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Kens Cafe

Kens Cafe is a café at 13A Bishopdale Court, Bishopdale, Christchurch, inside the Bishopdale commercial centre.

Unconfirmed lead. Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.

Checked 17 Oct 2026

Based in the Bishopdale YMCA Building

13A Bishopdale Court, Bishopdale

Street record, Bishopdale Court →

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Nearest bus stop
189 m
Cafés in the suburb
7

Getting there

Bus stop, Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) 189 m · Routes 27, 125 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) 217 m · Routes 27, 125 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Harewood Rd near Cotswold Ave 303 m · Routes 27, 125 · ECan bus stops
Shared path 62 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Bishopdale Court 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.

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 cafés

More nearby cafés 5

All 7 cafés 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 17 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address13A Bishopdale Court, BishopdaleFind Christchurch, 2024
KindCafésFind Christchurch, 2024
Websitefacebook.comFind Christchurch, 2024

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How the council’s directory described it

Based in the Bishopdale YMCA Building.

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

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

1,199 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 971 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,199 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is Kens Cafe?

A café in Bishopdale, Christchurch.

Where is Kens Cafe?

13A Bishopdale Court, Bishopdale, on Bishopdale Court. On the map →

Is Kens Cafe still trading?

Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.

How do you contact Kens Cafe?

its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other cafés are near Kens Cafe?

Bean at the Y (5 m), Bishopdale Bakery & Cafe (78 m), Cocoa Black (118 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Kens Cafe?

the address’s own record holds 16 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Bean at the Y (5 m); the Bishopdale Mall (Harewood Rd) bus stop is 189 m away: routes 27, 125; a shared path passes within 62 m; nearest park: Bishopdale Mall Reserve (39 m).

What stood where Kens Cafe 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: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

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