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Halswell Domain

Sports ground · 26 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Halswell

The register on this ground

Heritage-register places whose pin falls inside the park's drawn outline, what stood here, or still does.

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 57 pieces of play equipment (12 panels, 9 platforms, 5 ladders, 3 swings, 3 climbing-walls, 3 steering wheels, 3 seats, 2 slides and 2 other kinds) plus 4 modular units on 2 marked playground grounds, the highest rated fall 4 m.

Also on the register: 23 seats (14 seats and 9 benches), 32 picnic tables, 1 barbecue (open fire), 3 drinking fountains (bottle filler and dog bowl), 1 fitness station, 2 pieces of fitness gear (2 moving multi exercises) and 13 pieces of sports gear (4 goal posts, 4 skateboard ramps, 3 skateboard rails and 1 cricket net).

The register’s commission dates run 2008 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 25 playing surfaces on this ground, 6 Football, 6 Softball, 5 Cricket, 3 Netball, 3 Rugby League, Skateboard and 1 other code, graded junior, intermediate and recreational on asphalt, concrete and grass, 19 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Training Cricket Block, NetBall Court, Skateboard Area, Tennis Court, Senior Football 2 and Senior Football 1, and 16 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 civic shelf inside

Libraries, toilets, courts and the rest whose point falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the ground in use, the way a register pin is the ground remembered.

The reports on this ground

677 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 524 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

  • Public Toilet, 15R Hyde Place, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 13 October 2026
  • Water Leak, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 7 October 2026
  • Playground Equipment, 38 William Brittan Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
  • Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, 43 William Brittan Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 5 October 2026
  • Facility - General Request, 301 Halswell Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 1 October 2026
  • Playground Equipment, 347A Halswell Road, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 15 September 2026
  • Facility - General Request, 38 William Brittan Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish, 38 William Brittan Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 29 August 2026
  • Public Toilet, 38R William Brittan Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 24 August 2026
  • Street Gutters / Storm Water, Canterbury, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 18 August 2026
  • Dumped Rubbish, 38 William Brittan Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 August 2026
  • Trees - General, 19 Parklea Avenue, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 14 August 2026

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 Halswell Domain?

26 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Halswell Domain?

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

What kind of place is Halswell Domain?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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