# Avonhead Park Sports ground · 23 ha https://www.chch.live/park/980-avonhead-park ## Where it sits Its centre falls inside [Avonhead](https://www.chch.live/avonhead), 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=-43.51141909066684&lon=172.54434256054404) ## More green in Avonhead - [Crosbie Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1607-crosbie-park), Sports ground · 7 ha - [Ferrier Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1842-ferrier-park), Sports ground · 3 ha - [Staveley Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1567-staveley-reserve), 1 ha - [Westgrove Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1666-westgrove-park) - [Hyde Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1426-hyde-park) - [Stewarts Bush](https://www.chch.live/park/1131-stewarts-bush) - [Brigadoon Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1318-brigadoon-reserve) - [Cricklewood Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1751-cricklewood-reserve) ## 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: 16 seats (11 seats and 5 benches), 1 drinking fountain and 4 pieces of sports gear (2 softball nets, 1 tennis practise wall and 1 basketball hoop). The register’s commission dates run 1998 to 2020. 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 19 playing surfaces on this ground, 14 Football, 3 Baseball, Tennis and Basketball, graded intermediate, recreational and senior on asphalt and grass, 10 run a winter or summer booking season. The register books them by name, Tennis Court, Basketball Half Court, Senior Football 2, Senior Football 1, Senior Football 4 and Senior Football 5, and 13 more named grounds. The summer window runs January to December; the winter window runs April to August; match days land on Friday to 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 plaques on this ground Inscribed plaques whose pin stands inside the park’s drawn outline, the remembered names the register keeps here. - [Ilam Stream / Waitu-Utu: the Rebirth of a Stream](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112399-avonhead-park), Avonhead Park · 2013 - [The Base Line for the Survey of / Canterbury Settlement Ran](https://www.chch.live/plaque/112401-base-line-survey-monument), Base Line Survey Monument · 2013 - [This Bench Is Presented / the Local Community](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311059-avonhead-park), Avonhead Park · 2020 ## The reports on this ground 613 reports pinned inside the drawn outline, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water General](https://www.chch.live/report/9088819), [158 Russley Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/158-russley-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9041247), [146 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/146-hawthornden-road) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9036251), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9027255), [146 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/146-hawthornden-road) - [Park - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/9027127), [146 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/146-hawthornden-road) - [Rubbish and Bins - General](https://www.chch.live/report/9027114), [146 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/146-hawthornden-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/9022872), [152 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/152-hawthornden-road) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/9007056), [146 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/146-hawthornden-road) - [Pothole](https://www.chch.live/report/9005050), [140 Hawthornden Rd, Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/140-hawthornden-road) - [Public Toilet](https://www.chch.live/report/8993884), [146 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/avonhead/146-hawthornden-road) - [Graffiti on a playground or in a park](https://www.chch.live/report/8979706), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8974909), Canterbury, Christchurch 8042, New Zealand What stood on this ground before: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.51141909066684&lon=172.54434256054404 ## Questions, answered briefly **How big is Avonhead Park?** 23 hectares by the layer’s own polygon. **Where is Avonhead Park?** Its centre falls inside Avonhead, a centroid call, not a claim the whole park lies inside the outline. **What kind of place is Avonhead Park?** Sports ground. **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=980 · layer refreshed 10 October 2026