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Carters

Carters is a hardware store at 379 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City.

Checked 18 Oct 2026

Hardware and building supplies store on Madras Street in the central city, open weekdays from early morning and Saturday mornings: read from the public record

The only hardware store on the record in Christchurch Central City · The closest hardware store to Cathedral Square, 1.0 km

379 Madras Street

Street record, Madras Street →

Open on the city map →

Hours a week
55
Nearest bus stop
166 m
Hardware in the suburb
1

Opening hours

As mapped on OpenStreetMap
Monday – Friday7 am, 5 pm
Saturday8 am, 12.30 pm
SundayClosed

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 55 hours a week, by the map’s count.

Getting there

Bus stop, Bealey Ave near Madras St 166 m · Route 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Bealey Ave 199 m · Route 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Bealey Ave near Madras St 217 m · Route 44 · ECan bus stops
Shared path 167 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Mainland Off-street parking 423 m · private · 36 spaces · Council parking data
The street, Madras Street Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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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 hardware

More nearby hardware 5

All 1 hardware in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →

Also in Christchurch Central City

More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7

Every kind of business in Christchurch Central City →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Christchurch Central City (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 18 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address379 Madras Street, Christchurch 8013OpenStreetMap
KindHardwareOpenStreetMap
Phone+64 3 379 0520OpenStreetMap

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The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneCentral City Mixed Use ZoneDistrict Plan

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

1,405 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,163 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,405 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is Carters?

A hardware store in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is Carters?

379 Madras Street, Christchurch Central City, on Madras Street. On the map →

Is Carters still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

How do you contact Carters?

phone 03 379 0520.

When is Carters open?

Monday – Friday: 7 am, 5 pm; Saturday: 8 am, 12.30 pm; Sunday: Closed, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.

What other hardware are near Carters?

Health Based Building (995 m), Dulux (2.0 km), Plumbing World (2.2 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Carters?

the address’s own record holds 10 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest 24 Hour Surgery (91 m); the Bealey Ave near Madras St bus stop is 166 m away: route 44; a shared path passes within 167 m; nearest park: Moa Reserve (178 m).

What stood where Carters is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

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: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Wikidata · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

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