Muka Park

Muka Park is a park in Christchurch City, Canterbury. Muka Park is situated nearby to the nature reserve Korowai 2 Drainage Reserve, as well as near Korowai Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bottle Lake and Queen Elizabeth II Park.

Bottle Lake

Photo: Schwede66, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bottle Lake is an area in the north-east of Christchurch with a low number of residents. Most of the area is covered by Bottle Lake Forest, which has since the mid-1970s become a popular recreation area.

Queen Elizabeth II Park

Park

Photo: Nzfooty, CC BY 2.5.

Queen Elizabeth II Stadium was a multi-use stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand, located in a large park called Queen Elizabeth II Park. The stadium had a capacity of 25,000 people and was built in 1973 to host the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, with a temporary 10,000 seat western stand erected for that event to take the capacity to 35,000. Queen Elizabeth II Park is situated 4 km southeast of Muka Park.

St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Christchurch

Church

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St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Christchurch is situated 3 km southeast of Muka Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Marshland and Parklands.

Marshland

Suburb

Photo: Gavin Treadgold, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marshland is a semi-rural suburb on the northern side of Christchurch city. The land is primarily used for horticulture and dairy farming. The suburb is named for the peaty soil, and was also called Rhodes' Swamp after landowner and politician Robert Heaton Rhodes.

Parklands

Suburb

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Parklands is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is located north east of the city centre near Bottle Lake Forest. The area between Burwood Hospital and Waimairi Golf Club was occupied by a brickworks established by John Brightling. Parklands is situated 2½ km east of Muka Park.

Shirley

Suburb

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Shirley, sometimes referred to as Windsor, is a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, about 5 kilometres north-east of the city centre. The area was used for farming from the 1850s, and subdivision started in the early 20th century, with most of the houses being built between 1950 and 1980. Shirley is situated 3½ km south of Muka Park.

Muka Park

Type: Park
Category: recreation area
Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude

-43.46798° or 43° 28′ 5″ south

Longitude

172.66701° or 172° 40′ 1″ east

Open location code

4V8JGMJ8+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 337145278

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

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