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Elmwood Park

Sports ground · 7 ha

From the air

aerial view of Elmwood Park and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

More green in Merivale

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 37 pieces of play equipment (12 handrails, 6 platforms, 3 slides, 3 ladders, 2 see-saws, 2 cube/bead sets, 1 may pole, 1 swing and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 3 m.

Also on the register: 11 seats (11 seats), 1 picnic table, 2 drinking fountains (bottle filler) and 2 pieces of sports gear (1 netball hoop and 1 cricket net).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2015.

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

The register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipment

Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 18 playing surfaces on this ground, 10 Tennis, 3 Football, 3 Cricket, Bowls and Croquet, graded senior, intermediate and junior on grass, 6 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Bowling Club, Croquet Club, Tennis Court 1, Tennis Court 2, Tennis Court 3 and Tennis Court 4, and 12 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October 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 tracks through it

Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.

The reports on this ground

176 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 147 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 Elmwood Park?

7 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Elmwood Park?

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

What kind of place is Elmwood Park?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Elmwood Park?

3 lines enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.