Harrington Park
Sports ground · 1 ha
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre falls inside Riccarton, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
More green in Riccarton
What’s built on this ground
A playground stands here, the register counts 53 pieces of play equipment (11 obstacles, 7 platforms, 6 balance-fixed beams, 5 handrails, 3 swings, 3 steps, 2 climbing-walls, 2 slides and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 6 m.
Also on the register: 5 seats (4 seats and 1 bench), 2 picnic tables, 1 drinking fountain and 2 pieces of sports gear (1 cricket net and 1 basketball hoop).
The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2008.
The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.




Sport and dogs on this ground
The recreation register marks 2 playing surfaces on this ground, Cricket and Basketball, graded junior and recreational on asphalt.
The register books them by name, Training Cricket Block and Basketball Half Court.
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
310 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Rubbish & dumping and Trees & parks, 251 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.
Rubbish and Bins - General, 5A Piko Crescent, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
Public Toilet, 143 Peverel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General, 130 Peverel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 9A Piko Crescent, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
Public Toilet, 130 Peverel St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 23 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 120 Peverel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 11 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 120 Peverel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 8 September 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 130 Peverel Street, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 3 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 130 Peverel St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 31 August 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 130 Peverel St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 31 August 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 19 Piko Crescent, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 3 August 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 17 Piko Crescent, Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 3 August 2026
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
1 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.
Its centre falls inside Riccarton, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
Sports ground.
Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.