Pilgrim's Rock is a memorial stone at 6 Oxford Street in Lyttelton, on Banks Peninsula, marking the spot where the Canterbury Settlers first set foot on their new land. The Charlotte Jane arrived in December 1850, and the rock was unveiled in 1934 by the Lyttelton District Community Arts Council. Each re-enactment of the arrival includes a red flag lowered to half-mast at the Time-Ball Station, to signal the approaching ship. The rock was moved in 1990 to a location thought to be more accurate, at the land end of the jetty that was built to receive the settlers.
The website notes that the marker is further inland than many visitors expect, because land has been reclaimed as the port has grown and rail lines now run between the township and the sea. Visitors come to read the story of the first settlers, and the site is part of a town with a long link to the first ships. For anyone interested in Canterbury's founding history, it is a short and meaningful stop.