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Centennial Park

Sports ground · 10 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Somerfield

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 36 pieces of play equipment (11 handrails, 5 platforms, 4 ladders, 3 climbing-walls, 2 panels, 2 slides, 1 swing, 1 rocktopus and 2 other kinds) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 4 m.

Also on the register: 15 seats (11 seats and 4 benches), 3 picnic tables, 1 barbecue (electric) and 3 pieces of sports gear (2 tennis nets and 1 volleyball net).

The register’s commission dates run 2006 to 2024.

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 22 playing surfaces on this ground, 8 Football, 7 Touch Rugby, 3 Cricket, 2 Tennis, BMX and Pickleball, graded recreational, intermediate and senior on mixed dirt, asphalt and grass, 18 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, BMX, Tennis Court 1, Tennis Court 2, Recreational Pickleball 1, Senior Football 1 and Senior Football 2, and 16 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October to March; match days land on Thursday, 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

758 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 547 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 Centennial Park?

10 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Centennial Park?

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

What kind of place is Centennial Park?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Centennial Park?

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