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West Watson Park

3 ha

From the air

aerial view of West Watson Park and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

More green in Hillmorton

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 12 pieces of play equipment (5 climbing-walls, 2 slides, 1 swing, 1 ladders, 1 roundabout, 1 see-saw and 1 flying fox) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 2 m.

Also on the register: 5 seats (4 seats and 1 bench), 2 picnic tables and 2 pieces of sports gear (2 goal posts).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2013.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipment

The reports on this ground

59 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 51 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 West Watson Park?

3 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is West Watson Park?

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

What kind of place is West Watson Park?

A park or reserve.

Where does this record come from?

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