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Sheldon Park

Sports ground · 10 ha

From the air

aerial view of Sheldon Park and the ground around it
From the air, Imagery © Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Where it sits

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

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What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 53 pieces of play equipment (21 handrails, 4 platforms, 4 panels, 3 swings, 2 climbing-walls, 2 climbing-monkey bars, 1 see-saw, 1 tunnel and 1 other kind) plus 1 modular unit on 2 marked playground grounds, the highest rated fall 4 m.

Also on the register: 8 seats (6 seats and 2 benches), 1 picnic table, 1 drinking fountain, 1 fitness station, 3 pieces of fitness gear (2 moving multi exercises and 1 moving single exercise) and 32 pieces of sports gear (11 skateboard rails, 10 skateboard ramps, 8 netball hoops and 1 basketball hoop).

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.

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Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 25 playing surfaces on this ground, 10 Touch Rugby, 5 Rugby, 4 Netball, 2 Cricket, 2 Pickleball, Basketball and 1 other code, graded junior, recreational and senior on asphalt and grass, 16 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Training Cricket Block, Basketball Half Court, Skateboard Area, Senior Netball, Recreational Pickleball 1 and Senior Rugby Union 4, and 15 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October to December; match days land on Tuesday to 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 reports on this ground

386 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 304 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 Sheldon Park?

10 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Sheldon Park?

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

What kind of place is Sheldon Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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