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Barrington Park

Sports ground · 6 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Spreydon

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 120 pieces of play equipment (38 panels, 28 handrails, 15 platforms, 8 sound plays, 6 ladders, 5 swings, 3 climbing-walls, 3 see-saws and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units on 2 marked playground grounds, the highest rated fall 3 m.

Also on the register: 18 seats (16 seats and 2 benches), 3 picnic tables, 1 drinking fountain (bottle filler) and 8 pieces of sports gear (8 goal posts).

The register’s commission dates run 2008 to 2025.

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

Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 12 playing surfaces on this ground, 4 Tennis, 2 Rugby, 2 Football, 2 Cricket, Bowls and Croquet, graded senior, intermediate and junior on grass and asphalt, 6 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Bowls, Tennis Court 1, Croquet, Tennis Court 2, Tennis Court 3 and Tennis Court 4, and 6 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October 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 tracks through it

Track lines whose drawn course enters the park’s outline, measured against the line itself, not a buffer around it.

The civic shelf inside

Libraries, toilets, courts and the rest whose point falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the ground in use, the way a register pin is the ground remembered.

The reports on this ground

572 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 460 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 Barrington Park?

6 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Barrington Park?

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

What kind of place is Barrington Park?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Barrington Park?

One line enter the drawn outline, listed above, measured against the line itself, not a buffer.