# 53 Byron Street, Sydenham 5 reports on record since February 2023 · 4 with photographs. https://www.chch.live/sydenham/53-byron-street ## What gets reported here - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/problems/footpaths), 1 - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/problems/graffiti), 1 ## Reported here - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7464087), 31 Dec 2025 - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5799352), 2 Feb 2025 - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5799342), 2 Feb 2025 - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4209382), 29 Jan 2024 - [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/3065820), 11 Feb 2023 ## Photographed here (4 on record) - [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7464087), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/07464087/public/1_0vmttj1xbqnj.jpg - [Graffiti on a cabinet, pole or railway asset](https://www.chch.live/report/5799352), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05799352/public/1_0drv9sapd8s8d.jpg - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/5799342), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/05799342/public/1_p1gux63ovpk.jpg - [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/4209382), https://snapsendsolve-reports.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/images/04209382/public/1_ljpy6racvtf.jpg [More photographs on the Sydenham wall](https://www.chch.live/wall?suburb=sydenham) ## Also reported on Byron Street - [15 Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15-byron-street), 22 reports - [57 Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/57-byron-street), 15 reports - [15A Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15a-byron-street), 15 reports - [95 Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/95-byron-street), 14 reports - [19 Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/19-byron-street), 11 reports - [96 Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/96-byron-street), 9 reports - [15C Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/15c-byron-street), 9 reports - [54 Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/54-byron-street), 8 reports - [Byron Street, the whole record](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/byron-street) ## From the air, then - [1940-1944](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5425&lon=172.642&decade=1940_1944), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1960-1964](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5425&lon=172.642&decade=1960_1964), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1970-1974](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5425&lon=172.642&decade=1970_1974), CC BY 3.0 NZ · LINZ - [1975-1979](https://api.chch.live/historic-aerial?lat=-43.5425&lon=172.642&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 - [Jaycar](https://www.chch.live/business/jaycar-sydenham), 61 m away · Electronics - [Food on Gasson](https://www.chch.live/business/food-on-gasson-sydenham), 69 m away · Fast food - [The Salvation Army](https://www.chch.live/business/the-salvation-army-sydenham), 86 m away · Op shops - [Control Insulation Limited](https://www.chch.live/business/control-insulation-limited-sydenham), 92 m away · Insulation *Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.* ## The bus nearby - Moorhouse near Manchester St, 289 m away · [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140) - Moorhouse Ave near Manchester St, 304 m away · [route 27](https://www.chch.live/buses/27), [route 84](https://www.chch.live/buses/84), [route 85](https://www.chch.live/buses/85), [route 95](https://www.chch.live/buses/95), [route 140](https://www.chch.live/buses/140) *The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.* ## The remembered names nearby - [Rail Workers Memorial This Site Is Dedicated to Rail](https://www.chch.live/plaque/7164-rail-workers-memorial), 174 m away, “RAIL WORKERS MEMORIAL THIS SITE IS DEDICATED TO RAIL WORKERS WHO WERE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY…” · 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.* - [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), Primary, years 1–8, in force from Mar 2017 - [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15), Secondary, years 9–13, in force from Jan 2021 - [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 Byron Street in 46 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 people killed, 14 seriously hurt. [The crashes it names, each one →](https://www.chch.live/crashes?road=byron-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, MED Substation and Setting *66 m away · 99A Gasson Street · located to ±5 m · [the place’s own record](https://www.chch.live/place/77)* - On the register. Nothing researched here yet. ## The green nearby - [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 170 m to the edge - [Gasson Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1083-gasson-reserve), 216 m to the edge - [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), 313 m to the edge · Sports ground - [Carlyle Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1273-carlyle-reserve), 401 m to the edge - [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground), 406 m to the edge · playground, 5 pieces *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-442-sydenham), 284 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-514-waltham), 284 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-522-christchurch-central-city), 341 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-543-sydenham), 363 m to the line · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-549-waltham), 387 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 53 Byron Street?** 5 council reports on record since February 2023, most often pavement - general (1), graffiti on a sign, mural or public art (1), graffiti on a fence, building or structure (1). **What school is 53 Byron Street zoned for?** [Waltham School](https://www.chch.live/school/3581-waltham-school), [Te Aratai College (Year 9-15)](https://www.chch.live/school/337-te-aratai-college-year-9-15) 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=-43.54248143323606,172.64202156886347) **Which suburb is 53 Byron Street in?** Sydenham, Christchurch, on [Byron Street](https://www.chch.live/street/sydenham/byron-street). **What stood at 53 Byron Street before?** The heritage register names a place at or beside it, [MED Substation and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/77). **What is the nearest park to 53 Byron Street?** [Science Alive Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1753-science-alive-reserve), 170 m to its edge. Data: https://api.chch.live/address?suburb=sydenham&address=53-byron-street · Reports: https://api.chch.live/reports.rss?suburb=Sydenham&street=byron-street