Telling Tales: Scorpio Books' Children's Bookshop
Checked 11 Oct 2026
Telling Tales: Scorpio Books' Children's Bookshop is a bookshop at 101-111 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City. It opens 57 hours a week. The address’s own page keeps 34 council reports on file.
Scorpio Books' children's bookshop at 101-111 Cashel Street — open weekdays 09:00 to 17:30, weekends and public holidays 10:00 to 17:00: read from the public record
+64 3 741 3309 · email → · scorpiobooks.co.nz: gone · Google reviews ↓
101-111 Cashel Street
Opening hours
| Monday, Friday | 9 am, 5.30 pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday, Sunday | 10 am, 5 pm |
| Public holidays | 10 am, 5 pm |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 57 hours a week, by the map’s count.
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Within a short walk
The nearest other bookshops
All 4 bookshops in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →
Also in Christchurch Central City
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 101-111 Cashel Street, Christchurch 8011 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Bookshops | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 741 3309 | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | scorpiobooks.co.nz · unreachable when last read 2 Oct 2026 | OpenStreetMap |
| enquiry@scorpiobooks.co.nz | OpenStreetMap | |
| Wheelchair | Step-free, wheelchair accessible | OpenStreetMap |
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The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | City centre zone | District Plan |
The Battle for Crete / May 1941
On This Site on the 16th Dec
City of Christchurch This Plaque Records the CompletionThe reports nearby
6,851 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 5,698 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 6,851 reports on file
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A bookshop in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.
101-111 Cashel Street, Christchurch Central City, on Cashel Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
phone +64 3 741 3309, its website, email enquiry@scorpiobooks.co.nz.
Monday, Friday: 9 am, 5.30 pm; Saturday, Sunday: 10 am, 5 pm; public holidays: 10 am, 5 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Scorpio Books Next Door (31 m), Scorpio Books (39 m), Whitcoulls (623 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 34 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Royal Nail (3 m); the Hereford St near Colombo St bus stop is 188 m away: route 8; a cycle lane passes within 81 m; nearest park: The Stewart Plaza (114 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)
- Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (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/telling-tales-scorpio-books-children-s-bookshop-christchurch-central-city.md.