Books Plus
Books Plus is a bookshop in Bishopdale, Christchurch, inside the Bishopdale commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Bishopdale
Opening hours
| Monday, Tuesday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Wednesday, Saturday | 10 am, 4 pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 24 hours a week, by the map’s count.
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
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 bookshops
Also in Bishopdale
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Bookshops | OpenStreetMap |
A name, a kind and a pin, the sources carry little more. Add what you know on OpenStreetMap →
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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 | Bishopdale, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
åœrauwahata / Sculptor – Tim Wraight / July 2017The reports nearby
841 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 679 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
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Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
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Water General
Water GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A bookshop in Bishopdale, Christchurch.
Somewhere in Bishopdale, the record holds no street address. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
Monday, Tuesday: Closed; Wednesday, Saturday: 10 am, 4 pm; Sunday: Closed, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Dove Bookshop (27 m), Bishopdale Books and Post (103 m), Christian Value Books (1.9 km), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Arty Facts (15 m); the Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) bus stop is 218 m away: routes 27, 125; a shared path passes within 116 m; nearest park: Bishopdale Mall Reserve (79 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:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- 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)
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/books-plus-bishopdale.md.