# Risingholme Park Botanic · 2 ha https://www.chch.live/park/1675-risingholme-park ## Where it sits Its centre falls inside [Opawa](https://www.chch.live/opawa), suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline. Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.553941749464315&lon=172.6608662086626) ## More green in Opawa - [Hansen Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1809-hansen-park), Sports ground · 12 ha - [Heathcote Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1733-heathcote-riverbank-reserve) - [Fifield Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1497-fifield-reserve) ## The register on this ground Heritage-register places whose pin falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the pin is a point, not a boundary. - [Former Dwelling and Setting, Risingholme](https://www.chch.live/place/37), 22 Cholmondeley Avenue ## What’s built on this ground A playground stands here, the register counts 10 pieces of play equipment (2 swings, 2 handrails, 1 see-saw, 1 roundabout, 1 slide, 1 climbing-monkey bars, 1 ladders and 1 platform) on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 4 m. Also on the register: 7 seats (7 seats), 1 picnic table and 1 drinking fountain. The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2021. The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand 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. - [Douglas S. Laird 1925 — 2004](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41939-risingholme-park), Risingholme Park · 2009 - [Ginkgo Biloba This Tree Was Planted to Commemorate the Work](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41763-risingholme-park), Risingholme Park · 2009 - [J. R. McKenzie Gave Risingholme to This City 1943](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41774-risingholme-park), Risingholme Park · 2009 - [Officially Opened by E. H. Andrews, Mayor Chairman](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41715-risingholme-park), Risingholme Park · 2009 - [Planted by the Children of Risingholme Playcentre](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41848-risingholme-park), Risingholme Park · 2009 - [Risingholme Community Centre Inc. 1944 — 1994 This Plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/41889-risingholme-park), Risingholme Park · 2009 ## The reports on this ground 140 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/9080608), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/8780299), [22 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/opawa/22-cholmondeley-avenue) - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8703066), [22 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/opawa/22-cholmondeley-avenue) - [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/8629901), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8390168), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8347845), [22 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/opawa/22-cholmondeley-avenue) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8101088), [20 Cholmondeley Avenue, Canterbury Region 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/opawa/20-cholmondeley-avenue) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8089377), [22 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/opawa/22-cholmondeley-avenue) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7899399), [22 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/opawa/22-cholmondeley-avenue) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7843701), [24A Reeves Road, Opawa, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/opawa/24a-reeves-road) - [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7751466), [22 Cholmondeley Ave, Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/opawa/22-cholmondeley-avenue) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7631720), Canterbury, Christchurch 8023, New Zealand What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.553941749464315&lon=172.6608662086626 ## Questions, answered briefly **How big is Risingholme Park?** 2 hectares by the layer’s own polygon. **Where is Risingholme Park?** Its centre falls inside Opawa, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline. **What kind of place is Risingholme Park?** Botanic. **Where does this record come from?** Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it. Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=1675 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026