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Platypus Shoes

Checked 11 Oct 2026

Platypus Shoes is a shoe in Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Riccarton commercial centre. It opens 68 hours a week.

Shoe store in Riccarton — open daily, to 21:00 Thu–Fri: read from the public record

One of 8 shoes in Riccarton, 16% of the city’s count

Riccarton

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Hours a week
68
Nearest bus stop
71 m
Shoes in the suburb
8

Opening hours

As mapped on OpenStreetMap
Monday, Wednesday9 am, 6 pm
Thursday, Friday9 am, 9 pm
Saturday9 am, 6 pm
Sunday10 am, 6 pm

Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 68 hours a week, by the map’s count.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Westfield Riccarton 71 m · Routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, 140, Oc · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Westfield Riccarton 184 m · Routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, 140, Oa · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Matipo St near Maxwell St 248 m · Route 140 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 71 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 8 shoes in Riccarton → · Every one in the city →

Also in Riccarton

Every kind of business in Riccarton →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Riccarton (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 11 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindShoesOpenStreetMap
Phone+64 3 568 8332OpenStreetMap
Websiteplatypusshoes.co.nzOpenStreetMap

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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 centreRiccarton, district centreDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

1,194 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 981 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,194 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is Platypus Shoes?

A shoe in Riccarton, Christchurch.

Where is Platypus Shoes?

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

Is Platypus Shoes still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

How do you contact Platypus Shoes?

phone +64 3 568 8332, its website.

When is Platypus Shoes open?

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

What other shoes are near Platypus Shoes?

Shoe Connection (21 m), Merchant 1948 (28 m), The Athlete's Foot (57 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Platypus Shoes?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Levi's (7 m); the Westfield Riccarton bus stop is 71 m away: routes 3, 5, 80, 86, 100, 120, 130, 140, Oc; a cycle lane passes within 71 m; nearest park: Riccarton Bush (403 m).

What stood where Platypus Shoes 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:

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/platypus-shoes-riccarton.md.