Whitcoulls
Whitcoulls is a bookshop in Northcote, Christchurch, inside the Papanui/Northlands commercial centre.
Checked 16 Oct 2026 · hours from its own website, read 29 Sept 2026
Bookshop in the Papanui/Northlands centre: read from the public record
The only bookshop on the record in Northcote
Opening hours
| Monday, Friday | 9 am, 5 pm |
|---|---|
| Saturday, Sunday | Closed |
Hours change, especially over holidays: confirm with the business before a special trip. About 40 hours a week, by the website’s count.
Reviews
Getting there
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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 bookshops
The other Whitcoulls doors, 4 on the roll
Also in Northcote
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Bookshops | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | +64 3 977 3568 | OpenStreetMap |
| Website | whitcoulls.co.nz | OpenStreetMap · its own site agrees |
Is this your business? Send hours, menu or photos, free and this page updates.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Town centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Papanui/Northlands, district centre | District Plan |
Graham Condon / 1949 – 2007 / QSM / JP / Paralympian
Graham Condon plaqueThe reports nearby
182 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 140 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 182 reports on file
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Pavement - General
Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa
Dumped Rubbish
Hazard, vehicle
Hazard, vehicleQuestions, answered briefly
A bookshop in Northcote, Christchurch.
Somewhere in Northcote, the record holds no street address. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap.
phone 03 977 3568, its website.
Monday, Friday: 9 am, 5 pm; Saturday, Sunday: Closed, as its own website states.
Christian Value Books (469 m), Bishopdale Books and Post (1.9 km), Books Plus (1.9 km), every one in the city.
6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Oscar Wylee (12 m); the Northlands Platform A bus stop is 120 m away: routes 1, 95, 107; a cycle lane passes within 81 m; nearest park: Shearer Playground (363 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 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
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/whitcoulls-northcote.md.