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Crosbie Park

Sports ground · 7 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Avonhead

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 74 pieces of play equipment (16 handrails, 13 platforms, 9 panels, 4 slides, 3 ladders, 2 firemans poles, 1 swing, 1 cube/bead sets and 1 other kind) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 2 m.

Also on the register: 5 seats (3 seats and 2 benches), 1 drinking fountain and 6 pieces of sports gear (4 goal posts and 2 basketball hoops).

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.

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Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 14 playing surfaces on this ground, 5 Touch Rugby, 4 Softball, 3 Rugby League, Netball and BMX, graded intermediate, recreational and senior on asphalt and grass, 12 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, NetBall Court, BMX, Senior Rugby League 2, Senior Rugby League 1, Junior Rugby League 1 and Senior Softball 4, and 8 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs September to March; match days land on Monday and Saturday; training runs Tuesday to Friday and Sunday.

The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

The reports on this ground

287 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Rubbish & dumping, 222 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 Crosbie Park?

7 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Crosbie Park?

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

What kind of place is Crosbie Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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