The Commoners Bar
The Commoners Bar is a bar or pub at 10 Oxford Street, Lyttelton, Banks Peninsula, inside the Lyttelton commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026
Located in the basement of the British Hotel, focusing on Himalayan cuisine but also other worldwide dishes and locally brewed craft beers. Come in and enjoy this relaxing vibe with weekend live music. Open… more ↓
Sits inside Former British Hotel and Setting, significant in the District Plan
10 Oxford Street, Lyttelton
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Nearby
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The nearest other bars & pubs
Also in Lyttelton
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 10 Oxford Street, Lyttelton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Bars & pubs | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | facebook.com | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
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How the council’s directory described it
Located in the basement of the British Hotel, focusing on Himalayan cuisine but also other worldwide dishes and locally brewed craft beers. Come in and enjoy this relaxing vibe with weekend live music. Open Tuesday - Thursday 4pm-11pm, Friday - Saturday 12pm-2am & Sunday 11am-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 | Commercial Banks Peninsula | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Lyttelton, small neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
| Heritage item | Former British Hotel and Setting, significant in the District Plan | District Plan |
Presented to the People of Lyttelton and the Canterbury
Kate Sheppard Camellia Commemorating 100 Years of Womens
J. C. Grubb Mayor S. R. Webb Ex-Mayor Chairman FireWhat stood on Oxford Street
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Lyttelton Health Centre, 2025-04. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,339 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 1,166 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
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Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
A bar or pub in Lyttelton, Christchurch.
10 Oxford Street, Lyttelton, on Oxford Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
The Commoners (10 m), Hell Fire Club (13 m), The Lyttelton Arms (127 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 6 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Lost Property (4 m); the Norwich Quay near Canterbury St bus stop is 119 m away: routes 8, 155; nearest park: Baden Norris Reserve (62 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
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-commoners-bar-lyttelton.md.