Piston Cranky
Piston Cranky is a car repair workshop in Saint Albans, Christchurch.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Saint Albans
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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 car repair
All 2 car repair in Saint Albans → · Every one in the city →
Also in Saint Albans
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Car repair | OpenStreetMap |
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
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Medium density residential zone | District Plan |
The reports nearby
964 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 755 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Damaged Street Sign
Water Leak
Pavement - Damaged
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Pavement - Damaged
Facility - General Request
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Accessibility
Hazard, vehicleQuestions, answered briefly
A car repair workshop in Saint Albans, Christchurch.
Somewhere in Saint Albans, the record holds no street address. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
Edgeware Automotive (376 m), Shirley Motors Workshop (1.3 km), Armagh Automotive (1.3 km), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Alexandra Court Motel (38 m); the Colombo St near Purchas St bus stop is 10 m away: route 27; a separated cycleway on the Papanui Parallel route passes the door; nearest park: Springfield Reserve (421 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)
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/piston-cranky-saint-albans.md.