# Heritage walks, Christchurch The district plan’s heritage register, on foot, hand-picked walks through listed places, each stop linked to its own record. The order is a suggestion; the listings are the council’s. - [The square and its ring](https://www.chch.live/walks/cathedral-square), Central city · 8 stops · 1.1 km as the line runs - [The boulevard](https://www.chch.live/walks/worcester-boulevard), Central city · 8 stops · 2.2 km as the line runs - [The river bend](https://www.chch.live/walks/the-river-bend), Central city · 6 stops · 2.8 km as the line runs - [The port’s first streets](https://www.chch.live/walks/lyttelton-harbour), Lyttelton · 8 stops · 2.0 km as the line runs - [The port’s own town](https://www.chch.live/walks/lyttelton-town), Lyttelton · 18 stops · 4.6 km as the line runs - [The numbered streets](https://www.chch.live/walks/lyttelton-streets), Lyttelton · 24 stops · 2.2 km as the line runs - [The bush and the great houses](https://www.chch.live/walks/riccarton-bush), Riccarton & Fendalton · 6 stops · 4.0 km as the line runs - [The sea front](https://www.chch.live/walks/sumner-front), Sumner · 5 stops · 2.6 km as the line runs - [The hillside climb](https://www.chch.live/walks/hackthorne-road), Cashmere · 9 stops · 3.8 km as the line runs - [The flat that kept its fabric](https://www.chch.live/walks/sydenham-flat), Sydenham · 9 stops · 2.9 km as the line runs - [The bach row](https://www.chch.live/walks/taylors-mistake-baches), Taylors Mistake · 34 stops · 2.8 km as the line runs - [The old estates](https://www.chch.live/walks/fendalton-estates), Fendalton · 13 stops · 4.3 km as the line runs - [The old north road](https://www.chch.live/walks/st-albans-north-road), St Albans · 13 stops · 4.1 km as the line runs - [The bay and the hill](https://www.chch.live/walks/governors-bay-and-the-hill), Governors Bay · 12 stops · 8.0 km as the line runs - [Church, gaol and the workshops](https://www.chch.live/walks/addington-church-and-gaol), Addington · 11 stops · 1.9 km as the line runs - [The houses the avenues kept](https://www.chch.live/walks/merivale-houses), Merivale · 15 stops · 3.6 km as the line runs - [The college and the homesteads](https://www.chch.live/walks/ilam-college-and-homesteads), Ilam · 13 stops · 4.0 km as the line runs - [The old road’s houses](https://www.chch.live/walks/upper-riccarton-old-road), Upper Riccarton · 12 stops · 5.8 km as the line runs - [The quarantine shore](https://www.chch.live/walks/diamond-harbour-quarantine), Diamond Harbour · 9 stops · 19.4 km as the line runs - [The quarry and the church](https://www.chch.live/walks/halswell-quarry-and-church), Halswell · 8 stops · 3.3 km as the line runs - [The borough’s own](https://www.chch.live/walks/woolston-borough), Woolston · 8 stops · 6.3 km as the line runs - [The factory garden](https://www.chch.live/walks/linwood-factory-garden), Linwood · 9 stops · 4.9 km as the line runs - [The airfield](https://www.chch.live/walks/hornby-airfield), Hornby · 7 stops · 2.7 km as the line runs - [The station and the trees](https://www.chch.live/walks/papanui-memorial-trees), Papanui · 6 stops · 1.6 km as the line runs - [The named houses](https://www.chch.live/walks/opawa-named-houses), Opawa · 6 stops · 2.1 km as the line runs - [The village’s remains](https://www.chch.live/walks/belfast-village), Belfast · 7 stops · 6.2 km as the line runs - [The school’s own register](https://www.chch.live/walks/christs-college), Christchurch Central City · 13 stops · 1.1 km as the line runs - [The city’s stones](https://www.chch.live/walks/civic-stones), Christchurch Central City · 6 stops · 1.0 km as the line runs - [Belfries and chapels](https://www.chch.live/walks/belfries-and-chapels), Christchurch Central City · 8 stops · 4.1 km as the line runs - [The old high street](https://www.chch.live/walks/high-street), Christchurch Central City · 11 stops · 0.7 km as the line runs - [The old university](https://www.chch.live/walks/the-old-varsity), Christchurch Central City · 12 stops · 0.6 km as the line runs --- Every stop is a row in the district plan’s heritage schedule. The walks' order and notes are chch.live’s; the listings are the council’s and Heritage New Zealand’s. HTML: https://www.chch.live/walks The walks, live on the map: https://www.chch.live/map?layer=walks When the record is wrong: https://www.chch.live/corrections ## Questions, answered briefly **How many heritage walks are there here?** 31 itineraries over 328 different listed places, the register, on foot. **Which is the longest heritage walk?** The quarantine shore, 19.4 km as the line runs through Diamond Harbour. The shortest is The old university at 0.6 km. **Who chose the walks?** The routes and notes are chch.live’s editorial work, the listings underneath are the district plan’s heritage schedule and Heritage New Zealand’s entries, each stop linked to its own sourced record. **Do the walks cover every listed place?** 328 of the register’s places stand on a walk so far, the rest wait for a cluster worth walking, or a theme that ties the scattered ones together.