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Parklands Reserve

Sports ground · 6 ha

From the air

aerial view of Parklands Reserve and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Parklands, 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 48 pieces of play equipment (11 platforms, 11 handrails, 3 ladders, 3 roofs, 3 springs, 2 panels, 2 steering wheels, 2 slides and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 4 m.

Also on the register: 4 seats (4 seats), 3 picnic tables and 10 pieces of sports gear (8 goal posts, 1 cricket net and 1 basketball hoop).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2011.

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 12 playing surfaces on this ground, 5 Touch Rugby, 3 Cricket, 3 Football and Basketball, graded junior, recreational and senior on asphalt and grass, 9 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Training Cricket Block, Basketball Half Court, Senior Football 1, Training Football 1, Senior Touch Rugby 1 and Senior Touch Rugby 2, and 5 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October to March; 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 monuments on this ground

Memorial and artwork pins that stand inside the park's drawn outline, where the register put them, not a claim about the ground's story.

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

523 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 432 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 Parklands Reserve?

6 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Parklands Reserve?

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

What kind of place is Parklands Reserve?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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