Blue Bell Cafe
Blue Bell Cafe is a café at West Plaza Arcade, 394 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Bush Inn-Church Corner commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
West Plaza Arcade, 394 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton
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Nearby
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The nearest other cafés
Also in Upper Riccarton
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | West Plaza Arcade, 394 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 348 1614 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Local centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Bush Inn-Church Corner, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 Trustees
Subscribers / Please Include Your Name When Returning BooksWhat stood on Riccarton Road
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Fresco Fisheries, 2017-11. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,295 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 1,109 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Pavement - General
Pavement - General
Accessibility
General Request
Dumped Rubbish
Hazard, vehicle
Bus Shelter Issue
Street Gutters / Storm Water
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Dumped RubbishQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.
West Plaza Arcade, 394 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, on Riccarton Road. 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 03 348 1614 (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Bob's Eatery & Cafe (28 m), Seven Cafe (151 m), Magnolia Electric Cakes (191 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 13 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Get it beauty (5 m); the Church Corner bus stop is 23 m away: routes 5, 86, 100, 130, 140; a shared path passes the door; nearest park: Hansons Reserve (265 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:
- 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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