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Sydenham Park

Sports ground · 5 ha

From the air

aerial view of Sydenham Park and the ground around it
From the air, Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Where it sits

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

More green in Sydenham

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: 9 seats (8 seats and 1 bench) and 2 drinking fountains (bottle filler and dog bowl).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2013.

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 7 playing surfaces on this ground, 4 Cricket, 2 Rugby and Hockey, graded junior and senior on water-based astroturf, asphalt and grass, 5 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Training Cricket Block, Senior Hockey, Senior Rugby Union 1, Senior Rugby Union 2, Senior Cricket 1 and Senior Cricket 2, and 1 more named ground.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs September to March; match days land on Saturday; 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.

The reports on this ground

221 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 181 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

  • Graffiti on a playground or in a park, 240 Brougham St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 8 October 2026
  • Park - General Request, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 6 October 2026
  • Graffiti on a playground or in a park, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 4 October 2026
  • Facility - General Request, 240–248 Brougham St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 3 October 2026
  • Water Leak, 312 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 24 September 2026
  • Water Leak, 312 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
  • Water Leak, 240F Brougham Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 30 August 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 27 August 2026
  • Pavement - General, 312 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, Nouvelle-Zélande · 25 August 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish, 12 Holy Family Ct, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 24 August 2026
  • Water Leak, 312 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 20 August 2026
  • Public Toilet, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand · 23 July 2026

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 Sydenham Park?

5 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Sydenham Park?

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

What kind of place is Sydenham Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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