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Godley Statue Reserve

Botanic

From the air

aerial view of Godley Statue Reserve and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

The camping bylaw names this ground, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area: two nights in certified self-contained vehicles only. The zone drawings sit at /rules.

More green in Christchurch Central City

The register on this ground

Heritage-register places whose pin falls inside the park's drawn outline, what stood here, or still does.

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: 32 seats (32 benches).

The register’s commission date puts the gear in 2009.

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.

The reports on this ground

76 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 64 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 Godley Statue Reserve?

786 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Godley Statue Reserve?

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 Godley Statue Reserve?

Botanic.

Where does this record come from?

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