# Thackeray Reserve

Community · 1807 m²

https://www.chch.live/park/1419-thackeray-reserve

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Waltham](https://www.chch.live/waltham), suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.547390768365425&lon=172.64936082703696)

## More green in Waltham
- [Waltham Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1783-waltham-park), Sports ground · 3 ha
- [Edmonds Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1532-edmonds-park), Sports ground · 2 ha
- [Edmonds Factory Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1594-edmonds-factory-garden), Botanic
- [Acorn Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1231-acorn-reserve)
- [Charleston Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1430-charleston-reserve)
- [Tommy Taylor Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1874-tommy-taylor-reserve)

## What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 17 pieces of play equipment (6 handrails, 3 platforms, 1 swing, 1 ramp, 1 tunnel, 1 slide, 1 ladders, 1 roof and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground.

Also on the register: 2 seats (2 seats) and 1 picnic table.

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 reports on this ground
36 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9074381), [49 Thackeray Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/49-thackeray-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7859442), [51 Thackeray Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/51-thackeray-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7846995), [49 Thackeray Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/49-thackeray-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7473945), [49 Thackeray Pl, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/49-thackeray-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6904306), [18E Defoe Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/18e-defoe-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6801350), [49 Thackeray Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/49-thackeray-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6520837), [18E Defoe Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/18e-defoe-place)
- [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/6520809), [51 Thackeray Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/51-thackeray-place)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/6520792), [49 Thackeray Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/49-thackeray-place)
- [Pavement - General](https://www.chch.live/report/5780872), [49 Thackeray Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/49-thackeray-place)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/5654437), [49 Thackeray Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/49-thackeray-place)
- [Litter](https://www.chch.live/report/5654422), [18E Defoe Place, Waltham, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/waltham/18e-defoe-place)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.547390768365425&lon=172.64936082703696

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Thackeray Reserve?**

1,807 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Thackeray Reserve?**

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

**What kind of place is Thackeray Reserve?**

A park or reserve.

**Where does this record come from?**

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

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1419 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026