Sportfields and courts

Nelson has a variety of sports fields and game courts around the region for your weekend sporting activities. Saxton Field and Trafalgar Park are the area's key recreation facilities.

Saxton Field

Netballers, soccer and hockey players get good use from Saxton Field, which welcomes visitors for games of cricket, hockey, softball and netball as well as an outdoor venue for a variety of other events, including your weekend picnic! Find out what Saxton Field has to offer.

Trafalgar and Rutherford Parks

Trafalgar and Rutherford Parks have a historic significance, and they remain strategically important to the region. Click here to read about Trafalgar Park's history and uses.

Sports fields

Botanical Reserve, Milton Street, Nelson
Greenmeadows, Songer Street, Stoke
Maitai Cricket Ground, Maitai Valley Road, Nelson
Neale Park, North Road, Nelson
Pioneer Park, Hastings Street, Nelson
Rutherford Park, Paru Paru Road, Nelson
Saxton Field, Saxton Road, Stoke
Tahunanui Sportsfield, Beach Road, Nelson
Trafalgar Park, Trafalgar Street, Nelson
Marsden Recreation Ground, Main Road Stoke
Ngawhatu Park, Ngawhatu Road Stoke
Guppy Park, Soveriegn Street

Public tennis courts

Nelson Community Tennis Centre, Rutherford Park
Greenmeadows, Songer Street, Stoke
Tahunanui Beach Reserve, Nelson
(Also restricted use of Tosswill Reserve courts & Paru Paru Road hard courts)

Volleyball

Beach volleyball courts x 3 (BYO net), Tahunanui Beach Reserve, Nelson

Concrete cricket wickets

Maitai Cricket Ground (MCG), Nelson
Greenmeadows, Songer Street, Stoke (practice nets)
Victory Square (practice nets)
Botanics (practice nets)

Petanque

Petanque Courts, Tahunanui Beach Reserve, Nelson

Paru Paru Road, Nelson