# Victoria Square

Botanic · 2 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/1066-victoria-square

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Christchurch Central City](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city), suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.52821290100651&lon=172.63540438759486)

The camping bylaw names this ground, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area: two nights in certified self-contained vehicles only. [The zone drawings](https://www.chch.live/rules).

## More green in Christchurch Central City
- [Hagley Park North](https://www.chch.live/park/1572-hagley-park-north), Sports ground · 91 ha
- [Hagley Park South](https://www.chch.live/park/1812-hagley-park-south), Sports ground · 71 ha
- [Botanic Gardens](https://www.chch.live/park/1656-botanic-gardens), Botanic · 21 ha
- [Little Hagley Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1638-little-hagley-park), Botanic · 7 ha
- [Avon Riverbank Central City](https://www.chch.live/park/1868-avon-riverbank-central-city), 6 ha
- [Barbadoes Cemetery](https://www.chch.live/park/1341-barbadoes-cemetery), Botanic · 3 ha
- [Cranmer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1817-cranmer-square), Botanic · 2 ha
- [Latimer Square](https://www.chch.live/park/1026-latimer-square), Botanic · 2 ha

## The register on this ground
Heritage-register places whose pin falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the pin is a point, not a boundary.
- [Queen Victoria Statue/Canterbury Jubilee Memorial and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/238)
- [Captain James Cook Statue and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/239), 89 Armagh Street
- [Bowker Fountain and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/242)
- [K2 Telephone Box and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/243)
- [Horse Watering Ramp and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/305)

## What’s built on this ground

No playground is on the register here, the asset layers name none for this ground.

Also on the register: 38 seats (38 seats), 5 picnic tables, 3 drinking fountains (bottle filler) and 1 water feature.

The register’s commission dates run 2003 to 2018.

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

## The monuments on this ground
Memorial and artwork pins that stand inside the park’s drawn outline, where the register put them, not a claim about the ground’s story.
- [Francois Le Lievre](https://www.chch.live/memorial/francois-le-lievre)
- [James Cook Statue](https://www.chch.live/memorial/james-cook-statue)
- [Pou Pou Monument](https://www.chch.live/memorial/pou-pou-monument), sculpture
- [Queen Victoria Statue / Christchurch South African War memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/queen-victoria-statue-christchurch-south-african-war-memorial)

## The plaques on this ground
Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park’s drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.
- [‘victoria Bridge’ Was Closed to Traffic in April 1988](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307401-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [Bowker Fountain / Unveiled 26 February 1931](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307416-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [Christchurch City Council / Victoria Square Redevelopment](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307404-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [Dedicated to the Memory of the New Zealand Troops](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64821-queen-victoria), Queen Victoria · 2009
- [Donated to Christchurch City / by / Ivan and Bria Steer](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307415-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [Ettie Rout 1877–1936 Guardian Angel of the ANZAC](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65009-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2009
- [Flower Bed Gifted to the City by / the Victoria League](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307406-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [Gifted to the City by Estate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307414-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [Gifted to the City by Estate of V.J. Wilkinson](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64927-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2009
- [Gifted to the City by the Descendants](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307413-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [Gifted to the City by the Protect Victoria Square Society](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307407-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [Gifted to the City in Memory of / Anne and Jack Ryall](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307411-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [He Poupou Tohu Ahi-Kä o Ngäi Tahu](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307409-he-poupou-tohu-ahi-ka-o-ngai), He Poupou Tohu Ahi-Ka O Ngai · 2018
- [Immigration Barracks Stood on This Site in the Early 1860s](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64929-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2009
- [In Memory of Canterbury’S Sons](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64819-queen-victoria), Queen Victoria · 2009
- [James Cook Captain Royal Navy Circumnavigator Who First](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64988-captian-cook), Captian Cook · 2009
- [Market Stalls Selling Meat Fish Produce and Groceries](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64923-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2009
- [Presented by Matthew Frank Barnett a Citizen](https://www.chch.live/plaque/65006-captian-cook), Captian Cook · 2009
- [Quercus Palustris Planted to Mark the 50th Anniversary](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64924-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2009
- [The First Police Station in Christchurch Was Built on This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64946-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2009
- [The Hamish Hay Bridge](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307402-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [The Market Hall Stood on / This Site From 1862 to 1874](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307417-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [The Market Hall Stood on This Site From 1852 to 1870](https://www.chch.live/plaque/64755-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2009
- [The Public Works Department / Offices and Yards Occupied](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307418-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2018
- [The Weeping Willows of Christchurch to Commemorate](https://www.chch.live/plaque/307412-victoria-square), Victoria Square · 2026

## The reports on this ground
481 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8999160), [89 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/89-armagh-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8999153), [792 Colombo Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/792-colombo-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8861798), Mutual Fund House 90 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8782671), [89 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/89-armagh-street)
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8637999), Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Water Fountain](https://www.chch.live/report/8486044), 3370753, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8485918), Victoria Square, By The Fountain VIC Australia
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8455244), [89 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/89-armagh-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8336175), [89 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/89-armagh-street)
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/8239132), [89 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/89-armagh-street)
- [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8221207), [89 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/89-armagh-street)
- [General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8153949), [89 Armagh Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/christchurch-central-city/89-armagh-street)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.52821290100651&lon=172.63540438759486

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Victoria Square?**

2 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Victoria Square?**

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

**What kind of place is Victoria Square?**

Botanic.

**Where does this record come from?**

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

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1066 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026