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Dove Bookshop

Dove Bookshop is a bookshop in Bishopdale, Christchurch, inside the Bishopdale commercial centre.

Checked 18 Oct 2026

Bishopdale

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Hours a week
39
Nearest bus stop
239 m
Bookshops in the suburb
3

Opening hours

As mapped on OpenStreetMap, checked by a mapper 14 Dec 2025
Monday – Friday10 am, 4.30 pm
Saturday10 am, 4 pm
SundayClosed

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 39 hours a week, by the map’s count.

Getting there

Bus stop, Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) 239 m · Routes 27, 125 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) 261 m · Routes 27, 125 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Harewood Rd near Farrington Ave 367 m · Routes 27, 125 · ECan bus stops
Shared path 99 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
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 bookshops

More nearby bookshops 5

All 3 bookshops in Bishopdale → · Every one in the city →

Also in Bishopdale

More businesses in Bishopdale 7

Every kind of business in Bishopdale →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Bishopdale (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 18 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindBookshopsOpenStreetMap

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 zoneLocal centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreBishopdale, large neighbourhood centreDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

826 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 669 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 826 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

Read answers 7
What is Dove Bookshop?

A bookshop in Bishopdale, Christchurch.

Where is Dove Bookshop?

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

Is Dove Bookshop still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

When is Dove Bookshop open?

Monday – Friday: 10 am, 4.30 pm; Saturday: 10 am, 4 pm; Sunday: Closed, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.

What other bookshops are near Dove Bookshop?

Books Plus (27 m), Bishopdale Books and Post (125 m), Christian Value Books (1.9 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Dove Bookshop?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Silver Boutique (10 m); the Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) bus stop is 239 m away: routes 27, 125; a shared path passes within 99 m; nearest park: Bishopdale Mall Reserve (84 m).

What stood where Dove Bookshop 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 · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

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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/dove-bookshop-bishopdale.md.