Burnside Park

Where it sits

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

More green in Burnside

• Jellie Park, Sports ground · 13 ha
• Nepal Reserve · 4 ha
• Flay Park, Botanic · 1 ha
• Westburn Reserve, Sports ground · 1 ha
• Wairakei Reserve · 1 ha
• Avice Hill Reserve, Botanic
• Roydvale Reserve
• Juniper Reserve

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 56 pieces of play equipment (14 platforms, 11 handrails, 7 panels, 3 walkways, 3 ladders, 3 steps, 2 monkey bars, 2 see-saws and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on 2 marked playground grounds, the highest rated fall 5 m.

Also on the register: 17 seats (16 seats and 1 bench), 6 picnic tables, 1 barbecue (electric), 2 drinking fountains (dog bowl), 5 fitness stations, 15 pieces of fitness gear (3 moving multi exercises, 2 stair climbing frames, 2 chin up bars and 2 balance beams) and 3 pieces of sports gear (3 cricket nets).

The register’s commission dates run 2009 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 58 playing surfaces on this ground, 18 Touch Rugby, 14 Football, 10 Tennis, 10 Rugby and 6 Cricket, graded intermediate, junior and senior on asphalt and grass, 47 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Tennis Court 1, Training Cricket Block, Tennis Court 2, Tennis Court 3, Tennis Court 4 and Tennis Court 5, and 52 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs September to December; match days land on Wednesday, Thursday, 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.

• Geoffrey Ernest Scarr
• In Memory of / William Boag / Founding Father of Burnside · 2013
• Ralph L. Buckenham / 1918 — 1994 / Frith Place · 2013

The tracks through it

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

• Walk and bike track through Burnside, 276 m · walk · bike

The reports on this ground

584 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 458 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

• Park - General Request, 340 Avonhead Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 3 October 2026
• Public Toilet, 340 Avonhead Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 26 September 2026
• Park - General Request, 3 Roydvale Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
• Playground Equipment, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 14 September 2026
• Playground Equipment, 334 Avonhead Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 12 September 2026
• Litter, 351–353 Avonhead Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand · 9 September 2026
• Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 8 September 2026
• Overgrown Vegetation, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 5 September 2026
• Park - General Request, 18 Guinness Crescent, Ilam, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 31 August 2026
• General Request, 342 Avonhead Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 29 August 2026
• Facility - General Request, Burnside Park 336 Avonhead Road, Burnside, Christchurch 8053, New Zealand · 28 August 2026
• Park - General Request, 340 Avonhead Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 26 August 2026