# Cholmondeley Reserve

Community · 1 ha

https://www.chch.live/park/978-cholmondeley-reserve

## Where it sits
Its centre falls inside [Governors Bay](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay), suburb membership is a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline.

Centre: [the pin on the map](https://www.chch.live/map?lat=-43.62732634035592&lon=172.64736278533297)

## More green in Governors Bay
- [Reuter Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1651-reuter-park), Regional · 23 ha
- [Hoon Hay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1076-hoon-hay-scenic-reserve), Regional · 16 ha
- [Coronation Hill Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1793-coronation-hill-reserve), Regional · 4 ha
- [Allandale Domain](https://www.chch.live/park/1414-allandale-domain), Sports ground · 3 ha
- [Allandale Layby](https://www.chch.live/park/1100-allandale-layby), 2 ha
- [Governors Bay Community Centre And Pool](https://www.chch.live/park/1768-governors-bay-community-centre-and-pool)
- [Stream Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1313-stream-reserve)
- [Governors Bay Scenic Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1399-governors-bay-scenic-reserve)

## The register on this ground
Heritage-register places whose pin falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the pin is a point, not a boundary.
- [Former Governors Bay School and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/324), 112 Main Road
- [Former Governors Bay School Master's House and Setting](https://www.chch.live/place/325), 112 Main Road

## What’s built on this ground

No playground is on the register here, the asset layers name none for this ground.

Also on the register: 5 seats (3 benches and 2 seats), 1 drinking fountain and 2 pieces of sports gear (1 netball hoop and 1 tennis practise wall).

The register’s commission dates run 2008 to 2010.

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

## Sport and dogs on this ground

The recreation register marks 3 playing surfaces on this ground, 2 Tennis and Petanque, graded intermediate and recreational.

The register books them by name, Tennis Court 1, Tennis Court 2 and Petanque.

The register names this park, and its record centroids sit inside the drawn outline, two views of the same ground.

## The plaques on this ground
Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park’s drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here.
- [International Year of the Volunteer 2001](https://www.chch.live/plaque/872-cholmondeley-reserve), Cholmondeley Reserve · 2008
- [Pat Parkinson on the Occasion of Opening the Restored Old](https://www.chch.live/plaque/947-cholmondeley-reserve), Cholmondeley Reserve · 2008
- [The Parkinson Memorial Park Trust Assisted in This](https://www.chch.live/plaque/953-cholmondeley-reserve), Cholmondeley Reserve · 2008

## The civic shelf inside
Facilities whose point falls inside the park’s drawn outline, the ground in use.
- [Governors Bay Recycling Depot](https://www.chch.live/facility/transfer-station-26), Transfer station

## The reports on this ground
12 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8720518), [1 Ernest Adams Dr, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1-ernest-adams-drive)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7310660), [1 Ernest Adams Dr, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1-ernest-adams-drive)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7171198), [100 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/100-main-road)
- [Trees - General](https://www.chch.live/report/7171188), [112 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/112-main-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7171175), [112 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/112-main-road)
- [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/7171166), [112 Main Rd, Canterbury, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/112-main-road)
- [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/3804123), Cholmondeley Reserve 102 Main Road, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand
- [Abandoned Vehicle](https://www.chch.live/report/2787389), Cholmondeley Reserve Main Road, Governors Bay, New Zealand
- [Rubbish/Recycling](https://www.chch.live/report/1534488), [112 Main Road, Allandale 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/112-main-road)
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1457298), 100, Main Road, Governors Bay, Canterbury, 8971, New Zealand
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1457287), 106, Main Road, Governors Bay, Canterbury, 8971, New Zealand
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/348926), [1 Ernest Adams Dr, Governors Bay 8971, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/governors-bay/1-ernest-adams-drive)

What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.62732634035592&lon=172.64736278533297

## Questions, answered briefly

**How big is Cholmondeley Reserve?**

1 hectares by the layer’s own polygon.

**Where is Cholmondeley Reserve?**

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

**What kind of place is Cholmondeley 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.

Data: https://api.chch.live/park?id=978 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026
