Mccormacks Bay
Sports ground · 22 ha
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre sits about 7.7 km south-east of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.
What’s built on this ground
A playground stands here, the register counts 40 pieces of play equipment (16 handrails, 9 platforms, 5 ladders, 2 swings, 1 steps, 1 monkey bars, 1 track glyde, 1 firemans pole and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 2 m.
Also on the register: 17 seats (13 seats and 4 benches), 1 picnic table, 1 drinking fountain and 6 pieces of sports gear (6 goal posts).
The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2017.
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 10 playing surfaces on this ground, 5 Touch Rugby, 4 Rugby and Petanque, graded recreational, senior and junior on grass, 9 run a winter or summer booking season.
The register books them by name, Petanque, Senior Rugby Union 1, Senior Rugby Union 2, Junior Rugby Union 1, Senior Touch Rugby 1 and Senior Touch Rugby 3, and 4 more named grounds.
The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October to March; match days land on Thursday and 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.
Bernard Hansen — a Friend of the Estuary · 2009
In Loving Memory of Anne (Rosemary) Fear 7 June 1941 · 2009
In Loving Memory of Cyril & Betty Hunter 1914–2007 · 2009
In Proud Memory of My Son Steven Clive Taylor 1959 – 1982 · 2009
In Remembrance of Ruth Spragge ‘a Friend of the Estuary’ · 2009
Paul Barry Dolan 1974–1993 in Commemoration · 2009
Presented by Mt Pleasant Garden Club 1940 – 1980 · 2009
Sit and Enjoy the Beauty of our Southern Alps — Donated · 2009
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
22 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.
About 7.7 km south-east of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.
Sports ground.
Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.