# Walk and bike track through Beckenham (520)

walk · bike · 2.2 km · Christchurch

https://www.chch.live/track/walk-520-beckenham

## The line it runs
It passes through [Beckenham](https://www.chch.live/beckenham), [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham) 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-510-christchurch), 1.3 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-517-christchurch), 769 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-518-christchurch), 162 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-519-christchurch), 295 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-526-christchurch), 642 m
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-530-christchurch), 1.5 km

## The reports along it
1,756 reports pinned within 150 m of the line, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9084576), [40 Centaurus Road, Cashmere, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/40-centaurus-road)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/9074465), [155 Eastern Terrace, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/155-eastern-terrace)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9044063), [25A Eastern Terrace, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/25a-eastern-terrace)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9022865), 18–22 Sloan Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand
- [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9018151), [237 Waimea Terrace, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/237-waimea-terrace)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9006233), [148 Fisher Avenue, Beckenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/148-fisher-avenue)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9000388), [147 Fisher Avenue, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/147-fisher-avenue)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8984937), [119 Eastern Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/119-eastern-terrace)
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8984931), Burnbrae St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge](https://www.chch.live/report/8984924), [269 Eastern Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/269-eastern-terrace)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8979705), [119 Eastern Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/beckenham/119-eastern-terrace)
- [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8977237), [285 Eastern Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/285-eastern-terrace)

## More tracks through Beckenham
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-463-somerfield), 2.2 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-507-cashmere), 1.8 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-530-beckenham), 1.5 km
- [Track through Christchurch](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-517-beckenham), 769 m

## The green it crosses
Parks and reserves whose drawn outline the line enters, measured as drawn, not surveyed.
- [Heathcote Riverbank True Left](https://www.chch.live/park/1326-heathcote-riverbank-true-left)

## 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 Heathcote Riverbank Tr South, 46 m long · 4 spans · built 2008 · rated accessible, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.568603211320315,172.63897545693013,18
- A footbridge at Heathcote Riverbank Tr South, 26 m long · 3 spans · built 2008 · rated accessible, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.56073336058414,172.64802119078936,18
- A footbridge at Heathcote Riverbank Tr South, 8 m long · 2 spans · built 2008 · rated accessible, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.56506298189454,172.64675521720923,18
- A ramp at Beckenham Park, 8 m long · built 2008, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.56247585439118,172.6474202746558,18
- A jetty, pin: https://www.chch.live/map#-43.566771289580615,172.6388505662237,18

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.5696902736486&lon=172.64461534384904

## Questions, answered briefly

**How long is this track?**

2.2 km of drawn line.

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

The layers open it to walking, biking.

**Where does this track run?**

Through Beckenham, Sydenham, 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-520 · layer refreshed 15 October 2026 · kept by Christchurch City Council in the layer