# Oxford Street Reserve Botanic · 4121 m² https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve ## Where it sits Its centre falls inside [Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton), 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=-43.60216342705513&lon=172.72398412341383) ## More green in Lyttelton - [Whakaraupo Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/914-whakaraupo-reserve), Regional · 88 ha - [Urumau Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1416-urumau-reserve), Regional · 26 ha - [Mt Cavendish Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1449-mt-cavendish-reserve), Regional · 26 ha - [Park Terrace Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1201-park-terrace-reserve), 5 ha - [Lyttelton Recreation Ground](https://www.chch.live/park/1706-lyttelton-recreation-ground), 3 ha - [Lyttelton War Memorial](https://www.chch.live/park/1214-lyttelton-war-memorial) - [Cressy Terrace Tennis Courts](https://www.chch.live/park/1317-cressy-terrace-tennis-courts) - [Baden Norris Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/971-baden-norris-reserve) ## 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. - [Former Lyttelton Gaol Site](https://www.chch.live/place/338), 26D Oxford Street ## 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. ## 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. - [Upham Clock](https://www.chch.live/memorial/upham-clock) ## The plaques on this ground Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park’s drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here. - [Erected in Grateful Memory of Charles Hazlitt Upham Mrcs](https://www.chch.live/plaque/576-oxford-street-reserve), Oxford Street Reserve · 2008 - [Lyttelton Gaol on This Site Stood the Infamous Lyttelton](https://www.chch.live/plaque/619-oxford-street-reserve), Oxford Street Reserve · 2008 - [Opened 1928 F. E. Sutton Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/618-oxford-street-reserve), Oxford Street Reserve · 2008 ## The reports on this ground 229 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/9075414), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918219), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8918200), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8800311), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8713412), [54 Oxford Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8622395), [38 Oxford Street, riccarton, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/38-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8615129), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8392128), [54 Oxford Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8251280), [26E Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/26e-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8230911), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8115826), [54 Oxford St, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/54-oxford-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8044274), Lyttelton Clock Tower 24 Oxford Street, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60216342705513&lon=172.72398412341383 ## 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. Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1159 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026