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The Loft Sports Bar

The Loft Sports Bar is a bar or pub at Upstairs, 93 Cashel Street, Central City (off City Mall), Christchurch Central City.

Unconfirmed lead. Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.

- Opening Soon - New Sports bar is opening soon

One of 96 bars & pubs in Christchurch Central City, 37% of the city’s count

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Checked 28 Oct 2026

Upstairs, 93 Cashel Street, Central City (off City Mall)

Street record, Cashel Street →

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Nearest bus stop
258 m
Bars & pubs in the suburb
96

Getting there

Bus stop, Hereford St near Colombo St 258 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Hereford St near Colombo St 264 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Bus Interchange (Intercity stop) 272 m · Routes 3, 8, 80 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 60 m · in service · Council cycleway layer
Car park, The Terrace car park building 35 m · private · 450 spaces · 16 mobility · Council parking data
The street, Cashel Street Reports, crashes and the rest of the record along it Directions → Walking, cycling and driving routes, on Google Maps Street View → The kerb as Google photographed it: worth a look before a first visit

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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Nearby

More nearby places 5

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

More nearby bars & pubs 5

All 96 bars & pubs in Christchurch Central City → · Every one in the city →

Also in Christchurch Central City

More businesses in Christchurch Central City 7

Every kind of business in Christchurch Central City →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Christchurch Central City (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 28 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
AddressUpstairs, 93 Cashel Street, Central City (off City Mall)Find Christchurch, 2024
KindBars & pubsFind Christchurch, 2024

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How the council’s directory described it

- Opening Soon - New Sports bar is opening soon.

— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.

The ground it stands on

Facts about the spot the pin marks, the land, not the business. A consent may belong to the building, the landlord or a neighbour, every consent ECan grants is on the roll
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneCity centre zoneDistrict Plan
Consent CRC175832Water Take/Use, held by The Terrace on Avon Limited, to 3 June 2050, 10 m from the pinECan consents
Consent CRC175833Discharge Point, held by The Terrace on Avon Limited, to 3 June 2050, 21 m from the pinECan consents

What stood on this ground → · Documents that name it →

The reports nearby

7,160 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 5,917 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 7,160 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

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What is The Loft Sports Bar?

A bar or pub in Christchurch Central City, Christchurch.

Where is The Loft Sports Bar?

Upstairs, 93 Cashel Street, Central City (off City Mall), Christchurch Central City, on Cashel Street. On the map →

Is The Loft Sports Bar still trading?

Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.

What other bars & pubs are near The Loft Sports Bar?

The Little Fiddle (12 m), Whiskey Fiddle (15 m), The Bangalore Polo Club (23 m), every one in the city.

What’s near The Loft Sports Bar?

the address’s own record holds 14 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Little Fiddle (12 m); the Hereford St near Colombo St bus stop is 258 m away: route 8; a cycle lane passes within 60 m; nearest park: Bridge Of Remembrance (121 m).

What stood where The Loft Sports Bar is, before?

The heritage-register places nearest the pin →

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:

Sources: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Christchurch City Council off-street parking layer (CC BY 4.0) · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

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