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South New Brighton Park

Sports ground · 30 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

The camping bylaw names this ground, City Coastal Restricted Zone: city Coastal Restricted Zone – certified self-contained, 4 night max stay per 30 days, move once. The zone drawings sit at /rules.

More green in South New Brighton

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 66 pieces of play equipment (13 panels, 10 ladders, 8 handrails, 7 platforms, 6 climbing-nets, 3 swings, 3 slides, 2 climbing-walls and 2 other kinds) plus 3 modular units on 2 marked playground grounds, the highest rated fall 6 m.

Also on the register: 19 seats (12 benches and 7 seats), 11 picnic tables, 1 barbecue (electric), 1 drinking fountain and 8 pieces of sports gear (6 skateboard rails and 2 basketball hoops).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2025.

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 Tennis, 2 Cricket, 2 Football, Skateboard, Netball and Basketball, graded intermediate, senior and recreational on sand-based astroturf, asphalt and grass, 3 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Basketball Full Court, Tennis Court 1, Senior Cricket Block 1, Skateboard Area, NetBall Court and Tennis Court 2, and 6 more named grounds.

The summer window runs October to March; the winter window runs April to August; match days land on Saturday and Sunday.

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

1,020 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 803 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 South New Brighton Park?

30 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is South New Brighton Park?

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

What kind of place is South New Brighton Park?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through South New Brighton Park?

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