# Brooklands Lagoon, a lookout of Christchurch

A named lookout on the city’s high ground, standing over Brooklands.

Suburb: [Brooklands](https://www.chch.live/brooklands)

From the air, an aerial view of Brooklands Lagoon: https://api.chch.live/biz-img?slug=summit-brooklands-lagoon (LINZ / ECan aerial survey, CC BY 4.0).

## The ground under it

- [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R14/78 2014
- [The liquefaction model grades it “Liquefaction Damage is Possible”](https://www.chch.live/vulnerability), the 2019 screening study
- [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Te Riu o Te Aika Kawa
- [On a plan-scheduled ecology site](https://www.chch.live/ecology), Brooklands Lagoon
- [Inside a kept landscape, ONC32.0 - Area of Outstanding Natural Character in the Coastal Environment](https://www.chch.live/landscape), the landscape schedule
- [The plan zones this ground Open Space Coastal](https://www.chch.live/zones), OC
- [The nearest recorded shake: M3.4](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 18 September 2010 · 2.3 km from the pin · 8 logged within 5 km
The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.415152&lon=172.701713&radius=250

## Around it

- [Seafield Park](https://www.chch.live/park/1627-seafield-park), regional park · under 150 m
- [Bird Hide](https://www.chch.live/summit/bird-hide), high place · ~800 m
- [Viewing Platform](https://www.chch.live/summit/viewing-platform), high place · 8.1 km
- [Contemplation Point](https://www.chch.live/summit/contemplation-point), high place · 9.1 km
- [New Brighton Pier](https://www.chch.live/summit/new-brighton-pier), high place · 10.5 km


## The reports nearby
1 report pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place.
- [Parks](https://www.chch.live/report/1828096), [45 Earlham Street, Brooklands, Christchurch 8083, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/brooklands/45-earlham-street)

## Questions, answered briefly

**What is Brooklands Lagoon?**

A named lookout in the open map’s record of Christchurch, standing over [Brooklands](https://www.chch.live/brooklands).

**Is the pin on the map exact?**

It’s OpenStreetMap’s position, the top or the viewing spot as the volunteer map marks it. Neighbours on the register are near it, not the same record.


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The position, elevation and names are OpenStreetMap’s, a named peak or viewpoint inside the city boundary (ODbL). An elevation is the mapper’s tag, not a fresh survey; a listing is a lead, not a register entry.
The page: https://www.chch.live/summit/brooklands-lagoon
Every high place as data: https://www.chch.live/peaks.geojson
The old sites below them: https://www.chch.live/site