# Spencer Park

Regional · 47 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/1698-spencer-park

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Spencerville](https://www.chch.live/spencerville), 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=-43.43097993740498&lon=172.70978179133817)

## More green in Spencerville
- [Spencer Park Beach](https://www.chch.live/park/1121-spencer-park-beach), Regional · 11 ha
- [Spencerville Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1139-spencerville-reserve), Sports ground · 1 ha
- [Styx Riverbank Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1592-styx-riverbank-reserve)

## What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 116 pieces of play equipment (29 obstacles, 20 handrails, 10 platforms, 6 swings, 5 panels, 4 climbing-walls, 4 slides, 3 climbing-nets and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 5 m.

Also on the register: 22 seats (15 benches and 7 seats), 86 picnic tables, 5 barbecues (gas), 2 drinking fountains (bottle filler) and 4 pieces of sports gear (2 basketball hoops, 1 tennis net and 1 volleyball net).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2024.

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

## Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 4 playing surfaces on this ground, Golf, Volleyball, Tennis and Basketball, graded recreational on sand and asphalt.

The register books them by name, Mini Golf, Vollyball Court, Tennis Court and Basketball Half Court.

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
66 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8002107), Heyders Road, Canterbury Region 8083, New Zealand
- [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/7695487), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/7614791), [110 Heyders Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spencerville/110-heyders-road)
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/7614631), 126–158 Heyders Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Flooding](https://www.chch.live/report/7614621), [110 Heyders Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spencerville/110-heyders-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7614592), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Playground Equipment](https://www.chch.live/report/7476958), [115 Heyders Road, Spencerville, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spencerville/115-heyders-road)
- [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/7449173), Spencerville Road, Spencer Park, Picnic Area & Playground 110 Heyders Road, Spencerville, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/7324417), [110 Heyders Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/spencerville/110-heyders-road)
- [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7154951), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7027536), Unnamed Road, Canterbury Region 8083, New Zealand
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7008156), Canterbury, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.43097993740498&lon=172.70978179133817

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Spencer Park?**

47 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Spencer Park?**

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

**What kind of place is Spencer Park?**

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=1698 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026