# Walk and bike track through Merivale (413)

walk · bike · 144 m · Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/track/walk-413-merivale

## The line it runs
It passes through [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale) 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.
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-christchurch), 3.1 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-401-christchurch), 201 m

## The reports along it
152 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/9000109), Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8948140), [74 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/74-heaton-street)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8928341), [83B Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/83b-heaton-street)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8885699), [83B Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/83b-heaton-street)
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8802212), [83 Heaton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/83-heaton-street)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8300727), [54 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/54-heaton-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8270736), [43 Leinster Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8014, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/43-leinster-road)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8032423), Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7806124), [54 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/54-heaton-street)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7744511), Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7741806), [57 Saint Andrews Square, Strowan, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/57-saint-andrews-square)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7732692), [49 Saint Andrews Square, Strowan, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/49-saint-andrews-square)

## More tracks through Merivale
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-341-fendalton), 3.1 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-387-merivale), 1.7 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-472-christchurch-central-city), 918 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-487-christchurch-central-city), 787 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-377-merivale), 376 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-401-merivale), 201 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-376-strowan), 187 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-405-merivale), 144 m

## The green it crosses
Parks and reserves whose drawn outline the line enters, measured as drawn, not surveyed.
- [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1128-elmwood-park), Sports ground

## The register along it
Heritage-register places within 150 m of the drawn line, proximity, not a claim of place.
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/99), 70 Heaton Street
- [Dwelling and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/100), 74 Heaton Street
- [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/place/98)

## 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 set of steps at Elmwood Park, 2 steps · built 1899, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.51098757987964,172.6119523508176,18
- A set of steps at Elmwood Park, 2 steps · built 1899, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.51078858991152,172.61179142907696,18
- A ramp at Elmwood Park, 10 m long · built 1899, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.510827338313064,172.61174474421543,18
- A set of steps at Elmwood Park, 5 steps · built 1899, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.51092721158078,172.6121149524243,18
- A set of steps at Elmwood Park, 2 steps · built 1899, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.51092161487567,172.61180288229593,18

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.511872263983115&lon=172.61286281591356

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is this track?**

144 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, 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-413 · layer refreshed 29 September 2026 · kept by Christchurch City Council in the layer
