chch.live a park

Ruskin Reserve

From the air

aerial view of Ruskin Reserve and the ground around it
From the air, LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0

Where it sits

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

More green in Addington

What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 12 pieces of play equipment (3 platforms, 2 panels, 2 ladders, 1 handrail, 1 firemans pole, 1 swing, 1 slide and 1 steering wheel) plus 1 modular unit on a marked playground ground.

Also on the register: 7 seats (6 seats and 1 bench).

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2010.

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

The plaques on this ground

Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park's drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.

The reports on this ground

120 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Rubbish & dumping and Trees & parks, 100 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 Ruskin Reserve?

2,387 m² by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Ruskin Reserve?

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

What kind of place is Ruskin Reserve?

A park or reserve.

Where does this record come from?

Environment Canterbury’s open Parks layer, kind, size and suburb read straight from it.