5A Hobson Street
1 council report since April 2026, 1 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 1 Hobson Street, 6 reports on file.
On the register here
- MED substation and setting (207m)
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
- Woolston Park, 88 m to the edge · Sports ground · 5 ha · playground, 23 pieces
- Mary Dixon Park, 195 m to the edge
- Christchurch Quay Reserve, 398 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 Rugby Football League Club, 103 m away · Clubs
- Woolston Park Bowling Club, 115 m away · Sports centres
- Gull Woolston, 181 m away · Petrol stations
- Yash Dairy & Lotto, 215 m away · Dairies & convenience
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, 137 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Woolston, 187 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Woolston, 318 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Woolston, 330 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Woolston, 373 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The named ground
Named water within 500 m of this address, measured to the line or the edge; the council’s own structure register, bridges, boardwalks and steps standing nearby, the open map’s record.
The remembered names nearby
- George Wears Samms 1882 – 1954 Lily Samms Scott 1909 – 2005, 191 m away ·
GEORGE WEARS SAMMS 1882 – 1954 LILY SAMMS SCOTT 1909 – 2005 FOR ALL TO ENJOY
· 2009
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
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 1 on record
What’s on record
Abandoned Vehicle, 1 Apr 2026 car left abandoned and unregistered
Elsewhere on Hobson Street
- 1 Hobson Street, 6 reports
- 13 Hobson Street, 5 reports
- 3 Hobson Street, 2 reports
- 11 Hobson Street, 2 reports
- 10 Hobson Street, 2 reports
- 8 Hobson Street, 1 report
- 7 Hobson Street, 1 report
- 6A Hobson Street, 1 report
The street’s crash record
NZTA’s record names Hobson Street in 1 crash that hurt somebody since 2006, 0 seriously hurt, nobody killed.
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.
Hobson Street, 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
1 council report on record since April 2026, most often abandoned vehicle (1).
Woolston, Christchurch, on Hobson Street.
The heritage register names a place at or beside it, MED substation and setting.
Woolston Park, 88 m to its edge, 5 ha.