Ray Blank Park
Sports ground · 5 ha
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre falls inside Ilam, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
More green in Ilam
- Upper Riccarton Domain, Sports ground · 4 ha
- Corfe Reserve · 1 ha
- Ryeland Reserve
- Annandale Park
- Bullock Reserve
- Montclare Reserve
What’s built on this ground
A playground stands here, the register counts 7 pieces of play equipment (2 solo spinners, 1 spring, 1 slide, 1 rocktopus, 1 see-saw and 1 swing) on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 3 m.
Also on the register: 2 seats (2 seats), 2 picnic tables, 1 drinking fountain and 2 pieces of sports gear (2 goal posts).
The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2025.
The register flags 1 item out of service.
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 3 playing surfaces on this ground, 2 Football and Ultimate Frisbee, graded senior on grass, 3 run a winter or summer booking season.
The register books them by name, Senior Football 2, Senior Football 1 and Senior Ultimate Frisbee 1.
The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October to March; match days land on Saturday and Sunday; training runs Monday to Friday.
The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.
The tracks through it
Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.
- Walk and bike track through Ilam, 246 m · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Ilam, 108 m · walk · bike
The reports on this ground
153 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 116 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.
Rubbish and Bins - General, 12 Gothic Place, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 18 September 2026
Park - General Request, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 16 September 2026
Pavement - Damaged, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 11 September 2026- Dumped Rubbish, 46 Maidstone Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 10 September 2026
Public Toilet, 46 Maidstone Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 31 May 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General, 49 Maidstone Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 26 May 2026
Playground Equipment, 14 Gothic Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 23 May 2026- Public Toilet, 46 Maidstone Road, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 14 May 2026
Trees - General, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 26 April 2026
Public Toilet, 46 Maidstone Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 16 April 2026
Trees - General, 46 Maidstone Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 11 April 2026
Playground Equipment, 14 Gothic Place, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 17 March 2026
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
5 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.
Its centre falls inside Ilam, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
Sports ground.
2 lines enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.