# Mccormacks Bay

Sports ground · 22 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/1151-mccormacks-bay

## 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.

Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.55767318370571&lon=172.72480781550723)

## 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](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61804-mccormacks-bay), Mccormacks Bay · 2009
- [In Loving Memory of Anne (Rosemary) Fear 7 June 1941](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62161-mccormacks-bay), Mccormacks Bay · 2009
- [In Loving Memory of Cyril & Betty Hunter 1914–2007](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62149-mccormacks-bay), Mccormacks Bay · 2009
- [In Proud Memory of My Son Steven Clive Taylor 1959 – 1982](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62210-mccormacks-bay), Mccormacks Bay · 2009
- [In Remembrance of Ruth Spragge ‘a Friend of the Estuary’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62144-mccormacks-bay), Mccormacks Bay · 2009
- [Paul Barry Dolan 1974–1993 in Commemoration](https://www.chch.live/plaque/61827-mccormacks-bay), Mccormacks Bay · 2009
- [Presented by Mt Pleasant Garden Club 1940 – 1980](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62246-mccormacks-bay), Mccormacks Bay · 2009
- [Sit and Enjoy the Beauty of our Southern Alps — Donated](https://www.chch.live/plaque/62130-mccormacks-bay), Mccormacks Bay · 2009

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.55767318370571&lon=172.72480781550723

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Mccormacks Bay?**

22 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Mccormacks Bay?**

About 7.7 km south-east of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

**What kind of place is Mccormacks Bay?**

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=1151 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026