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Playgrounds in Central Auckland

SlideScout has 154 public playgrounds mapped in Central Auckland. They're ranked below by what parents and kids rate them after a visit, with Google reviews filling in where nobody has reviewed yet. Top of the list right now: One Tree Hill Domain Playground, Blockhouse Bay Recreational Reserve and Western Springs Park Playground.

Central Auckland plays are the volcanic-cone classics, fenced lawns under shade trees with a maunga walk thrown in if the kids still have legs after the swings. One Tree Hill Domain Playground is the postcard pick, a big fenced footprint at the base of Maungakiekie with toilets, free parking, and Cornwall Park's flying fox, rope tower, and liberty swing for wheelchair users a five-minute walk away. Western Springs Park Playground is the wet-weather hub, sharing a carpark with the zoo and MOTAT, so a 90-minute swing-and-slide loop folds neatly into either ticketed day out. Little Rangitoto Reserve in Remuera and Bluestone Park in Mount Eden are the smaller fenced toddler picks for shorter outings. The Cornwall Park trust has run the park as a free public farm since the 1901 gift, which is why the land stays open, sheep-grazed, and uncharged.

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One Tree Hill Domain Playground
One Tree Hill Domain Playground
666-668 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland 1023
4.6590 Google reviews
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Ranked by visit ratings, with Google reviews where we have no visits yet. 154 in total.

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  1. 25Celtic Crescent Playground4.4 on Google (33)
  2. 26Coyle Park Playground4.6 on Google (136)
  3. 27Owairaka Park4.4 on Google (592)
  4. 28Cornwall Park4.8 on Google (11,069)
  5. 29Eric Armishaw Park4.5 on Google (495)
  6. 30Keith Hay Park4.7 on Google (420)
  7. 31Three Kings Reserve4.2 on Google (336)
  8. 32Essex Reserve4.4 on Google (28)
  9. 33Orakei Playground4.5 on Google (205)
  10. 34Gribblehirst Park4.3 on Google (406)
  11. 35Fowlds Park4.4 on Google (414)
  12. 36Point Erin Playground4.4 on Google (22)
  13. 37Chalmers Reserve Playground4.9 on Google (9)
  14. 38Grey Lynn Park4.6 on Google (1,230)
  15. 39Blockhouse Bay Playground4.5 on Google (45)
  16. 40Smallfield Reserve Playground4.7 on Google (12)
  17. 41Nixon Park4.4 on Google (240)
  18. 42Rocket Park4.4 on Google (451)
  19. 43Buchanan Park Playground4.5 on Google (17)
  20. 44Cox's Bay Reserve4.5 on Google (900)
  21. 45Children's Playground4.3 on Google (26)
  22. 46Bonnie Brae Reserve4.6 on Google (11)
  23. 47Eastdale Rd Playground4.2 on Google (46)
  24. 48St Heliers Beach Playground4.8 on Google (8)
  25. 49Grosvenor Street Playground4.6 on Google (37)
  26. 50Bayfield Park4.5 on Google (45)
  27. 51Riversdale Reserve Playground4.2 on Google (25)
  28. 52Victoria Park Playground4.6 on Google (115)
  29. 53Te Kotuitanga Park | Olympic Park Playground4.5 on Google (244)
  30. 54Gilleta Road Park Playground4.6 on Google (9)
  31. 55Peterson Playground5.0 on Google (5)
  32. 56Tahapa Reserve West4.3 on Google (13)
  33. 57Murphy Park Children's Playground4.0 on Google (60)
  34. 58Wynyard Quarter Playspace4.5 on Google (534)
  35. 59Gladstone Park Playground4.5 on Google (61)
  36. 60Melville Park4.3 on Google (257)
  37. 61Outhwaite Park4.2 on Google (120)
  38. 62Blockhouse Bay Playground4.3 on Google (32)
  39. 63Salisbury Reserve4.3 on Google (26)
  40. 64Heron Park Playground4.5 on Google (197)
  41. 65Wairua Reserve Playground4.3 on Google (22)
  42. 66Sackville Reserve5.0 on Google (3)
  43. 67Mount Eden Playground4.4 on Google (21)
  44. 68Childrens Playground3.9 on Google (7)
  45. 69Heard Park4.3 on Google (125)
  46. 70Te Kotuitanga Park4.5 on Google (4)
  47. 71Flatrock Reserve4.2 on Google (5)
  48. 72Savage Park4.2 on Google (5)
  49. 73Mount Roskill Playground4.4 on Google (11)
  50. 74Patteson Reserve Playground4.5 on Google (2)
  51. 75Playground5.0 on Google (1)
  52. 76Horsham Playground4.0 on Google (3)
  53. 77Premier Reserve4.0 on Google (2)
  54. 78Braemar reserve playground4.0 on Google (1)
  55. 79Myers Park Playground4.5 on Google (306)
  56. 80Western Park Playground4.7 on Google (23)
  57. 81Albert Park4.6 on Google (4,703)
  58. 82Tahaki Reserve Playground4.5 on Google (146)
  59. 83Playtime Park4.4 on Google (219)
  60. 84Newmarket Park4.3 on Google (167)
  61. 85Rutherford Reserve4.6 on Google (198)
  62. 86Glover Park Playground
  63. 87Fairburn Reserve
  64. 88Streetscape - Maungakiekie-Tamaki
  65. 89Otahuhu / Mt Richmond
  66. 90Fergusson Domain
  67. 91Onehunga Bay Reserve
  68. 92Robinson Reserve
  69. 93Watling Reserve
  70. 94Dickey Reserve
  71. 95Arthur S Richards Memorial Park
  72. 96Dallas Reserve
  73. 97Maungakiekie / One Tree Hill
  74. 98Turners Reserve
  75. 99Mount Wellington War Memorial Park
  76. 100Pollard Park
  77. 101Tole Reserve Playground
  78. 102John Moore Reserve
  79. 103Wairaki Stream Reserve
  80. 104Pallister Reserve
  81. 105Harold Long Reserve
  82. 106Bellevue Reserve
  83. 107Stranolar Reserve
  84. 108Seaside Park Playground
  85. 109St Mary's Reserve
  86. 110Francis Reserve
  87. 111Shipton Reserve
  88. 112Walker Park
  89. 113Costley Reserve
  90. 114Arthur Faulkner Reserve
  91. 115Fong Reserve
  92. 116Vermont Reserve
  93. 117Tirotai Reserve
  94. 118Griffin Reserve
  95. 119Ellerslie Domain Playground
  96. 120Moira Reserve
  97. 121Edenvale playground
  98. 122Harbutt Reserve
  99. 123Luke Street Reserve
  100. 124Henry Reserve
  101. 125Brydon Place Reserve
  102. 126Ireland Reserve
  103. 127Aitken Reserve
  104. 128Hobson Reserve
  105. 129West Tamaki Reserve
  106. 130Alan Wood Reserve
  107. 131Brown Reserve
  108. 132Parnell Salt Water Baths
  109. 133Eastdale Reserve
  110. 134Kupe Reserve
  111. 135Harwood Reserve
  112. 136Quona Reserve
  113. 137Temuka Gardens
  114. 138Monkey Hill Reserve
  115. 139Old Mill Reserve
  116. 140Moa Reserve
  117. 141Bellgrove East Reserve
  118. 142Wharua Reserve
  119. 143Cliff Face Park
  120. 144Sainsbury Reserve
  121. 145Kuaka Park
  122. 146Fairlands Reserve
  123. 147Waiatarau Freemans Bay Park
  124. 148Virginia Reserve
  125. 149Molley Green Reserve
  126. 150Delphine Park
  127. 151Jordan Park
  128. 152Mount Albert War Memorial Park
  129. 153Nicholson Park
  130. 154Orchard reserve playground3.0 on Google (1)

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