# Walk and bike track through Halswell (279)

walk · bike · 460 m · Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/track/walk-279-halswell

## The line it runs
It passes through [Halswell](https://www.chch.live/halswell) Every suburb the line crosses, not just the one its middle sits in.

## The reports along it
376 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9092077), [21 James Hight Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/21-james-hight-drive)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9088939), [21 James Hight Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/21-james-hight-drive)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/9072025), [32 James Hight Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/32-james-hight-drive)
- [Damaged Street Sign](https://www.chch.live/report/9066340), [29 James Hight Dr, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/29-james-hight-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9062188), [1 Forgan Ln, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/1-forgan-lane)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9028207), [8 Edmund Storr Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/8-edmund-storr-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8932742), [6 Edmund Storr Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/6-edmund-storr-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8926258), [6 Edmund Storr Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/6-edmund-storr-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8911498), Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8893264), [4 Edmund Storr Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/4-edmund-storr-road)
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8888013), [29 Dunsford Close, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/29-dunsford-close)
- [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8871469), [32 James Hight Drive, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/halswell/32-james-hight-drive)

## More tracks through Halswell
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-256-halswell), 5.1 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-266-kennedys-bush), 2.9 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-208-halswell), 2.2 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-209-halswell), 402 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-239-halswell), 367 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-231-halswell), 308 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-232-halswell), 301 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-234-halswell), 270 m

## The green it crosses
Parks and reserves whose drawn outline the line enters, measured as drawn, not surveyed.
- [John Olliver Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1873-john-olliver-reserve)

## 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 John Olliver Reserve, built 2010, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.57722983901149,172.5765162110776,18
- A boardwalk at John Olliver Reserve, 29 m long · built 1998, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.57619101899732,172.57389500396266,18

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.576097827162066&lon=172.57315017563573

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is this track?**

460 m of drawn line.

**What can you do on this track?**

The layers open it to walking, biking.

**Where does this track run?**

Through Halswell, 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.

Data: https://api.chch.live/track?id=walk-279 · layer refreshed 29 September 2026 · kept by Christchurch City Council in the layer
