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Platypus

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Platypus is a shoe in Shirley, Christchurch, inside the Shirley-The Palms commercial centre.

Shirley

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Nearest bus stop
150 m
Shoes in the suburb
3

Opening hours

No source lists its hours. If you know them, add them on OpenStreetMap →, the next bake picks them up.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, The Palms (Marshland Rd mall side) 150 m · Routes 60, 135 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, The Palms (Marshland Rd- vet side) 153 m · Route 60 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, The Palms (New Brighton Rd) 153 m · Routes 100, 44, 7 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 137 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
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 shoes

All 3 shoes in Shirley → · Every one in the city →

Also in Shirley

Every kind of business in Shirley →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Shirley (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 15 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindShoesOpenStreetMap

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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
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneTown centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreShirley-The Palms, district centreDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

652 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 531 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 652 reports on file
Hazard, vehicle The Palms (Golf Links Rd), Shirley · 25 September 2026
Pest / Vermin 60 Shirley Rd · 11 September 2026
Hazard, vehicle The Palms (Golf Links Rd), Shirley · 1 September 2026
Hazard, vehicle The Palms (Golf Links Rd), Shirley · 1 September 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is Platypus?

A shoe in Shirley, Christchurch.

Where is Platypus?

Somewhere in Shirley, the record holds no street address. On the map →

Is Platypus still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

What other shoes are near Platypus?

Skechers (9 m), Number One Shoes (126 m), Number One Shoes (3.1 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Platypus?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Lovisa (6 m); the The Palms (Marshland Rd mall side) bus stop is 150 m away: routes 60, 135; a cycle lane passes within 137 m; nearest park: Sabina Playground (410 m).

What stood where Platypus 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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