The Birdwood Eatery
The Birdwood Eatery is a café at 76 Malcolm Avenue, Beckenham, Christchurch, inside the Malcolm-Birdwood commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
This unique eatery has been opened by the people who brought Freemans to Lyttelton. Visit for coffee, pizza, banana split or something else delicious! Cafe is open 7am-4pm and woodfired pizzeria is open from… more ↓
The only café on the record in Beckenham
Opening hours
| Monday, Sunday | 8 am, 4 pm |
|---|
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 56 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Its own website lists
takes reservations, as its site states. Read from the site itself 3 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
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 cafés
Also in Beckenham
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 76 Malcolm Avenue, Beckenham | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés, Cafe | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 332 3256 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Website | thebirdwood.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Menu | thebirdwood.co.nz | Its own website |
| Bookings | Takes bookings, its own website | Its own website |
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How the council’s directory described it
This unique eatery has been opened by the people who brought Freemans to Lyttelton. Visit for coffee, pizza, banana split or something else delicious! Cafe is open 7am-4pm and woodfired pizzeria is open from 3pm-10pm
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Neighbourhood centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Malcolm-Birdwood, local centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
517 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Water & drains and Roads & footpaths, 364 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Trees - General
Hazard, vehicle
Pavement - Damaged
Damaged Street Sign
Water Leak
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Pavement - Damaged
Hazard, vehicle
Street Gutters / Storm Water
Water GeneralQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Beckenham, Christchurch.
76 Malcolm Avenue, Beckenham, on Malcolm Avenue. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 332 3256 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website.
Monday, Sunday: 8 am, 4 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Novel Cafe Beckenham (539 m), Taste @ Twenty (616 m), Coffee Culture (973 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 4 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Birdwood Pizzeria (9 m); the Centaurus Rd near Austin Kirk Ln bus stop is 388 m away: route Oa; a trail passes within 303 m; nearest park: Heathcote Riverbank True Left (277 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)
- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- 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)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
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/the-birdwood-eatery-beckenham.md.