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Balcairn Reserve

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Halswell

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 29 pieces of play equipment (9 handrails, 5 platforms, 4 climbing-walls, 3 panels, 2 slides, 1 see-saw, 1 swing, 1 parallel bars and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground.

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2010.

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

10 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 7 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the whole park.

  • Litter, 26 Balcairn Street, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 17 April 2026
  • Facility - General Request, Balcairn Reserve 22 Balcairn Street, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 17 December 2024
  • Playground Equipment, 3512790, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 30 April 2024
  • Overgrown Vegetation, 3512790, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 1 August 2023
  • Dumped Rubbish, 18 Balcairn Street, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 1 August 2023
  • Overgrown Vegetation, 26 Balcairn Street, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 18 January 2023
  • Parks, 26 Balcairn Street, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 8 December 2021
  • Parks, 26 Balcairn St, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 24 July 2019
  • Parks, 26 Balcairn St, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 11 October 2018
  • Graffiti, 26 Balcairn St, Halswell, Christchurch 8025, New Zealand · 22 September 2016

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 Balcairn Reserve?

1,424 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Balcairn Reserve?

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

What kind of place is Balcairn Reserve?

A park or reserve.

Where does this record come from?

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