184 Fred Taylor Drive, Whenuapai, Auckland 0814
Modest playground tucked beside the football pitches with junior multi-play + slide, small carousel, senior multi-play + slide and standard/basket swings. Junior structure and basket swing let toddlers play but the site is unfenced right beside a car park. Tweens will get bored quickly - the real draw here is football. No described water, road-frontage or tall-equipment hazards.
The description explicitly says the playground equipment sits over a bark surface, a hard barrier for wheelchair users, with only generic off street parking mentioned nearby.
Fred Taylor Park in Whenuapai is first and foremost a football venue, home to West Coast Rangers and, from 2025, Auckland FC Reserves, with a children's playground tucked beside the pitches for families combining a match with a play stop. In December 2022 FIFA confirmed it as Vietnam's training base for the 2023 Women's World Cup, the country's first ever World Cup appearance.
HistoryFred Taylor Park is a football ground in Whenuapai, established on donated land in the early 1990s, tenanted historically by Waitakere City FC (to 2020) and Waitakere United (2004-2021), and currently home to West Coast Rangers (2021-present) and Auckland FC Reserves (2025-present).
Source: en.wikipedia.orgAmenitiesSite amenities registered: a drinking fountain.
Source: data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.comHandy to knowIn the Henderson-Massey local board area.
Source: data-aucklandcouncil.opendata.arcgis.comLatestFred Taylor Park was shortlisted by FIFA in September 2022 as a team base camp for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, and on 12 December 2022 was confirmed as the training ground for Vietnam, the first time the Vietnam women's team competed at a World Cup.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLatestFred Taylor Park's confirmation as Vietnam's 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup training base was part of a wider $19 million Auckland Council and central government investment plan lifting pitches, lights and clubroom facilities across Northern Region Football clubs hosting teams.
Source: friendsoffootballnz.comDaytime high in °C · % = chance of rain · data from yr.no
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