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Walk and bike track through Opawa (49)

walk · bike · 797 m · Christchurch

From the air

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

The line it runs

It passes through Hillsborough, Opawa, Saint Martins, every suburb the line crosses, not just the one its middle sits in.

Runs from a spot the record does not name to 9 Ford Road, 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 Opawa

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 Heathcote Riverbank Reserve, 2 steps · built 2008
  • A set of steps at Heathcote Riverbank Reserve, 3 steps · built 2008
  • A footbridge at Heathcote Riverbank Tr South, 34 m long · 3 spans · built 2008 · rated accessible
  • A ramp at Heathcote Riverbank Tr South, 9 m long · built 2008
  • A set of steps at Monro Playground, 2 m long · built 2009

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

1,167 reports pinned within 150 m of the drawn line, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 936 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?

797 m of drawn line.

What can you do on this track?

The layers open it to walking, biking.

Where does this track run?

Through Hillsborough, Opawa, Saint Martins, 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.