Beachville Road in the suburb of Redcliffs, Christchurch

Beachville Road – Runs along Redcliffs Beach. In 1922, Beach Street, Causeway Road and Estuary Road “from Sumner Road to The Cutting, Redcliffs” were re-named Estuary Road. Estuary Road was renamed Beachville Road on 1 September 1948.

Small amount of information on the library website. A pleasant street along the edge of the estuary and the name is obvious. A mixture of new and old houses. Most of the older houses were weatherboard and in reasonable condition. The new houses were interesting but for most of them would be like living in goldfish bowls as there was so much glass. There was one that caught my eye and I would love to have taken a photo but there were too many people around. I couldn’t figure out if it was one house with a very strange design or four apartments. I ended up talking to a local couple and they were able to tell me that it was four apartments. Instead of being in a straight row they were diagonal. There is a walkway on the beach side of the road and a few people were fishing. Lovely views here but with global warming I am not sure that I would like to be so close to the estuary.There is a small reserve on the road where there is a cache hidden. At one end there used to be a park but Redcliffs school is being rebuilt at the park. No one is impressed about the decision about rebuilding it here.