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Cathedral Square

Botanic

From the air

aerial view of Cathedral Square and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

The camping bylaw names this ground, Christchurch Urban Restricted Area: two nights in certified self-contained vehicles only. The zone drawings sit at /rules.

More green in Christchurch Central City

The register on this ground

Heritage-register places whose pin falls inside the park's drawn outline, what stood here, or still does.

The reports on this ground

51 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Roads & footpaths, 45 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 Cathedral Square?

7,031 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Cathedral Square?

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

What kind of place is Cathedral Square?

Botanic.

Where does this record come from?

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