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J Books

Checked 13 Oct 2026

J Books is a bookshop at 374a Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch. It opens 61 hours a week. The address’s own page keeps 1 council report on file.

Bookshop on Ferry Road in Woolston, open every day: read from the public record

374a Ferry Road

Street record, Ferry Road →

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Hours a week
61
Nearest bus stop
63 m
Bookshops in the suburb
3

Opening hours

As mapped on OpenStreetMap
Monday, Tuesday10 am, 6 pm
Wednesday, Sunday9 am, 6 pm

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 61 hours a week, by the map’s count.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Ferry Rd near Aldwins Rd 63 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Ferry Rd near Isabella Pl 105 m · Routes 3, 140 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Ferry Rd near Manning Pl 180 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 46 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Ferry Road 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 bookshops

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

Also in Woolston

Every kind of business in Woolston →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Woolston (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 13 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address374a Ferry RoadOpenStreetMap
KindBookshopsOpenStreetMap
Websitefacebook.comOpenStreetMap
SocialFacebookOpenStreetMap

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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, every consent ECan grants is on the roll
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneIndustrial GeneralDistrict Plan
Consent CRC970824.1Wood Waste, held by Timber Tru Limited, to 20 Nov 2031, 4 m from the pinECan consents

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

The reports nearby

459 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 374 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 459 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is J Books?

A bookshop in Woolston, Christchurch.

Where is J Books?

374a Ferry Road, Woolston, on Ferry Road. On the map →

Is J Books still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

How do you contact J Books?

its website.

When is J Books open?

Monday, Tuesday: 10 am, 6 pm; Wednesday, Sunday: 9 am, 6 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.

What other bookshops are near J Books?

Book Barn on Ferry (33 m), Paper Tree (1.9 km), Smiths Bookshop (1.9 km), every one in the city.

What’s near J Books?

the address’s own record holds 1 report; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Kapa Tucka Food & Coffee (26 m); the Ferry Rd near Aldwins Rd bus stop is 63 m away: route 3; a cycle lane passes within 46 m; nearest park: Edmonds Factory Garden (198 m).

What stood where J Books 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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