The Bower
The Bower is a bar or pub at 487 New Brighton Road, New Brighton, Christchurch.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Urban Corner is constructed out of 18 shipping containers, situated on the site of the old Bower Tavern, on the corner of New Brighton Rd and Bower Ave. Visit Sunday afternoons for live music. Open Wednesday -… more ↓
Licensed to Two Sisters 2018 Limited, to 26 Nov 2028
487 New Brighton Road New Brighton
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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 bars & pubs
All 6 bars & pubs in New Brighton → · Every one in the city →
Also in New Brighton
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 487 New Brighton Road New Brighton | Council licence register |
| Kind | Bars & pubs, Barbecue, Burger | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 388 9138 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | facebook.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| urbancorner487@gmail.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 | |
| Services | Outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
| Food registration | reg CCC002650/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 26 Sept 2028 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence tavern, expires 26 Nov 2028, held by Two Sisters 2018 Limited | Council licence register |
| Alcohol licence | Off-licence tavern, expires 26 Nov 2028, held by Two Sisters 2018 Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Urban Corner is constructed out of 18 shipping containers, situated on the site of the old Bower Tavern, on the corner of New Brighton Rd and Bower Ave. Visit Sunday afternoons for live music. Open Wednesday - Sunday
— 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 | Specific Purpose (Otakaro Avon River Corridor) | District Plan |
Cockayne Reserve plaque
Cockayne Reserve plaqueThe reports nearby
580 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 477 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 580 reports on file
Park - General Request
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Dumped Rubbish
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Trees - General
Dumped Rubbish
Damaged Street Sign
Overgrown VegetationQuestions, answered briefly
A bar or pub in New Brighton, Christchurch.
487 New Brighton Road New Brighton, on New Brighton Road New Brighton. On the map →
Holds an on-licence tavern on the council’s register, to 26 Nov 2028, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 388 9138 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024), email urbancorner487@gmail.com (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Chats Bar & Cafe (941 m), Endeavour Tavern (1.6 km), Gav's Endeavour Bar (1.6 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 31 reports; 5 other premises within a short walk, nearest Urban Corner Cafe (16 m); the New Brighton Rd near Bower Ave bus stop is 48 m away: route 80; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Bower Park (165 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 City Council licensed-premises register, a licence must be current for the premises to sell alcohol (CC BY 4.0)
- 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)
- Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register, the public Food Act registration for these premises, verified by the named agency, matched here by name and address
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-bower-new-brighton.md.