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Bishopdale Park

Sports ground · 7 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside Bishopdale, 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 115 pieces of play equipment (20 handrails, 16 platforms, 11 panels, 6 climbing-walls, 5 slides, 4 balance-fixed beams, 4 obstacles, 3 swings and 1 other kind) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 4 m.

Also on the register: 14 seats (12 seats and 2 benches), 2 picnic tables, 2 drinking fountains (bottle filler and dog bowl) and 17 pieces of sports gear (10 skateboard ramps, 5 skateboard rails, 1 skateboard bowl and 1 basketball hoop).

The register’s commission dates run 2009 to 2021.

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 11 playing surfaces on this ground, 6 Tennis, 2 Football, Basketball, Skateboard and Cricket, graded intermediate, recreational and senior on asphalt and grass, 3 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Tennis Court 1, Basketball Half Court, Tennis Court 2, Tennis Court 3, Tennis Court 4 and Tennis Court 5, and 5 more named grounds.

The summer window runs October to March; the winter window runs April to August; 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 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

629 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 510 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 Bishopdale Park?

7 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Bishopdale Park?

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

What kind of place is Bishopdale Park?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Bishopdale Park?

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