# Sumner Beach Regional · 8 ha https://www.chch.live/park/1691-sumner-beach ## Where it sits Its centre falls inside [Clifton](https://www.chch.live/clifton), 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=-43.56532861153825&lon=172.7554722555058) ## More green in Clifton - [Brownlee Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1355-brownlee-reserve), 3 ha - [Shag Rock Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/958-shag-rock-reserve) - [Sumner Coronation Garden](https://www.chch.live/park/1763-sumner-coronation-garden) - [Starwood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1374-starwood-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. - [The Esplanade War Memorials, Sea Walls and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/420) ## What’s built on this ground No playground is on the register here, the asset layers name none for this ground. Also on the register: 8 seats (4 seats and 4 benches), 1 picnic table, 3 outdoor showers and 3 drinking fountains (bottle filler and dog bowl). The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2013. The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground. ## The monuments on this ground Memorial and artwork pins that stand inside the park’s drawn outline, where the register put them, not a claim about the ground’s story. - [ARMENTIERES](https://www.chch.live/memorial/armentieres) - [BAPAUME](https://www.chch.live/memorial/bapaume) - [JUTLAND](https://www.chch.live/memorial/jutland) - [LE QUESONY](https://www.chch.live/memorial/le-quesony) - [LEST WE FORGET](https://www.chch.live/memorial/lest-we-forget) - [MESSINES](https://www.chch.live/memorial/messines) - [PASSCHENDAELE](https://www.chch.live/memorial/passchendaele) - [Sumner South African War memorial](https://www.chch.live/memorial/sumner-south-african-war-memorial) ## The plaques on this ground Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park’s drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here. - [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe /](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310935-sumner-beach), Sumner Beach - [In Loving Memory / David John Edgecombe /](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310936-sumner-beach), Sumner Beach - [King Edward Memorial plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118641-king-edward-memorial), King Edward Memorial · 2013 - [King Edward VII / Coronation Memorial / 1902](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118639-king-edward-memorial), King Edward Memorial · 2013 - [Stan Rule / Q.S.M. / 1924 – 19 / Son of Sumner](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118638-king-edward-memorial), King Edward Memorial · 2013 - [This Monument Was / Refurbished](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118637-king-edward-memorial), King Edward Memorial · 2013 - [W. Rollitt / Mayor](https://www.chch.live/plaque/118640-king-edward-memorial), King Edward Memorial · 2013 ## The reports on this ground 167 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8709972), [301 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8679804), [301 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road) - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8390278), [305 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/305-main-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8342502), 258–296 Main Rd, Canterbury, Heathcote Ward 8081, New Zealand - [Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8189902), [301 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8152368), [301 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7622363), [301 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road) - [Hazard, vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/7602775), [305 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/305-main-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/7501006), [305 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/305-main-road) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/7481773), [301 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7445410), [305 Main Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/305-main-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/7236578), [301 Main Road, Clifton, Christchurch 8081, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/clifton/301-main-road) What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.56532861153825&lon=172.7554722555058 ## Questions, answered briefly **How big is Sumner Beach?** 8 hectares by the layer’s own polygon. **Where is Sumner Beach?** Its centre falls inside Clifton, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline. **What kind of place is Sumner Beach?** Regional. **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=1691 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026