Western Park
What other Aucklanders are saying about Western Park.
Philipp Hinnenberg : Very beautiful park with lots of plants variety, a playground, sport to do and benches!
Cliff Hahn :
Thilal Pandith : Western Park is one of the most peaceful and relaxing lush open spaces of 8 ha (20 acres) in the Auckland city, right in the center of salubrious suburb Ponsonby.
It was opened in 1871 and considered Auckland’s oldest Municipal parkland. It is also one of the three oldest parks in Auckland city, the other two being the Auckland Domain and Albert Park. The park is enriched with verdant vegetation including beautiful established pūriri, tanekaha, karaka, rimu, pōhutukawa and Morton Bay fig trees in the park.
There had been a stream running by the side of this land in ancient times which had been called Tuna-Mau by the local Māori, meaning ‘the trapping of eels’.
There is a playground, accessible toilets, fitness equipment, tennis courts, sports fields, drinking fountains, picnic tables and seating. The colourful playground will appeal to kids of all ages, which has two slides for racing, treehouses, swings, a seesaw, balancing features, small trampolines and a flying fox. The 25m slide is one of the highest and longest in Auckland. The lower-level play area features a wheelchair-friendly basket swing and spinning apparatus.
The park is studded with sunken sculptures designed to represent historic Auckland buildings. They were created by famous Auckland sculptor John Radford resembling replicas of three building “ruins” and made of reinforced concrete. The sculptures are popular with climbing children and sets an unusual photo shoot backdrop.
The one-kilometer Western Park Path loop around the park is a very popular short walk among the city dwellers.
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MammaCo Ltd (MammaCoLtd) : Gorgeous
Debra Chantry-Taylor : One of our favourite places to walk the dogs & they love the slides… plus we just found out they have public tennis courts so that’s even better!
Matt Garty : Really great playground. Went after a wet night so the slides were a bit wet though which was a shame
nirupam basu : Beautiful place for children
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