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St Albans Park

Sports ground · 6 ha

From the air

aerial view of St Albans Park and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

More green in Edgeware

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 97 pieces of play equipment (18 platforms, 14 panels, 11 handrails, 6 ladders, 6 roofs, 6 walkways, 5 obstacles, 4 climbing-walls and 2 other kinds) plus 4 modular units on 3 marked playground grounds, the highest rated fall 3 m.

Also on the register: 18 seats (10 benches and 8 seats), 2 drinking fountains (bottle filler) and 9 pieces of sports gear (5 skateboard rails, 3 skateboard ramps and 1 basketball hoop).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2026.

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 15 playing surfaces on this ground, 6 Football, 4 Cricket, Croquet, Bowls, Petanque, Basketball and 1 other code, graded intermediate, senior and recreational on water-based astroturf and grass, 7 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Croquet Club, Bowling Club, Senior Cricket Block 2, Senior Cricket Block 1, Petanque and Basketball Half Court, and 9 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs September 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 reports on this ground

769 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 675 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 St Albans Park?

6 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is St Albans Park?

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

What kind of place is St Albans Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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