Bookstores in Christchurch: list of 30 free CSV

How many bookstores are in Christchurch?

OpenStreetMap lists 30 named bookstores inside the Christchurch city boundary (1,628 km²), extract of 11 Nov 2026. 42% of the records list a website and 32% a phone number; 17 named bookstores have no website on the public record.

Examples on the list: Bishopdale Books and Post, Book Barn on Ferry, Books Plus.

Bookstores in Christchurch at a glance: most are in Sydenham (5), Bishopdale (3), Charleston (2); records were last edited between May 2016 and Aug 2026; chain names include Whitcoulls and Paper Plus; Christian Value Books and Paper Plus list a business phone.

Edited on the map in the 90 days before the extract: 1 record, including Paper Plus.

30named bookstores

42%list a website

17no website listed

20neighbourhoods

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Data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, extract of 11 Nov 2026. The CSV is under the same licence.

17 with no website9 non-chain, edited since 2022.Filter to them
20 non-chain10 chain branches set aside; the biggest brand is Whitcoulls (6).Non-chain only
5 in SydenhamPlan a territory by neighbourhood or postcode.Only Sydenham

All 30 bookstores, A to Z

on the map recordmissing from the record

Bookstores in Christchurch, OpenStreetMap extract of 11 Nov 2026.
Business	Street and area	Website	Phone
B
Bishopdale Books and Postnot edited since 2022	Bishopdale, no street on record
Book Barn on Ferry	374 Ferry Road, Charleston
Books Plus	Bishopdale, no street on record
C
Christian Superstore	Sydenham, no street on record	christiansuperstore.co.nz
Christian Value Books	21A Main North Road, Papanui	christianvaluebooks.co.nz	+64 3 352 1123
D
Dove Bookshop	Bishopdale, no street on record
J
J Books	374a Ferry Road, Charleston
K
King's Books & Stamps	Edgeware, no street on record
L
Leslie's Bookshop	29b London Street, Lyttelton
London St Books	Lyttelton, no street on record
P
Paper Plus	Hornby, no street on record
Paper Plus	Barrington, no street on record
Paper Plus	72 Brighton Mall, New Brighton	paperplus.co.nz	+64 3 388 1809
Paper Plus	1005 Ferry Road, Ferrymead	paperplus.co.nz	+64 3 384 2063
Paper Treenot edited since 2018	Saint Martins, no street on record
Parris & Jeanne	183 Papanui Road, Merivale	parrisandjeanne.co.nz
Piccadilly Bookshop Limited	210 Withells Road, Avonhead	piccadillybooks.co.nz	+64 3 358 4835
R
Reverie Booksellers	Saint Albans, no street on record
S
Scorpio Books	120 Hereford Street, Sydenham	scorpiobooks.co.nz	+64 3 379 2882
Scorpio Books Next Door	Sydenham, no street on record
Smiths Bookshopnot edited since 2016	Hillsborough, no street on record
Steadfast Books	1/17 Wise Street, Addington	steadfastbooks.co.nz	+64 3 381 0033
T
Telling Tales: Scorpio Books' Children's Bookshop	101-111 Cashel Street, Sydenham	scorpiobooks.co.nz	+64 3 741 3309
U
University Book Shop	University Drive, University Of Canterbury	ubscan.co.nz	+64 3 364 2043
W
Whitcoulls	Hornby, no street on record
Whitcoulls	Sydenham, no street on record
Whitcoulls	189 Papanui Road, Merivale	whitcoulls.co.nz
Whitcoulls	Papanui, no street on record	whitcoulls.co.nz	+64 3 977 3568
Whitcoulls	The Palms Mall, Shirley	whitcoulls.co.nz	+64 3 977 3570
Whitcoulls	Riccarton Central, no street on record

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Also as Excel file of the 30 bookstores, GeoJSON file of the 30 bookstores, KML file of the 30 bookstores (maps and spreadsheets; same rows, same licence).

1 more record has no name on the map and is left out of the list.

Bookstores in Christchurch with no website listed

9 of 20 named non-chain bookstores.

Book Barn on Ferry374 Ferry Road, Charleston
Books PlusBishopdale
Dove BookshopBishopdale
J Books374a Ferry Road, Charleston
King's Books & StampsEdgeware
Leslie's Bookshop29b London Street, Lyttelton
London St BooksLyttelton
Reverie BooksellersSaint Albans
Scorpio Books Next DoorSydenham

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Where they are

Map of the 30 bookstores inside the Christchurch boundary; most sit around Sydenham, Bishopdale, Charleston. — website listedno website, or social page only

By neighbourhood

Black: website listed.

8 more neighbourhoods in the filter above.

By postcode district

80112
80142
80612

Chains and non-chain businesses

32% of the records are branches of a chain or brand; 21 are not.

Whitcoulls6
Paper Plus4

What the records hold

31 map records.
Field	Records	Share
Street address	14	45%
Website (own site)	13	42%
Phone on file	10	32%
Email on file (not shown)	6	19%
Opening hours	14	45%
Chain or brand branch	10	32%
Edited since January 2024	21	68%

Half the records were last edited in May 2025 or later.

Why other sites show a different number

Coverage. 31 mapped; Google Maps holds more.
Boundary. 1,628 km² (map); metro searches count more.
Names. 10 branches each count once; 1 unnamed left out.

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Paste these 2 searches into Search phrases, one per line; the neighbourhood searches catch businesses a citywide search misses.
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Bookstores in other cities

City	Named	Website listed
Bookstores in Auckland	69	38%
Bookstores in Wellington	18	67%
Bookstores in Paris	595	50%
Bookshops in London	324	58%
Bookstores in Berlin	307	66%
Bookstores in New York City	157	68%
Bookstores in Melbourne	120	40%
Bookstores in Toronto	108	50%
Bookstores in Montreal	91	52%
Bookstores in Amsterdam	86	63%

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How Christchurch compares: the local digital gap in Christchurch, every kind of business with and without a website on the map.

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Questions

How many bookstores are there in Christchurch?

At least 31: that is how many OpenStreetMap has inside the Christchurch city boundary, 30 with a name (extract of 11 Nov 2026). 10 are chain branches. Google Maps usually lists more, because more owners add themselves there.

Which part of Christchurch has the most bookstores?

Sydenham (5), then Bishopdale (3) and Charleston (2). 20 neighbourhoods have at least one.

How many bookstores in Christchurch have no website?

17 of the 30 named bookstores have no website on their map record; 9 of them are not chain branches.

How do I get phone numbers and emails for bookstores in Christchurch?

Run Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder with the search "bookstores in Christchurch, New Zealand" plus 1 neighbourhood searches such as "bookstores in Sydenham, Christchurch, New Zealand". One run costs about $0.43 to $0.64 ($0.40 start fee (4 GB run) included), plus platform usage, for 30 to 240 rows.

Sources

OpenStreetMap extract for Christchurch, checked 2026-11-11
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Google Maps Business Lead & Email Finder on the Apify Store, checked 2026-11-13

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