5 Islay Place
3 council reports since October 2025, 3 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Islay Place.
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
- Arran Playground, 106 m to the edge · playground, 6 pieces
- Mary Dixon Park, 227 m to the edge
- Woolston Park, 334 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 23 pieces
- Christchurch Quay Reserve, 492 m to the edge · 1 ha
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
On the doorstep
- Woolston Development Project, 287 m away · Association
- Animal and Bird Hospital, 300 m away · Vets
- BestStart Ferry Road, 304 m away · Education & tutoring
- Leaves at Portstone Cafe, 310 m away · Cafés
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Woolston, 248 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Woolston, 317 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Woolston, 367 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Woolston, 484 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Woolston ran about $511 a week, $39 below the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 3 on record
What’s on record
Hazard, vehicle, 4 Oct 2025 Abandoned car parked illegally on fire hydrant. I can see visible tickets already on the windscreen for several days now and no action. plea
Hazard, vehicle, 1 Oct 2025 Parked on fire hydrant for a week with no sign of movement. Have not seen this vehicle previously on our street ever
Abandoned Vehicle, 1 Oct 2025 Car has been parked covering a fire hydrant since last Friday and hasn't moved one. Have not seen this car previously on our street so assum
Elsewhere on Islay Place
- 7 Islay Place, 2 reports
- 2 Islay Place, 2 reports
- 2A Islay Place, 1 report
- 16 Islay Place, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Linwood ward, the Coastal-Burwood-Linwood 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.
Islay Place, the whole record → · Everything about Woolston → · 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
3 council reports on record since October 2025, most often hazard, vehicle (2), abandoned vehicle (1).
Woolston, Christchurch, on Islay Place.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Arran Playground, 106 m to its edge.


