Westmorland Heights Playground

Westmorland Heights Playground is a playground in Canterbury, South Island. Westmorland Heights Playground is situated nearby to the park Westmorland East Valley Reserve, as well as near Francis Mill Park.

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 2 km northeast of Westmorland Heights 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 2½ km northeast of Westmorland Heights 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 2½ km north of Westmorland Heights Playground.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westmorland and Cracroft.

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.

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.