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Denton Park

Sports ground · 7 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

More green in Hornby

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 2 pieces of play equipment (1 swing and 1 see-saw) on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 6 m.

Also on the register: 3 seats (3 seats), 1 drinking fountain, 2 fitness stations, 2 pieces of fitness gear (1 balance beam and 1 monkey bars) and 3 pieces of sports gear (2 goal posts and 1 cricket net).

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 register’s photograph of the equipmentThe register’s photograph of the equipment

Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 11 playing surfaces on this ground, 4 Cricket, 4 Touch Rugby and 3 Rugby, graded junior and senior on grass, 9 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Training Cricket Block, Senior Rugby Union 2, Senior Rugby Union 1, Senior Rugby Union 3, Senior Cricket 1 and Senior Cricket 2, and 4 more named grounds.

The winter window runs April to August; the summer window runs October to March; match days land on Thursday and Saturday; 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 reports on this ground

413 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 322 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 Denton Park?

7 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Denton Park?

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

What kind of place is Denton Park?

Sports ground.

Are there tracks through Denton Park?

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