1 Main South Road
4 council reports since May 2017, 2 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Main South Road.
On the register here
- J.R. McKenzie Memorial Children's Library and Setting, 393 Riccarton Road (75m)
- St Peter's Church & Setting, 24 Main South Road (184m)
- St Peter's Church Graveyard and Setting, 24 Main South Road (193m)
- Commercial Building and Setting, 355B Riccarton Road (216m)
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Hansons Reserve, 123 m to the edge · playground, 42 pieces
- Auburn Reserve, 318 m to the edge · 1 ha · playground, 23 pieces
- Hillary Reserve, 433 m to the edge · playground, 13 pieces
- Vicki Reserve, 475 m to the edge · playground, 4 pieces
- Glebe Reserve, 488 m to the edge · Botanic
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Sir John McKenzie Children's Library, 76 m away · Toy shops
- Woolworths, 92 m away · Supermarkets
- Church Corner Woolworths, 96 m away · Supermarkets
- My Hanh Vietnamese Restaurant, 103 m away · Restaurants
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Church Corner, 116 m away · route 5, route 86, route 100, route 130, route 140
- Church Corner, 126 m away · route 5, route 86, route 100, route 130, route 140
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 86 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 152 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 217 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 362 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 372 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The remembered names nearby
- Subscribers / Please Include Your Name When Returning Books, 179 m away ·
SUBSCRIBERS / PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME WHEN RETURNING BOOKS
· 2025 - This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees, 189 m away ·
THIS STONE WAS LAID BY LADY BOWEN 15TH MARCH 1919 TRUSTEES J.E. HANSON, GEO. FORSYTH, T.O.
· 2025
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 2 on record
What’s on record
- Dumped Rubbish, 13 Oct 2023
- Abandoned Vehicle, 6 Apr 2023
Water Supply, 15 Dec 2020 unable to use a standpipe due to pit misaligned
Graffiti, 7 May 2017
Elsewhere on Main South Road
- 1C Main South Road, 4 reports
- 7 Main South Road, 2 reports
- 3 Main South Road, 2 reports
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Main South Road in 15 crashes that hurt somebody since 2006, 3 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
The civic layer
This ground votes in Riccarton ward, the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at /wards.
Main South Road, the whole record → · Everything about Upper Riccarton → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
4 council reports on record since May 2017, most often water supply (1), graffiti (1), dumped rubbish (1).
Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, on Main South Road.
The heritage register names 4 places at or beside it, J.R. McKenzie Memorial Children's Library and Setting, St Peter's Church & Setting.
Hansons Reserve, 123 m to its edge.