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Oxford Street Reserve

Botanic

From the air

aerial view of Oxford Street Reserve and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

More green in Lyttelton

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 2 pieces of play equipment (2 swings) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground.

Also on the register: 4 seats (3 seats and 1 bench) and 4 pieces of sports gear (3 skateboard ramps and 1 basketball hoop).

The register’s commission dates run 2008 to 2018.

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 2 playing surfaces on this ground, Skateboard and Basketball, graded recreational on asphalt.

The register books them by name, Skateboard Area and Basketball Half Court.

The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The monuments on this ground

Memorial and artwork pins that stand inside the park's drawn outline, where the register put them, not a claim about the ground's story.

The plaques on this ground

Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park's drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.

The reports on this ground

229 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 201 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 Oxford Street Reserve?

4,121 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Oxford Street Reserve?

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

What kind of place is Oxford Street Reserve?

Botanic.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.