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Closed: Red Light District

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Closed: Red Light District is a premises filed under Bars & pubs at 123 Victoria Street, Central City, Christchurch. The address’s own page keeps 6 council reports on file.

- Currently Closed - Hidden behind Charlie Winston's of Chelsea Drycleaner's is this cocktail bar with a secret entrance, Red Light District is an intimate bar with a great atmosphere themed around a Chinese… more ↓

One of 96 bars & pubs in Christchurch Central City, 37% of the city’s count

123 Victoria Street, Central City

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Unconfirmed lead. 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.
Nearest bus stop
180 m
Bars & pubs in the suburb
96

Opening hours

No source lists its hours. If you know them, add them on OpenStreetMap →, the next bake picks them up.

Its own website lists

Read from the site itself 27 Sept 2026, Its own website.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Salisbury St near Victoria St 180 m · Routes 1, 29, 95 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Victoria St near Dorset St 188 m · Routes 1, 29, 95 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Bealey Ave 209 m · Routes 1, 29, 95 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, Wilsons Off-Street 53 m · private · 20 spaces · Council parking data
The street, Victoria 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.

Within a short walk

The nearest other bars & pubs

All 96 bars & pubs in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →

Also in Christchurch Central City

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 11 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address123 Victoria Street, Central CityFind Christchurch, 2024
KindBars & pubsFind Christchurch, 2024
Websiteredlightdistrict.co.nzFind Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees
Menuyouhanoime.co.nzIts own website

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How the council’s directory described it

- Currently Closed - Hidden behind Charlie Winston's of Chelsea Drycleaner's is this cocktail bar with a secret entrance, Red Light District is an intimate bar with a great atmosphere themed around a Chinese opium den with a big focus on high end, tasty cocktails & mixed drinks.

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

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 zoneCity centre zoneDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

1,822 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 1,503 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,822 reports on file
Water Leak 112 Park Tce · 11 October 2026
General Request 26 Salisbury St · 5 October 2026
General Request 18 Salisbury St · 5 October 2026
General Request 29–31 Salisbury St · 2 October 2026
General Request 44 Salisbury St · 2 October 2026
Traffic Signals Victoria Dental Centre Tower Building, Christchurch Central City · 29 September 2026
Roads - General 167 Victoria St · 24 September 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is Closed: Red Light District?

Bars & pubs in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is Closed: Red Light District?

123 Victoria Street, Central City, on Victoria Street. On the map →

Is Closed: Red Light District still trading?

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.

How do you contact Closed: Red Light District?

its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other bars & pubs are near Closed: Red Light District?

The Dirty Land (23 m), Beercycle (48 m), Little Neighbourhood Garden Bar & Eatery (52 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Closed: Red Light District?

the address’s own record holds 6 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Coffee Traders (13 m); the Salisbury St near Victoria St bus stop is 180 m away: routes 1, 29, 95; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Victoria Triangles (332 m).

What stood where Closed: Red Light District 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:

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