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Metro Gold & Academy Cinema

Metro Gold & Academy Cinema is a cinema or theatre at The Colombo, Colombo Street, Sydenham, Christchurch.

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. The directory’s number for it: 03 377 9911.

Checked 20 Oct 2026

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The only cinema or theatre on the record in Sydenham

The Colombo, Colombo Street, Sydenham

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Nearest bus stop
116 m
Cinemas & theatres in the suburb
1

Getting there

Bus stop, Sydenham Shops 116 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Colombo St near Wordsworth St 138 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Sydenham Shops 173 m · Routes 1, 8, 44 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 98 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Colombo Street 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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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 cinemas & theatres

More nearby cinemas & theatres 5

All 1 cinemas & theatres in Sydenham → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sydenham

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What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sydenham (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 20 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
AddressThe Colombo, Colombo Street, SydenhamFind Christchurch, 2024
KindCinemas & theatresFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone03 377 9911Find Christchurch, 2024
Websiteartfilms.co.nzFind Christchurch, 2024

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How the council’s directory described it

Metro Gold & Academy Cinema is now located within The Colombo. Here three new, small boutique cinemas will be showing a fantastic selection of movies.

— 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 zoneTransportDistrict Plan

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What stood on Colombo Street

High Street and Colombo Street
1860, High Street and Colombo Street

From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Formaggio's, 2025-04. The street’s then and now →

The reports nearby

2,600 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 2,247 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 2,600 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is Metro Gold & Academy Cinema?

A cinema or theatre in Sydenham, Christchurch.

Where is Metro Gold & Academy Cinema?

The Colombo, Colombo Street, Sydenham, on Colombo Street. On the map →

Is Metro Gold & Academy Cinema 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 Metro Gold & Academy Cinema?

phone 03 377 9911 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other cinemas & theatres are near Metro Gold & Academy Cinema?

Riccarton Players (1.1 km), Showbiz Christchurch (Christchurch Operatic Society) (1.1 km), Hoyts Entertainment Exchange (1.2 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Metro Gold & Academy Cinema?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Mr Sushi's Donburi Bar (33 m); the Sydenham Shops bus stop is 116 m away: routes 1, 8, 44; a cycle lane passes within 98 m; nearest park: Buchan Playground (208 m).

What stood where Metro Gold & Academy Cinema 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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