It runs from the intersection of Papanui Road and Bealey Avenue in the north-west, and terminates in the south-east at the corner of Kilmore and Durham Streets.

One of the two diagonal roads that break the original grid plan (the other being High Street), it was very important in the development of Christchurch.

Victoria St runs for roughly 800 metres (0.50 mi) from north-west to south-east towards the centre of Christchurch.

The square was initially bisected by Whately Road (named after the Archbishop of Dublin, Richard Whately, who was a member of the Canterbury Association[2]), later renamed Victoria Street, and this formed a major route to the north towards Papanui and beyond.

[3][4] When the Crowne Plaza was demolished in 2011/12 following the earthquakes, some were calling for the road to be restored; this included central city business leader Paul Lonsdale.