Essential Services in Lyttelton

Health Centre

This is right next door to the Information Centre at 20 Oxford Street.

Phone number:  +64 03 328 7309        email:  [email protected]

Opening Hours:

Monday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 5:00pm
Wednesday 8:00am - 5:00pm
Thursday 8:00am - 5:30pm
Our answerphone is switched on at 5pm
Friday 7:30am - 5:00pm

If you require help when we are closed please phone or present to:

24 Hour Surgery at Pegasus House, 401 Madras Street, Christchurch.

Phone Number +64 03 365 7777

Lyttelton Pharmacy  

19 London Street, Lyttelton               Phone number: +64 03 328 8314

Opening Hours:

Monday 9:00am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9:00am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:00am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9:00am - 6:00pm
Friday 9:00am - 5:30pm

Saturday 9.30 – 1.00pm

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays  The nearest pharmacy would be Countdown in Ferrymead which is through the tunnel.

Public Toilets

20a London Street – Right next door to the Information Centre

Albion Square 44 London Street

Wi-fi

Available at the Library:  35 London Street.  On the corner with Canterbury Street

If the library is closed you can sit outside or over the road in Albion Square and still use it.

ATM Machine

Westpac, 20 London Street

Supermarket

Supervalue, 17 London Street 07.00 - 21.00

Mechanics

Lyttelton Service Station

1 Canterbury Street, Lyttelton 8082

Ph: (03) 328 8749

Petrol

There is no petrol station in Lyttelton.

The nearest one is NPD at 254 Port Hills Road, this is 5.4 km away and an 8 minute drive. It is a self service station that is open 24/7. No cash.

Challenge at 350 Port Hills Road, which is 6.4 km away and an 8 minute drive.

Open:  Monday to Saturday 7.30am – 7.30pm       Sunday 8.00am – 7.30pm

Or Caltex at 241 Dyers Pass Road which is 8.4 km away and a 9 minute journey

Open every day 6.00am - 10.00pm

In Diamond Harbour there is a self service NPD petrol station at 141 Marine Drive, which is open 24/7. No cash.

Transport

Buses

If you are to use the bus, it is requested that cash notes of $20 NZD or under are to be used for paying for fares.

Cash fares:  

$4 Adult  
$2 Children (5-18 years)  
Children under 5 are free 
 

When a fare is purchased, you are entitled to one free transfer using your ticket receipt. You can use your transfer on any Metro bus service within the two-hour transfer period. The free transfer ticket does not include the Diamond Harbour Ferry.

Local bus options include:

Route 8 Port-to-Port

This bus can be caught from Lyttelton at Norwich Quay to access Christchurch city and the Antarctic Centre/Airport.

Map 
Timetable 

Route 155 Eastgate/Lyttelton shopper service

This bus will take you to Ferrymead and you can then catch Route 3 bus to Sumner or in the opposite direction to Christchurch City Centre, the Hospital and on out to the airport.

If you stay on the 155 bus it will take you through to Eastgate where you can connect with the Orbiter and several other routes.  

Timetable 

Route 3 Airport or Sheffield Cres to Sumner

Timetable 
 

The Complete Metro Bus Network can be viewed here.

Other Transport Options  

There are a number of Taxi companies and Uber that can drive to Lyttelton to pick cruise passengers up - some more info on this in link below:

https://nzpocketguide.com/christchurch-cab-fare-taxi-prices-christchurch/

Diamond Harbour Ferry

A ferry can be taken across Lyttelton Harbour to Diamond Harbour, a small township across the water. There is a cafe or two, and areas to walk to get a different perspective of the Harbour.

To get to the Diamond Harbour Ferry, walk down Norwich Quay to the overbridge that is at the Norwich Quay and Oxford Street intersections (you will see a restaurant called SUPER on the corner of this intersection). Walk past Super over the overbridge/ road (that goes over the port train tracks). At the second set of stairs on the left - walk down these and follow signs onto the Diamond Harbour Ferry Wharf. You can also walk all the way over the overbridge/ road and turn left, to avoid taking the stairs, and walk down towards the Diamond Harbour Ferry Wharf).

Cash or Eftpos (including contactless payment) is accepted on the Ferry, though they may not have change for large cash notes.

The Ferry ride is a 10 minute trip to Diamond Harbour Wharf. To get into the township, there are steps and hill walk (which is the easier route), or a steeper hill walk if you avoid the steps.

More information on the Diamond Harbour Ferry (scroll down the page in the link to find timetables): https://www.blackcat.co.nz/diamond-harbour-ferry/

More information on Diamond Harbour: https://diamondharbour.info/