Foate Optometrists
Foate Optometrists is an optometry practice at 129 Farrington Avenue, Bishopdale, Christchurch, inside the Bishopdale commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 5.30pm We are closed for Matariki 10th July 2026 , Re-Opening Monday the 13th of July. For any urgent eye care during this period please see an after-hours GP or for emergencies go to… more ↓
The only optometry practice on the record in Bishopdale
129 Farrington Avenue
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 28 Sept 2026, Its own website.
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
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 optometrists
All 1 optometrists in Bishopdale → · Every one in the city →
Also in Bishopdale
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 129 Farrington Avenue, Christchurch 8053 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Optometrists | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 359 9074 | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | foate.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| bishopdale@foate.co.nz | Its own website |
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What its website says
Monday to Friday 8.30 am to 5.30pm We are closed for Matariki 10th July 2026 , Re-Opening Monday the 13th of July. For any urgent eye care during this period please see an after-hours GP or for emergencies go to the Emergency Department at Christchurch hospital. Foate Optometry is closed for public holidays and weekends.
— Its own website. Read from its own site, a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Local centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Bishopdale, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
åœrauwahata / Sculptor – Tim Wraight / July 2017The reports nearby
803 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 647 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 803 reports on file
Pothole
Pothole
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Water General
Water General
Facility - General Request
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
An optometry practice in Bishopdale, Christchurch.
129 Farrington Avenue, Bishopdale, on Farrington Avenue. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
phone 03 359 9074, its website, email bishopdale@foate.co.nz (its own website).
Truscott Hamilton Thompson Optomistrists (1.1 km), Curtis Vision Optometrists (3.1 km), OPSM (3.8 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 18 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Jolly Octopus Tattoos (10 m); the Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) bus stop is 236 m away: routes 27, 125; a cycle lane passes within 113 m; nearest park: Farrington Reserve (99 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:
- 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)
- 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)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
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/foate-optometrists-bishopdale.md.