The Elmwood Trading Company
Checked 11 Oct 2026
The Elmwood Trading Company is a premises filed under Bars & pubs at 1 Normans Road, Strowan, Christchurch, inside the Elmwood commercial centre. On the record it offers outdoor seating. It opens 91 hours a week. The address’s own page keeps 7 council reports on file. It holds a current on-licence restaurant class 1 on the council’s register.
Tucked away in the heart of Elmwood is a new and friendly restaurant/bar where you can enjoy quiz nights, generous happy hours and awesome Kiwi hospitality. Live music Fridays, 5.00pm-8.00pm
+64 3 355 5345 · theelmwood.co.nz · menu → · Google reviews ↓
Licensed to Normans Road 2026 Limited, current to 27 Sept 2027
The only bars & pubs listing on the record in Strowan
1 Normans Road
Opening hours
| Monday, Sunday | 10 am, 11 pm |
|---|
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 91 hours a week, by the map’s count.
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 3 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
The map loads only when you ask for it.
Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Within a short walk
The nearest other bars & pubs
Also in Strowan
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 1 Normans Road, Christchurch 8052 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Bars & pubs | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 355 5345 | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Website | theelmwood.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Menu | theelmwood.co.nz | Its own website |
| Services | Outdoor seating | OpenStreetMap |
| Payment | Credit cards, Debit cards | OpenStreetMap |
| Food registration | reg CCC006881/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 27 May 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence restaurant class 1, current to 27 Sept 2027, held by Normans Road 2026 Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
Tucked away in the heart of Elmwood is a new and friendly restaurant/bar where you can enjoy quiz nights, generous happy hours and awesome Kiwi hospitality. Live music Fridays, 5.00pm-8.00pm
— 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 | Elmwood, local centre | District Plan |
The reports nearby
477 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 382 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 477 reports on file
Sediment - Construction
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Water Leak
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a road, footpath or bridge
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a fence, building or structureQuestions, answered briefly
Bars & pubs in Strowan, Christchurch.
1 Normans Road, Strowan, on Normans Road. On the map →
Holds a current on-licence restaurant class 1 on the council’s register, running to 27 Sept 2027, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone +64 3 355 5345, its website.
Monday, Sunday: 10 am, 11 pm, as mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Aikmans Bar & Eatery (1.2 km), The Brewers (1.3 km), Mad'z Drink n Dine (1.4 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 7 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Super Liquor Elmwood (12 m); the Strowan Rd near Normans Rd bus stop is 147 m away: route 8; a shared path on the Northern Line route passes within 49 m; nearest park: Plynlimon Park (396 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)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- 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
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