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Craft Station

Craft Station is a museum in Little River, Banks Peninsula, inside the Little River commercial centre.

Checked 17 Oct 2026

Museum and craft space in the Significant-listed Former Little River Railway Station, open daily 9.30 am to 4.30 pm: read from the public record

Sits inside Former Little River Railway Station and Setting, significant in the District Plan

The only museum on the record in Little River

Little River

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Hours a week
49
Museums in the suburb
1

Opening hours

As mapped on OpenStreetMap
Monday – Sunday9.30 am, 4.30 pm

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 49 hours a week, by the map’s count.

Getting there

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Nearby

More nearby places 5

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 museums

More nearby museums 5

All 1 museums in Little River → · Every one in the city →

Also in Little River

More businesses in Little River 7

Every kind of business in Little River →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Little River (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 17 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindMuseumsOpenStreetMap

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

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 zoneCommercial Banks PeninsulaDistrict Plan
Commercial centreLittle River, local centreDistrict Plan
Heritage itemFormer Little River Railway Station and Setting, significant in the District PlanDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

112 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Water & drains and Trees & parks, 78 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 112 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

Read answers 7
What is Craft Station?

A museum in Little River, Christchurch.

Where is Craft Station?

Somewhere in Little River, the record holds no street address. On the map →

Is Craft Station still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

When is Craft Station open?

Monday – Sunday: 9.30 am, 4.30 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.

What other museums are near Craft Station?

Gemston & Fossil Museum Birdlings Flat (9.5 km), Akaroa Museum (14.8 km), Thornycroft Torpedo Boat Museum (19.2 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Craft Station?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Little River Information Museum (10 m); nearest park: Heritage Park Little River (48 m).

What stood where Craft Station 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

Read source notes 2

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