Centennial Park
2 ha · Runbrake St Palmerston
From the air
Where it sits
Its centre sits about 265 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 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, the highest rated fall 4 m.
Also on the register: 9 seats (7 seats and 2 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 own site tag puts every item on this ground; the pins themselves can drift a few metres.
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 on every record, its surfaces and booking periods are the record, not this week’s draw.
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps, Parks layer · refreshed 10 October 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
2 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.
About 265 km south-west of the central city, past the suburb outlines this site keeps: a regional reserve.
A park or reserve.
Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.