# Elmwood Park Sports ground · 7 ha https://www.chch.live/park/1128-elmwood-park ## Where it sits Its centre falls inside [Merivale](https://www.chch.live/merivale), 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=-43.51184005253745&lon=172.61085244983457) ## More green in Merivale - [Carlton Mill Riverbank](https://www.chch.live/park/1507-carlton-mill-riverbank) - [Millbrook Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1157-millbrook-reserve), Botanic - [Merivale Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1782-merivale-reserve) - [Clifford Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1257-clifford-reserve) - [Merivale Village Green](https://www.chch.live/park/1081-merivale-village-green) ## 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. - [Elmwood Park](https://www.chch.live/place/98) ## 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. ## 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. - [In Loving Memory / Maude and Ernie M'Ewan](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112690-elmwood-park), Elmwood Park · 2013 - [In Loving Memory of / Peter Andrew Sharp](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311043-elmwood-park), Elmwood Park - [In Memory of / Jean Nichol / 1931-2006](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112685-elmwood-park), Elmwood Park · 2013 - [Kings Silver Jubilee / 1935 / Planted by Puples](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311045-ground) ## The tracks through it Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured as drawn, not surveyed. - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-401-merivale), 201 m · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-405-merivale), 144 m · walk · bike - [Walk and bike track through Merivale](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-413-merivale), 144 m · walk · bike ## The reports on this ground 176 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/9000109), Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8948140), [74 Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/74-heaton-street) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8928341), [83B Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/83b-heaton-street) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8885699), [83B Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/83b-heaton-street) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8802212), [83 Heaton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/83-heaton-street) - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8538341), Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8303794), [83A Heaton Street, Merivale, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/merivale/83a-heaton-street) - [Graffiti on a traffic light pole or cabinet, or wa](https://www.chch.live/report/8300687), Heaton St, Canterbury Region 8052, New Zealand - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8284346), 15–21 Heaton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8205552), Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8194216), 15–21 Heaton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8182722), 15–21 Heaton St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8052, New Zealand What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51184005253745&lon=172.61085244983457 ## 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. Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1128 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026