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The Social

Checked 13 Oct 2026

The Social is a premises filed under Bars & pubs in Sumner, Christchurch.

Sumner

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Nearest bus stop
125 m
Bars & pubs in the suburb
5

Opening hours

No source lists its hours. If you know them, add them on OpenStreetMap →, the next bake picks them up.

Reviews

Getting there

Bus stop, Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk 125 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Marriner St near Wakefield Ave 158 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Marriner St near Main Rd 201 m · Route 3 · ECan bus stops
Shared path, Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway Passes the door · in service · Council cycleway layer
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.

Within a short walk

The nearest other bars & pubs

All 5 bars & pubs in Sumner → · Every one in the city →

Also in Sumner

Every kind of business in Sumner →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Sumner (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 13 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindBars & pubsOpenStreetMap

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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 zoneResidential Medium DensityDistrict Plan

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

The reports nearby

1,103 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Water & drains, 844 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 1,103 reports on file
Hazard, vehicle 16 Esplanade, Sumner · 13 October 2026
Overgrown Vegetation 25 Esplanade · 13 October 2026
General Request 27 Esplanade · 10 October 2026
Pavement - Damaged Marriner St near Main Rd, Sumner · 26 September 2026
Public Toilet 25–27 Esplanade · 22 September 2026
Trees - General 23 Nayland Street, Sumner · 22 September 2026

Questions, answered briefly

What is The Social?

Bars & pubs in Sumner, Christchurch.

Where is The Social?

Somewhere in Sumner, the record holds no street address. On the map →

Is The Social still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

What other bars & pubs are near The Social?

The Village Grape Bar (268 m), 4 Shore Sumner (269 m), 4Shore Sumner (271 m), every one in the city.

What’s near The Social?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Rock Cafe (2 m); the Marriner St near Richmond Hill Wlk bus stop is 125 m away: route 3; a shared path on the Te Ara Ihutai Coastal Pathway route passes the door; nearest park: Cave Rock Reserve (101 m).

What stood where The Social 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-social-sumner.md.