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Botanic Gardens

Botanic · 21 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

Its centre sits about 148 km south-west of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 51 pieces of play equipment (15 platforms, 7 ladders, 4 climbing-walls, 3 cube/bead sets, 3 swings, 3 slides, 2 tunnel slides, 2 swing bridges and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units, the highest rated fall 2 m.

Also on the register: 165 seats (126 benches and 39 seats), 8 picnic tables, 5 drinking fountains and 2 water features.

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2026.

The register’s own site tag puts every item on this ground; the pins themselves can drift a few metres.

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

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.

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 Botanic Gardens?

21 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Botanic Gardens?

About 148 km south-west of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

What kind of place is Botanic Gardens?

Botanic.

Are there tracks through Botanic Gardens?

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