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Westlake Reserve

Sports ground · 11 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Halswell

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 45 pieces of play equipment (12 platforms, 11 handrails, 5 ladders, 5 panels, 3 slides, 2 firemans poles, 2 swings, 1 tunnel and 2 other kinds) plus 3 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 2 m.

Also on the register: 21 seats (17 seats and 4 benches), 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.

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 5 playing surfaces on this ground, 3 Football and 2 Cricket, graded senior, intermediate and junior on water-based astroturf and grass, 4 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Senior Cricket Block 1, Intermediate Football 1, Senior Cricket 1, Junior Football 1 and Senior Football 1.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October to March; match days land on Saturday and Sunday; 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.

The tracks through it

Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.

The reports on this ground

450 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 340 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 Westlake Reserve?

11 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Westlake Reserve?

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

What kind of place is Westlake Reserve?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Westlake Reserve?

6 lines enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.