12 Albert Sheppard Close
2 council reports since March 2025, 2 carrying a photograph. The street’s heaviest record is 21 Albert Sheppard Close, 7 reports on file.
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
- Cognac Drive Reserve, 75 m to the edge
- Roullet Lane Reserve, 128 m to the edge
- Philippe Avenue Reserve, 156 m to the edge · 1 ha
- Little Oaks Reserve, 205 m to the edge · 2 ha
- F W Delamain Park, 228 m to the edge · Sports ground · 4 ha · playground, 48 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
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 Yaldhurst ran about $650 a week, $100 above the city median of $550, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 2 on record
What’s on record
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 27 Oct 2025 This drain is faulty. It's a breeding ground for bugs, and a childhood drown in it.
Water General, 26 Mar 2025 This pool of water a toddler could drown in is STILL here, unsolved!
Elsewhere on Albert Sheppard Close
- 21 Albert Sheppard Close, 7 reports
- 7A Albert Sheppard Close, 3 reports
- 7 Albert Sheppard Close, 2 reports
- 5 Albert Sheppard Close, 2 reports
- 23R Albert Sheppard Close, 2 reports
- 8 Albert Sheppard Close, 1 report
- 25 Albert Sheppard Close, 1 report
- 2 Albert Sheppard Close, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Hornby 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.
Albert Sheppard Close, the whole record → · Everything about Yaldhurst → · 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
2 council reports on record since March 2025, most often water general (1), street gutters / storm water (1).
Yaldhurst, Christchurch, on Albert Sheppard Close.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Cognac Drive Reserve, 75 m to its edge.

