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Hillsborough Park

Sports ground · 4 ha

From the air

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

Where it sits

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

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What’s built on this ground

A playground stands here, the register counts 59 pieces of play equipment (19 handrails, 13 platforms, 5 panels, 3 climbing-walls, 3 slides, 2 ladders, 2 track glydes, 2 firemans poles and 2 other kinds) plus 2 modular units on a marked playground ground, the highest rated fall 3 m.

Also on the register: 7 seats (4 seats and 3 benches) and 1 drinking fountain.

The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2017.

The register’s site tag names this park, and its pins stand inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

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Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 4 playing surfaces on this ground, 2 Football, Tennis and Cricket, graded intermediate and senior on grass, 3 run a winter or summer booking season.

The register books them by name, Tennis Court 1, Senior Football 2, Senior Football 1 and Senior Cricket 1.

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

138 reports pinned inside the park's drawn outline, most often Trees & parks and Graffiti & vandalism, 115 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 Hillsborough Park?

4 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

Where is Hillsborough Park?

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

What kind of place is Hillsborough Park?

Sports ground.

Where does this record come from?

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