170 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland 1052
Fully accessible mini setup — springy car, basket swing, inground trampoline on wetpour — is nice for a toddler with mobility needs, but the park is a small handkerchief-sized space right on Parnell Road, a busy arterial with no fencing between play area and street. Reviewers describe it as a quick-stop relaxation spot. Very little for primary or tween kids beyond a half court.
Description states the basket swing and inground trampoline are fully accessible features designed for children using wheelchairs or with limited mobility to join in directly, a transfer in seat rather than a swing the chair rolls onto, set on wetpour surfacing. A wheelchair accessible picnic table and drinking fountain sit beside the play area too.
Heard Park in Parnell, central Auckland, is a small, richly designed playground with a springy car, basket swing and inground trampoline built as fully accessible features, alongside a wheelchair accessible picnic table and drinking fountain.
HistoryPlayground established: pre 2009.
Source: services1.arcgis.comHistoryHeard Park sits on land donated to the city by the Heard family, owners of the former Heards Candy factory, in 1953.
Source: playgroundcreations.co.nzHistoryThe redeveloped Heard Park and its new playspace officially reopened to the public on Saturday 20 September 2025, with funding confirmed by the Waitemata Local Board in late 2024 and construction beginning in early 2025.
Source: parnell.net.nzHistoryThe Heard family who gifted the park in 1953 ran Heards Candy; the large Art-Deco Heards factory building still stands adjacent to the park, though it is no longer a working confectionery factory.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgCultureHeard Park's playground features semi-translucent 'lollipop top' panels that cast coloured shadows onto the wetpour play surfacing, with double spiral Takarangi patterns in the surfacing referencing concepts in Maori culture.
Source: playgroundcreations.co.nzOn siteEquipment includes swings (including infant swing).
Source: services1.arcgis.comOn siteJunior-suitable items include infant swing.
Source: services1.arcgis.comAmenitiesPlayground surface: artificial.
Source: services1.arcgis.comAmenitiesSite amenities include public toilets, seating.
Source: services1.arcgis.comAmenitiesSite size category: 1 Small.
Source: services1.arcgis.comDaytime high in °C · % = chance of rain · data from yr.no
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