# Sydenham Park

Sports ground · 5 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/1107-sydenham-park

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Sydenham](https://www.chch.live/sydenham), 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=-43.54789616277226&lon=172.63523159508176)

## More green in Sydenham
- [Bradford Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1591-bradford-park), Sports ground · 3 ha
- [Washington Way Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1316-washington-way-reserve), Sports ground
- [Cameron Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1575-cameron-reserve)
- [Buchan Playground](https://www.chch.live/park/1146-buchan-playground)
- [Jacksons Creek](https://www.chch.live/park/1195-jacksons-creek)
- [Cadogan Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1690-cadogan-reserve)
- [Hastings Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1789-hastings-reserve)
- [Mabel Howard Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1286-mabel-howard-reserve)

## 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.
- [King Edward VII Coronation Memorial Lamp and Drinking Fountain and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/15)

## 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.
- [Sydenham Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310938-sydenham-park), Sydenham Park
- [Sydenham Park plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311033-sydenham-park), Sydenham Park
- [This Fountain Was Moved and Resited by the City Council](https://www.chch.live/plaque/29149-king-edward-lamp), King Edward Lamp · 2009

## The reports on this ground
221 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9053967), [240 Brougham St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/240-brougham-street)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9040964), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/9026621), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9022848), 240–248 Brougham St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8974216), [312 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/312-colombo-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8924264), [312 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/312-colombo-street)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8832326), [240F Brougham Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/240f-brougham-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8815189), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8802230), [312 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, Nouvelle-Zélande](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/312-colombo-street)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8795679), [12 Holy Family Ct, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/12-holy-family-ct)
- [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8775795), [312 Colombo St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/sydenham/312-colombo-street)
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8623734), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.54789616277226&lon=172.63523159508176

## 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.

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1107 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026
