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Burwood Park

Sports ground · 14 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

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What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 47 pieces of play equipment (11 platforms, 6 handrails, 5 ladders, 5 panels, 3 slides, 2 climbing-monkey bars, 2 swings, 2 tunnels and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 4 m.

Also on the register: 13 seats (13 seats), 1 picnic table, 1 drinking fountain, 7 pieces of fitness gear (4 moving multi exercises, 1 push up bars, 1 parallel bars and 1 chin up bar) and 7 pieces of sports gear (6 cricket nets and 1 basketball hoop).

The register’s commission dates run 2009 to 2026.

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

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Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 19 playing surfaces on this ground, 7 Tennis, 6 Rugby, 3 Cricket, Bowls, Basketball and Football, graded senior, intermediate and recreational on grass and asphalt, 10 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Burwood Bowling Club, Tennis Court 1, Tennis Court 5, Basketball Half Court, Tennis Court 6 and Tennis Court 7, and 13 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 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

218 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 189 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 Burwood Park?

14 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Burwood Park?

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

What kind of place is Burwood Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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