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Linwood Park

Sports ground · 9 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Phillipstown, 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 79 pieces of play equipment (28 handrails, 15 platforms, 6 ladders, 4 cube/bead sets, 3 slides, 2 climbing-nets, 2 climbing-monkey bars, 2 panels and 2 other kinds) plus 4 modular units on 2 marked playground grounds (mixed), the highest rated fall 5 m.

Also on the register: 22 seats (19 seats and 3 benches), 2 picnic tables and 14 pieces of sports gear (4 skateboard ramps, 3 basketball hoops, 3 skateboard rails and 2 goal posts).

The register’s commission dates run 2000 to 2019.

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 15 playing surfaces on this ground, 6 Tag Football, 3 Rugby League, 2 Basketball, 2 Tennis, Skateboard and Ki o Rahi, graded recreational, modified and senior on asphalt and grass, 9 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Basketball Full Court, Linwood Park Senior Rugby League 2, Basketball Half Court, Skateboard Area, Tennis 2 and Tennis 1, and 9 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs September to December; match days land on Friday to 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

1,419 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 1,254 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 Linwood Park?

9 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Linwood Park?

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

What kind of place is Linwood Park?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Linwood Park?

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