Charleston Reserve
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre falls inside Waltham, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
More green in Waltham
- Waltham Park, Sports ground · 3 ha
- Edmonds Park, Sports ground · 2 ha
- Edmonds Factory Garden, Botanic
- Acorn Reserve
- Thackeray Reserve
- Tommy Taylor Reserve
What’s built on this ground
A playground stands here, the register counts 23 pieces of play equipment (6 handrails, 3 springs, 3 platforms, 3 ladders, 2 slides, 1 swing, 1 firemans pole, 1 panel and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground.
Also on the register: 1 seat (1 bench) and 2 picnic tables.
The register’s commission dates run 2009 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 reports on this ground
61 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 57 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.
Playground Equipment, Charleston Reserve Charles Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 20 May 2026
Playground Equipment, 44 Charles St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 13 April 2026
Playground Equipment, 44 Charles St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 15 March 2026
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 44 Charles Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 14 March 2026
Trees - General, 40 Grafton Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 27 November 2025
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure, 44 Charles St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 14 September 2025
Trees - General, 44 Charles Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 31 July 2025
Dumped Rubbish, 43A Charles Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 26 April 2025
Playground Equipment, 44 Charles St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 18 April 2025
Park - General Request, 44 Charles Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 7 March 2025
Playground Equipment, 44 Charles Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 28 February 2025
General Request, Charleston Reserve Charles Street, Waltham, Christchurch 8011, New Zealand · 27 February 2025
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
1,645 m² by the layer’s own polygon.
Its centre falls inside Waltham, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
A park or reserve.
Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.