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Owen Mitchell Park

Sports ground · 4 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Redwood

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 36 pieces of play equipment (7 panels, 5 handrails, 3 climbing-walls, 3 platforms, 3 walkways, 2 swings, 2 climbing-nets, 2 ladders and 1 other kind) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 3 m.

Also on the register: 4 seats (3 seats and 1 bench), 2 picnic tables and 1 drinking fountain.

The register’s commission dates run 1998 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 2 playing surfaces on this ground, 2 Football, graded senior on grass.

The register books them by name, Senior Football 1 and Senior Football 2.

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 reports on this ground

197 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 160 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 Owen Mitchell Park?

4 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Owen Mitchell Park?

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

What kind of place is Owen Mitchell Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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