Woolston Park
Sports ground · 5 ha
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre falls inside Woolston, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
More green in Woolston
- Heathcote Riverbank True Right · 8 ha
- Ti Rakau Reserve · 3 ha
- Staunton Esplanade Reserve · 3 ha
- Radley Park · 3 ha
- Christchurch Quay Reserve · 1 ha
- Connal Reserve · 1 ha
- Kotuku Reserve · 1 ha
- Heathcote Riverbank
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
A playground stands here, the register counts 23 pieces of play equipment (13 obstacles, 4 balance-fixed beams, 3 sound plays, 2 swings and 1 climbing-monkey bars) on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 4 m.
Also on the register: 9 seats (9 seats), 1 picnic table, 1 drinking fountain (bottle filler), 4 fitness stations, 9 pieces of fitness gear (2 balance beams, 2 push up bars, 1 vertical ladder and 1 chin up bar) and 4 pieces of sports gear (2 goal posts, 1 basketball hoop and 1 tennis net).
The register’s commission dates run 2009 to 2019.
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 8 playing surfaces on this ground, 3 Rugby League, Tennis, Basketball, Pickleball, Football and Cricket, graded intermediate, recreational and senior on asphalt and grass, 5 run a winter or summer booking season.
The register books them by name, Tennis Court, Basketball Half Court, Recreational Pickleball 1, Senior Rugby League 1, Mini Rugby League 1 and junior Football 1, and 2 more named grounds.
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 plaques on this ground
Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park's drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.
Coronation / 1910 / Erected by Anchor Lodge · 2009
Coronation 1910 Erected by Anchor Lodge · 2009
George Wears Samms 1882 – 1954 Lily Samms Scott 1909 – 2005 · 2009
This Garden Is Dedicated to the Memory of James McCombs · 2009
Woolston Centennial 27th July 1893–1993 Plaque – Donated · 2009
Woolston Park plaque · 2009
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 Woolston, 181 m · walk · bike
The reports on this ground
294 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 247 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 11 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 26 Richardson Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 9 October 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 25 September 2026
Water General, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 22 September 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 9 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Woolston Park 502 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 8 September 2026
Water Fountain, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 21 August 2026
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 29C Silvester Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 18 August 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 29C Silvester Street, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 18 August 2026
Public Toilet, 502 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 17 August 2026
Park - General Request, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 17 August 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 545 Ferry Road, Woolston, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 15 August 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 Woolston, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
Sports ground.
One line enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.