Cricket Express
Cricket Express is a sports shop in Christchurch Central City.
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Checked 19 Oct 2026
Cricket-equipment shop in the central city, in the former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry, a Highly Significant heritage listing: read from the public record
Sits inside Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting, highly significant in the District Plan
The only heritage-listed sports shop on the record
Christchurch Central City
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 7
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 sports shops
More nearby sports shops 5
All 3 sports shops in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →
Also in Christchurch Central City
More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Sports shops | OpenStreetMap |
| NZBN | 9429041035078, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | CRICKET EXPRESS LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 20 Dec 2013 | NZBN register |
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Central City Mixed Use Zone | District Plan |
| Heritage item | Former R. Buchanan & Sons' City Foundry and Setting (Heritage NZ category 2), highly significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
The First Public Water Supply Well Was Drilled Near This
‘corgis on High’ — Christchurch City Public ArtworkThe reports nearby
5,400 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 4,535 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Dumped Rubbish
Hazard, vehicle
Pest / Vermin
Pavement - Damaged
Pavement - General
Litter
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
General Request
General Request
General Request
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 6
A sports shop in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
Somewhere in Christchurch Central City, the record holds no street address. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
JD Sports (357 m), Rebel Sport (395 m), Cricket Express (2.6 km), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Just Hockey & Cricket Express (5 m); the Manchester St near Welles St bus stop is 142 m away: route 27; a separated cycleway passes the door; nearest park: Excelsior Hotel Reserve (243 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:
Sources: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · New Zealand Business Number register
Read source notes 6
- 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)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (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)
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
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