# Purchas Reserve

Reserve · 4 ha · Broomfield

https://www.chch.live/park/3362-purchas-reserve

## Where it sits
Its centre sits about 49 km north of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.09755248396942&lon=172.73123898892783)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.09755248396942&lon=172.73123898892783

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Purchas Reserve?**

4 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Purchas Reserve?**

About 49 km north of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.

**What kind of place is Purchas Reserve?**

Reserve.

**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=3362 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026