The Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge
The Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge is a hotel at 118 Racecourse Road, Sockburn, Christchurch.
Checked 19 Oct 2026
The Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge has a relaxed atmosphere and with a semi-rural outlook, located next to Riccarton… Read full description ↓
Licensed to Leyfield Holdings Limited, to 26 Jan 2028
The only hotel on the record in Sockburn
118 Racecourse Road
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Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Nearby
More nearby places 6
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 hotels
More nearby hotels 5
Also in Sockburn
More businesses in Sockburn 7
What the record holds 7 sourced facts
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 118 Racecourse Road, Christchurch 8042 | OpenStreetMap |
| Kind | Hotels | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 342 7150 | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Website | racecoursehotel.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
| Food registration | reg CCC003252/1, Template FCP, verified by CCC, expires 2 Apr 2027 | MPI food register |
| Alcohol licence | On-licence hotel, expires 26 Jan 2028, held by Leyfield Holdings Limited | Council licence register |
| Alcohol licence | Off-licence hotel, expires 26 Jan 2028, held by Leyfield Holdings Limited | Council licence register |
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How the council’s directory described it
The Racecourse Hotel & Motor Lodge has a relaxed atmosphere and with a semi-rural outlook, located next to Riccarton Racecourse. With 46 studio units, only a short drive from the airport & the central city.
— 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 | Residential Visitor Accommodation Zone | District Plan |
The reports nearby
180 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Rubbish & dumping and Roads & footpaths, 135 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Facility - General Request
Abandoned Vehicle
Poles and Signage - General
Street Cleaning
Dumped Rubbish
Dumped Rubbish
Pavement - General
Water Leak
Flooding
Dumped Rubbish
Water Leak
Dumped RubbishQuestions, answered briefly
Read answers 7
A hotel in Sockburn, Christchurch.
118 Racecourse Road, Sockburn, on Racecourse Road. On the map →
Holds an on-licence hotel on the council’s register, to 26 Jan 2028, the strongest sign the record can give that it trades.
phone 03 342 7150 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website.
Wigram Hotel & The Harvard Restaurant And Bar (1.3 km), Alpine Hotel (1.9 km), 101 Stars Motel (2.8 km), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 7 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Hoofbeats Bar and Bistro - The Racecourse Hotel (18 m); the Racecourse Rd near O'briens Rd bus stop is 68 m away: route 130; a shared path on the South Express route passes within 43 m; nearest park: Paparua Stream Reserve (61 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:
Sources: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch City Council licensed-premises register · Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Wikidata · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer · The business’s own website · Ministry for Primary Industries food-business register
Read source notes 9
- 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)
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- 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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