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Walk and bike track through Kennedys Bush (266)

walk · bike · 2.9 km · Christchurch

From the air

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

The line it runs

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

The lines it meets

Other open lines whose drawn course comes within 40 m of this one, the layer splits one trail into many features, so a line it touches is often the same walk’s next leg.

More tracks through Kennedys Bush

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 footbridge at Halswell Quarry Park, 4.3 m long · built 2005 · rated accessible

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

748 reports pinned within 150 m of the drawn line, most often Roads & footpaths and Water & drains, 557 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the track itself.

  • Street Gutters / Storm Water, 255 Kennedys Bush Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 11 October 2026
  • Water General, 45 Glovers Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 8 October 2026
  • Litter, 436 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
  • Water Leak, 14 Hyndhope Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 September 2026
  • Roads - General, 179 Kennedys Bush Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 September 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish, 19 Craythorne Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 September 2026
  • Traffic Signals, 450 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 4 September 2026
  • Water Leak, 122 Kennedys Bush Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 4 September 2026
  • Litter, Comer St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 2 September 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish, Halswell Rd near Village Lane, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
  • Pavement - Damaged, 246 Kennedys Bush Road, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 28 August 2026
  • Water Leak, 8 The Rocks, Kennedys Bush, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 22 August 2026

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?

2.9 km of drawn line.

What can you do on this track?

The layers open it to walking, biking.

Where does this track run?

Through Halswell, Kennedys Bush, 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.