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Thomson Park

Sports ground · 2 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

Its centre falls inside 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 New Brighton

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 56 pieces of play equipment (14 panels, 8 platforms, 3 cube/bead sets, 3 chin up bars, 3 climbing-walls, 2 slides, 2 steps, 2 tunnel slides and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 5 m.

Also on the register: 7 seats (4 seats and 3 benches), 5 picnic tables, 1 drinking fountain (bottle filler) and 8 pieces of sports gear (4 skateboard rails, 2 basketball hoops, 1 skateboard bowl and 1 skateboard ramp).

The register’s commission dates run 2009 to 2024.

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 2 playing surfaces on this ground, Skateboard and Basketball, graded recreational on asphalt.

The register books them by name, Basketball Full Court and Skateboard Area.

The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The reports on this ground

656 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 580 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 Thomson Park?

2 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Thomson Park?

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

What kind of place is Thomson Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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