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The Mohair Store

The Mohair Store is a clothing shop at 140 Colombo Street, Beckenham, the map pin sits in Sydenham, Christchurch, inside the Beckenham commercial centre.

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. The directory’s number for it: 03 943 1639.

Checked 16 Oct 2026

The Mohair Store has NZ's largest selection of luxury mohair throws and knee rugs at outlet prices, all being 100% NZ made. Items include gorgeous mohair blankets, throws, knee rugs/wraps, scarves and alpaca… more ↓

140 Colombo Street, Beckenham

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Nearest bus stop
130 m
Clothing in the suburb
12

Getting there

Bus stop, Colombo St near Tennyson St 130 m · Route 1 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Aylmer St and Colombo St 133 m · Route 1 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Colombo St near Somerfield St 149 m · Route 1 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane, Southern Lights Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
The street, Colombo 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

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 clothing

All 12 clothing in Sydenham → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sydenham

Every kind of business in Sydenham →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sydenham (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 16 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
Address140 Colombo Street, BeckenhamFind Christchurch, 2024
KindClothingFind Christchurch, 2024
Phone03 943 1639Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site lists 0800654655
Websitethemohairstore.co.nzFind Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees

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How the council’s directory described it

The Mohair Store has NZ's largest selection of luxury mohair throws and knee rugs at outlet prices, all being 100% NZ made. Items include gorgeous mohair blankets, throws, knee rugs/wraps, scarves and alpaca throws. Open Monday - Friday 10am–5pm & Saturday 10am-4pm

— 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
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneLocal centre zoneDistrict Plan
Commercial centreBeckenham, small neighbourhood centreDistrict Plan

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

What stood on Colombo Street

High Street and Colombo Street
1860, High Street and Colombo Street

From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Formaggio's, 2025-04. The street’s then and now →

The reports nearby

852 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 683 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 852 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

What is The Mohair Store?

A clothing shop in Sydenham, Christchurch.

Where is The Mohair Store?

140 Colombo Street, Beckenham, the map pin sits in Sydenham, on Colombo Street. On the map →

Is The Mohair Store 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.

How do you contact The Mohair Store?

phone 03 943 1639 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).

What other clothing are near The Mohair Store?

Spoilt Boutique (14 m), Nurse Maude Hospice Shop (65 m), Starfish Swimwear (581 m), every one in the city.

What’s near The Mohair Store?

the address’s own record holds 5 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Oceans Seafood (2 m); the Colombo St near Tennyson St bus stop is 130 m away: route 1; a cycle lane on the Southern Lights route passes the door; nearest park: Colombo Reserve (68 m).

What stood where The Mohair Store 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:

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-mohair-store-sydenham.md.