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Walk and bike track through Sumner (191)

walk · bike · 1.1 km · Christchurch

From the air

aerial view of Walk and bike track through Sumner and the ground around it
From the air, Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

The line it runs

It passes through Sumner, every suburb the line crosses, not just the one its middle sits in.

Runs out and back to Scarborough Beach, the named ground at each end of the drawn line.

More tracks through Sumner

The green it crosses

Parks and reserves whose drawn outline the line enters, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.

What carries it

Council-registered structures the drawn line enters or runs within a few metres of, the bridges, boardwalks and steps the route is made of. The register’s names are site labels, so each is "at" the ground it stands in.

  • A ramp at Marriner St And Flowers Track, 10 m long · built 2000
  • A ramp at Marriner St And Flowers Track, 16 m long · built 2000
  • A ramp at Marriner St And Flowers Track, 18 m long · built 2000
  • A ramp at Marriner St And Flowers Track, 15 m long · built 2000
  • A ramp at Marriner St And Flowers Track, 12 m long · built 2000
  • A set of steps at Scarborough Park, 6 steps · built 2013
  • A ramp at Marriner St And Flowers Track, 12 m long · built 2000
  • A set of steps at Scarborough Beach Developed, 12 steps · built 1998

The register along it

Heritage-register places within 150 m of the line, what stood on the ground it crosses, or still does.

The reports along it

1,691 reports pinned within 150 m of the drawn line, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 1,271 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the track itself.

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, the walking, bike, horse and off-road track layers · refreshed 29 September 2026. The layer names Christchurch City Council as the track’s keeper.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How long is this track?

1.1 km of drawn line.

What can you do on this track?

The layers open it to walking, biking.

Where does this track run?

Through Sumner, every suburb the line crosses.

Who looks after this track?

Christchurch City Council, as the layer names the keeper.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open track layers, the walking, bike, horse and off-road layers read together.