# Welcome to Ashgrove Reserve If You’D Have a Mind at Peace, a plaque of Somerfield A plaque of the city, standing at Ashgrove Reserve in Somerfield, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > WELCOME TO ASHGROVE RESERVE IF YOU’D HAVE A MIND AT PEACE A HEART THAT CANNOT HARDEN GO FIND A DOOR THAT OPENS WIDE UPON A LOVELY GARDEN PURCHASED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION FOR THE CITIZENS OF CHRISTCHURCH DECEMBER 1965 The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: [Ashgrove Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1392-ashgrove-reserve), the park it stands on - The suburb: [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield) - The year the register carries: 2025 - Rides on: rock - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20081008/00378/R0033485.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Welcome to Ashgrove Reserve If You’D Have a Mind at Peace](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Welcome%20to%20Ashgrove%20Reserve%20If%20You%E2%80%99D%20Have%20a%20Mind%20at%20Peace) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Welcome%20to%20Ashgrove%20Reserve%20If%20You%E2%80%99D%20Have%20a%20Mind%20at%20Peace) - [Ashgrove Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1392-ashgrove-reserve), the ground’s own page - [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [Graded TC2 ground](https://www.chch.live/technical-categories), Green Zone, Technical Category 2, Yellow - [On the plan’s flood map](https://www.chch.live/flood-hazard), Heathcote River, the managed reach - [The liquefaction model grades it “Medium Liquefaction Vulnerability”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study - [The plan zones this ground Transport](https://www.chch.live/zones), T - [The nearest recorded shake: M3.3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 March 2011 · under 150 m from the pin · 561 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.572&lon=172.61772&radius=250 ## Around it - [Ashgrove Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1392-ashgrove-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Worsleys Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1175-worsleys-reserve), community park · ~200 m - [Walk and bike track through Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-425-somerfield), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Cashmere](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-366-cashmere), track · under 150 m - [Walk and bike track through Cracroft](https://www.chch.live/track/walk-400-cracroft), track · ~300 m - [Holmcroft Reserve plaque](https://www.chch.live/plaque/113838-holmcroft-reserve), plaque · ~450 m - [In Memory of Graham Strange Chairperson 2002 - 2004](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35677-holmcroft-reserve), plaque · ~500 m - [Presented by Mr. R.K. Baker Chairman of Grounds Committee](https://www.chch.live/plaque/35756-holmcroft-reserve), plaque · ~550 m - [In Memory of / Cliff Stevenson / 1923 – 2013](https://www.chch.live/plaque/121718-cashmere-stream-esplanade-rese), plaque · ~750 m ## The reports nearby 279 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9060333), Ashgrove Reserve 35 Ashgrove Terrace, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/9025402), [7 Ashgrove Tce, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/7-ashgrove-terrace) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8804062), Ferniehurst St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8022, New Zealand - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8680409), Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Road Signage](https://www.chch.live/report/8602817), Ashgrove Reserve 35 Ashgrove Terrace, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/8498554), [53 Ashgrove Terrace, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/53-ashgrove-terrace) - [Roads - General](https://www.chch.live/report/8433644), [4 Ferniehurst Street, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/4-ferniehurst-street) - [Graffiti on a fence, building or structure](https://www.chch.live/report/8204684), Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8013372), [10 Ferniehurst St, Canterbury, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/10-ferniehurst-street) - [Overgrown Vegetation](https://www.chch.live/report/7803430), [151 Shalamar Drive, Canterbury Region 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/151-shalamar-drive) - [Water Pollution - Sediment](https://www.chch.live/report/7792276), [151 Shalamar Drive, Canterbury Region 8022, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/somerfield/151-shalamar-drive) - [Dumped Rubbish](https://www.chch.live/report/7756677), Ashgrove Reserve 35 Ashgrove Terrace, Somerfield, Christchurch 8024, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Ashgrove Reserve in [Somerfield](https://www.chch.live/somerfield), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the rock. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2025. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/30436-ashgrove-reserve