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Avondale Park

Sports ground · 4 ha

From the air

aerial view of Avondale Park and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Avondale, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

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What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 44 pieces of play equipment (15 handrails, 9 platforms, 3 ladders, 2 swings, 2 climbing-nets, 2 firemans poles, 2 slides, 2 tunnels and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 3 m.

Also on the register: 10 seats (), 2 picnic tables, 1 drinking fountain (bottle filler and dog bowl) and 4 pieces of sports gear (2 goal posts, 1 basketball hoop and 1 tennis net).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2017.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

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Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 6 playing surfaces on this ground, 3 Football, Tennis, Basketball and Petanque, graded intermediate, recreational and senior on asphalt and grass, 3 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Tennis Court 1, Basketball Half Court, Petanque, Senior Football 1, Junior Football 2 and Junior Football 1.

The winter window runs April to August; match days land on Saturday and Sunday.

The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The reports on this ground

147 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 125 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.

What stood on this ground before → · On the map →

Questions, answered briefly

How big is Avondale Park?

4 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Avondale Park?

Its centre falls inside Avondale, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

What kind of place is Avondale Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.