chch.live the businesses of christchurch

Whittington Avenue Sports Field

Whittington Avenue Sports Field is a sports centre in Woolston, Christchurch.

Is this your business? Send hours, menu or photos, free and this page updates. chch.live’s maker builds simple sites for Christchurch businesses. Know its hours? Add them on OpenStreetMap, the page picks them up overnight.

Checked 19 Oct 2026

The spot itself carries an ECan consent, stormwater industrial

Woolston

Open on the city map →

Nearest bus stop
197 m
Sports centres in the suburb
3

Getting there

Bus stop, Opawa Rd near Locarno St 197 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Opawa Rd near Cholmondeley Ave 224 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Bus stop, Opawa Rd near Ensors Rd 271 m · Route 8 · ECan bus stops
Cycle lane 84 m · 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

The map loads only when you ask for it.

Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.

Nearby

More nearby places 4

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 sports centres

More nearby sports centres 5

All 3 sports centres in Woolston → · Every one in the city →

Also in Woolston

More businesses in Woolston 7

Every kind of business in Woolston →

What the record holds

Every fact with the source that states it, Woolston (the suburb’s page) · record assembled 19 Oct 2026
FactWhat the source saysSource
KindSports centresOpenStreetMap

A name, a kind and a pin, the sources carry little more. Add what you know on OpenStreetMap →

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, every consent ECan grants is on the roll
FactWhat the source saysSource
District Plan zoneSpecific Purpose (Tertiary Education)District Plan
Consent CRC164055Stormwater Industrial, to 18 Dec 2050, 13 m from the pinECan consents

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

The reports nearby

191 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Rubbish & dumping and Roads & footpaths, 151 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.

The 191 reports on file

Questions, answered briefly

Read answers 6
What is Whittington Avenue Sports Field?

A sports centre in Woolston, Christchurch.

Where is Whittington Avenue Sports Field?

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

Is Whittington Avenue Sports Field still trading?

On OpenStreetMap.

What other sports centres are near Whittington Avenue Sports Field?

Opawa Bowling Club (217 m), Opawa Tennis (490 m), Woolston Park Bowling Club (782 m), every one in the city.

What’s near Whittington Avenue Sports Field?

6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Opawa Bowling Club (217 m); the Opawa Rd near Locarno St bus stop is 197 m away: route 8; a cycle lane passes within 84 m; nearest park: Risingholme Park (498 m).

What stood where Whittington Avenue Sports Field 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:

Sources: OpenStreetMap · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s active resource consents · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer

Read source notes 5

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/whittington-avenue-sports-field-woolston.md.