Middleton Park
Sports ground · 5 ha
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre falls inside Upper Riccarton, suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
More green in Upper Riccarton
What’s built on this ground
A playground stands here, the register counts 5 pieces of play equipment (1 spinning bowl, 1 climbing-net, 1 swing, 1 see-saw and 1 roundabout) on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 3 m.
Also on the register: 5 seats (5 seats), 2 picnic tables, 1 drinking fountain and 3 pieces of sports gear (2 skateboard rails and 1 cricket net).
The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2024.
The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.
Sport and dogs on this ground
The recreation register marks 10 playing surfaces on this ground, 4 Softball, 3 Football, 2 Cricket and Skateboard, graded junior, recreational and training on grass, 7 run a winter or summer booking season.
The register books them by name, Training Cricket Block, Skateboard Area, Training Football 1, Senior Football 2, Senior Football 1 and Senior Softball 4, and 3 more named grounds.
The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs September to March; match days land on Saturday and Sunday; training runs Monday to Friday.
The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.
The tracks through it
Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 81 m · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Upper Riccarton, 305 m · walk · bike
The reports on this ground
561 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Rubbish & dumping and Trees & parks, 378 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.
Abandoned Vehicle, 42 Lochee Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 30 September 2026
Trees - General, 44 Lochee Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 30 September 2026
Litter, 41 Middleton Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 30 September 2026
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet, Lochee Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 27 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 45 Middleton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 7 September 2026
Park - General Request, Middleton Park Lochee Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 2 September 2026
Street Gutters / Storm Water, 39B Middleton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 1 September 2026
Dumped Rubbish, 49 Middleton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 31 August 2026
Park - General Request, 27–29 Lochee Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 25 August 2026
Rubbish and Bins - General, 45 Middleton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 18 August 2026
Dumped Rubbish, Canterbury, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 13 August 2026
Park - General Request, 45 Middleton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch 8041, New Zealand · 23 July 2026
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
5 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.
Its centre falls inside Upper Riccarton, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.
Sports ground.
2 lines enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.