Waipara Playground
Waipara Playground is a park in Christchurch City, Canterbury. Waipara Playground is situated nearby to the suburb Cracroft, as well as near the park Leistrella Drainage Reserve.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Princess Margaret Hospital and Ngaio Marsh House.
Princess Margaret Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Princess Margaret Hospital was a public hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand, run by the Canterbury District Health Board. It opened in 1959 and closed in 2024. Princess Margaret Hospital is situated 1 km northeast of Waipara Playground.
Ngaio Marsh House
Museum
Photo: Roslyn Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ngaio Marsh House, the home of Dame Ngaio Marsh for most her life, is a heritage property in Valley Road in the Christchurch suburb of Cashmere. It serves as a museum to Dame Ngaio, one of New Zealand's most famous cultural figures and one of the original Queens of Crime from the Golden Age of Detective Fiction, alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L Sayers, and Margery Allingham. Ngaio Marsh House is situated 1¼ km northeast of Waipara Playground.
Centennial Park
Recreation area
Photo: Nzfooty, Public domain.
Centennial Park is a public park located in the suburb of Spreydon in the southwestern part of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is bordered by Lyttelton Street to the east, Rose Street to the south, Ōpāwaho / Heathcote River to the west and Pioneer Recreation and Sport Centre to the north. Centennial Park is situated 1¼ km north of Waipara Playground.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cracroft and Westmorland.
Cracroft
Suburb
Photo: Schwede66, Public domain.
Cracroft is a south-west suburb of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. Cracroft was named for John Cracroft Wilson, who settled in this part of Christchurch at the bottom of the Port Hills Range in 1854.
Westmorland
Suburb
Westmorland is an outer suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand. It is situated mostly on a hillside and is a recent development of the city, dating back to the 1970s. It was expected to be completed in approx 2020, adding 250 homes to the suburb of Westmorland.
Cashmere
Suburb
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cashmere is a suburb which rises above the southern end of the city of Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island, on the north side of the Port Hills.
Waipara Playground
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Christchurch City, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, Oceania
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Latitude
-43.57701° or 43° 34′ 37″ southLongitude
172.61261° or 172° 36′ 45″ eastOperator
Christchurch City CouncilOpen location code
4V8JCJF7+52OpenStreetMap ID
way 444214801OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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Highlights include Leistrella Drainage Reserve and The Old Stone House.
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