Op Shop](https://www.chch.live/business/flourish-op-shop-sydenham), 41 m away · Op shops
- [Doner - Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/business/doner-sydenham), 45 m away · Restaurants

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

## The bus nearby
- Colombo St near Lawson St, 83 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)
- Colombo St near Byron St, 102 m away · [route 1](https://www.chch.live/buses/1), [route 8](https://www.chch.live/buses/8), [route 44](https://www.chch.live/buses/44)

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

## The remembered names nearby
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28992-sydenham-school-memorial), 193 m away, “PRESENTED BY JUBILEE COMMITTEE 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS NOVEMBER 1948 PRESIDENT: T. C…” · 2008
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28993-sydenham-school-memorial), 194 m away, “PRESENTED BY JUBILEE COMMITTEE 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS NOVEMBER 1948 PRESIDENT: T. C…” · 2008
- [Presented by Jubilee Committee 75th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/28996-sydenham-school-memorial), 195 m away, “PRESENTED BY JUBILEE COMMITTEE 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS NOVEMBER 1948 PRESIDENT: T. C…” · 2008

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

## Enrolment zones this address sits inside

*Zones nest, a point is inside a primary, an intermediate and a secondary zone at once. The written scheme, not the polygon, decides.*
- [Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), Primary, years 1–6, in force from Apr 2024
- [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), Intermediate, years 7–8, in force from Jan 2024
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Oct 2025
- [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), Composite, years 1–13, in force from Jan 2026

## Bin day (Tuesdays)

Bins go out Tuesday, by 6am.
- Green bin, Weekly
- Yellow bin, Fortnightly · Week Two
- Red bin, Fortnightly · Week Two

This address is on the council’s Week Two calendar, which of the red and yellow bins goes out alternates, and that alternation is not published as data, so the council’s collection calendar is the check.

## What the land record says

### [What the ground is](https://www.chch.live/ground)
- **Up to 69% chance of moderate-to-severe land damage**, [Liquefaction](https://www.chch.live/liquefaction) · Across 30 modelled earthquake scenarios: 18% average likelihood of moderate-to-severe land damage, 69% in the worst modelled scenario.

### [Rules on this land](https://www.chch.live/rules)
- **Christchurch / Ōtautahi Clean Air Zone**, [Clean air zone](https://www.chch.live/rules) · Open fires and older woodburners are restricted here under the Canterbury Air Regional Plan. A burner installed before 2001 cannot be replaced like for like.
- **In the Christchurch Airshed**, [Gazetted airshed](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A gazetted airshed is the area the national air quality standard is measured over, the 24-hour PM10 average that this one is allowed to breach once a year. _Zone A_
- **In the South Colombo alcohol ban area**, [Alcohol ban area](https://www.chch.live/rules) · A public drinking ban: At all times, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

These are modelled boundaries, not findings on this house, for anything with money attached, the council’s LIM is the certified property file. [Request a LIM](https://ccc.govt.nz/consents-and-licences/property-information-and-lims/land-information-memorandum-lim) · [Natural Hazards Portal](https://www.naturalhazardsportal.govt.nz).

## The street’s crash record

NZTA’s record names Battersea Street in 10 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.

[The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=battersea-street&suburb=sydenham)

## Renting nearby

New bonds in Sydenham ran about **$518 a week**, $32 below the city median of $550, [the suburb page keeps the rent record →](https://www.chch.live/sydenham#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, Former Dwellings and Setting, Blackheath Place
*230 m away · 71 Durham Street South · located to ±30 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/58)*
- On the register. Nothing researched here yet.
- Heritage New Zealand list entry: https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/1829

## The green nearby
- [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground), 178 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces
- [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 266 m to the edge
- [Sydenham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park), 436 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha

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

## The tracks through here
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-513-sydenham), 51 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-441-sydenham), 419 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-442-sydenham), 419 m to the line · walk · bike
- [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 422 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 52 Battersea Street?**

8 council reports on record since July 2018, most often graffiti (5), water leak (1), rubbish/recycling (1).

**What school is 52 Battersea Street zoned for?**

[Addington Te Kura Taumatua](https://www.chch.live/school/3271-addington-te-kura-taumatua), [Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate](https://www.chch.live/school/3318-christchurch-south-karamata-intermediate), [Hillmorton High School (Year 7-8)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-7-8), [Hillmorton High School (Year 9-13)](https://www.chch.live/school/339-hillmorton-high-school-year-9-13) and [Hillview Christian School](https://www.chch.live/school/341-hillview-christian-school), and inside the region-wide zone of Hagley Community College, Marian College, Middleton Grange School (Year 11-13), Christchurch Adventist School. Indicative only, the school’s written enrolment scheme is the legal boundary, and it is redrawn, sometimes at short notice. [These zones on the map →](https://www.chch.live/schools?at=-43.543706573922336,172.63603458580747)

**Which suburb is 52 Battersea Street in?**

Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Battersea Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/battersea-street).

**What stood at 52 Battersea Street before?**

The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [Former Dwellings and Setting, Blackheath Place](https://www.chch.live/place/58).

**What is the nearest park to 52 Battersea Street?**

[Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground), 178 m to its edge.

Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=52-battersea-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=battersea-street
