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Woodham Park

Botanic · 2 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Avonside

The register on this ground

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

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 21 pieces of play equipment (3 see-saws, 3 platforms, 2 steering wheels, 2 steps, 2 handrails, 2 slides, 1 swing, 1 cube/bead sets and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 2 m.

Also on the register: 13 seats (12 seats and 1 bench) and 1 drinking fountain.

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2017.

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 plaques on this ground

Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park's drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.

The reports on this ground

54 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 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 Woodham Park?

2 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Woodham Park?

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

What kind of place is Woodham Park?

Botanic.

Where does this record come from?

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