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Walk and bike track through Merivale (401)

walk · bike · 201 m · Christchurch

From the air

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

The line it runs

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

Runs from Elmwood Park to Elmwood Park, the named ground at each end of the drawn line.

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 Merivale

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 Elmwood Park, 10 m long · built 1899
  • A set of steps at Elmwood Park, 2 steps · built 1899
  • A set of steps at Elmwood Park, 2 steps · built 1899

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

257 reports pinned within 150 m of the drawn line, most often Trees & parks and Water & drains, 216 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?

201 m of drawn line.

What can you do on this track?

The layers open it to walking, biking.

Where does this track run?

Through Merivale, Strowan, 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.