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Smiths Bookshop

Checked 15 Oct 2026

Smiths Bookshop is a bookshop in Woolston, Christchurch.

Bookshop in Woolston's industrial zone: read from the public record

Woolston

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Nearest bus stop
59 m
Bookshops in the suburb
3

Opening hours

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Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Garlands Rd near Cumnor Tce 59 m · Route 155 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Garlands Rd near Tanner St 231 m · Route 155 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Garlands Rd near Tanner St 241 m · Route 155 · ECan bus stops
Shared path, Heathcote Expressway Passes the door · 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 bookshops

All 3 bookshops in Woolston → · Every one in the city →

Also in Woolston

Every kind of business in Woolston →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Woolston (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 15 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindBookshopsOpenStreetMap
NZBN9429047685277, NZ Limited CompanyNZBN register
Registered nameCHAPTER AND VERSE NZ LIMITEDNZBN register
Registered since20 Sept 2019NZBN register
IndustryBook retailingNZBN register

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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, every consent ECan grants is on the roll
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneIndustrial GeneralDistrict Plan
Consent CRC111610Small Scale Burner, held by Cassels & Sons Brewery Limited, to 8 June 2036, 20 m from the pinECan consents
Consent CRC111204Small Scale Burner, held by Cassels & Sons Brewery Limited, 20 m from the pinECan consents

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

The reports nearby

868 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Rubbish & dumping and Graffiti & vandalism, 773 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 868 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is Smiths Bookshop?

A bookshop in Woolston, Christchurch.

Where is Smiths Bookshop?

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

Is Smiths Bookshop still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

What other bookshops are near Smiths Bookshop?

Paper Plus (1.7 km), J Books (1.9 km), Book Barn on Ferry (1.9 km), every one in the city.

What’s near Smiths Bookshop?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Cake Shop (15 m); the Garlands Rd near Cumnor Tce bus stop is 59 m away: route 155; a shared path on the Heathcote Expressway route passes the door; nearest park: Rutherford Cemetery (187 m).

What stood where Smiths Bookshop 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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