Worcester St runs for roughly 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) from west to east through the centre of Christchurch, and is parallel and one block to the south of Gloucester Street.

Between Rolleston Avenue and Cambridge Terrace, it is known as Worcester Boulevard, before crossing over the Avon River (pictured).

Afterwards, the street continues uninterrupted before ending at the intersection with Woodham Road in residential Linwood.

In the 1890s, it was still common for cattle and pigs to graze on vegetation (such as gorse) that were growing in fields and footpaths in the area.

[1] As one of the older streets in Central Christchurch, many historic buildings of regional and national importance are located here.

It was redeveloped in three stages, with the addition of planting, repaving, special lighting, restrictions on traffic and the addition of an historic electric tram line, forming part of the heritage Christchurch tramway system.