# Sutton Reserve

Botanic · 615 m²

https://www.chch.live/park/1187-sutton-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=-43.60321509080575&lon=172.71838315505894)

The camping bylaw names this ground, Lyttelton Prohibited Area: no camping. [The zone drawings](https://www.chch.live/rules).

## 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
- [Oxford Street Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1159-oxford-street-reserve), Botanic
- [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)

## What’s built on this ground

No playground is on the register here, the asset layers name none for this ground.

Also on the register: 3 seats (3 benches).

The register’s commission date puts the gear in 2008.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand 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.
- [‘ohinehou’ / This Carving Represents ‘hinehouroko’](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310890-sutton-reserve), Sutton Reserve · 2012
- [In Memory](https://www.chch.live/plaque/486-captain-john-parsons-memorial), Captain John Parsons Memorial · 2008
- [In Memory of Stanley James Helms 1947 - 1997 in Recognition](https://www.chch.live/plaque/481-sutton-reserve), Sutton Reserve · 2008

## The reports on this ground
5 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Graffiti on a sign, mural or public art](https://www.chch.live/report/7982219), Sutton Quay, Canterbury, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1005854), [39 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/39-norwich-quay)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/767352), [39 Norwich Quay, Lyttelton 8082, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/lyttelton/39-norwich-quay)
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/722418), Norwich Qy near Dublin St, Canterbury 8082, New Zealand
- [Graffiti](https://www.chch.live/report/234794), Sutton Quay, Lyttelton, 8082, Canterbury

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.60321509080575&lon=172.71838315505894

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Sutton Reserve?**

615 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Sutton Reserve?**

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

**What kind of place is Sutton 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=1187 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026