Avon City Backpackers
Avon City Backpackers is a hostel at 563 Worcester St, Linwood, Christchurch.
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Checked 19 Oct 2026
Offering the closest tent sites available to the city and free local phone calls, Avon City Backpackers is located 5 minutes… Read full description ↓
563 Worcester St, Linwood
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 6
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other hostels
More nearby hostels 5
Also in Linwood
More businesses in Linwood 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 563 Worcester St, Linwood | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Hostels | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 389 6876 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | avoncitybackpackers.com · unreachable when last read | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
How the council’s directory described it
Offering the closest tent sites available to the city and free local phone calls, Avon City Backpackers is located 5 minutes from the CBD.
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | High density residential zone | District Plan |
The reports nearby
1,299 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 1,094 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 1,299 reports on file
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
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Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
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A hostel in Linwood, Christchurch.
563 Worcester St, Linwood, on Worcester St. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 03 389 6876 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Inner City Pad (892 m), Old Country House (919 m), The Old Countryhouse (943 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 4 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Around About Dairy (105 m); the Gloucester St bus stop is 166 m away: route 5; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Worcester Corner Reserve (48 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer
Read source notes 4
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
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