Central Park is a popular city park located just a short stroll from Wellington's city centre. A favourite with local families, the park can be accessed off Brooklyn or Ohiro Roads.

Featuring numerous walkways, grassy areas, gardens, wooded sections and a sheltered stream gully, there is also a fabulous kids playground with slides, swings, tunnels, seesaws, a climbing frame and a fantastic flying fox for older children.

Maintained by Wellington City Council, there are public toilets onsite, along with free parking.

The Renouf Tennis Centre is also located here.

Products and specialities

Recreational park
Kids playgrounds
Walking tracks

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If you live in Brooklyn and feel fit you might walk through this park a bit during summer. It holds one of Wellington’s best playgrounds for the younger ones, and great space to walk around and play in, with various trails leading in and out of the park. Readily accessible from the bottom of Aro Valley for you to venture into.

Nature trails, a flying fox, an overbridge and more nature trails. This place is nice for a picnic, or just a brief wander through.

There is a flying fox, your argument is invalid.

A tranquil spot minutes walk away from central city. Good for a lunchtime walk or an evening jog you can sit by stream and contemplate life. Or if you’re already sorted: push some kids off the fly fox and have a go.

The first bit of bush I saw in New Zealand, Central Park is amazingly secluded given its central location within the city. Nestled between Mt. Cook and Brooklyn, find your way through this slice of forest, popping across tiny wooden bridges to admire the natural streams that cross the park. This is not the time to suppress your inner child– no trip to Central Park would be complete without a ride on the flying fox!

For a long time working outside was something I saw people do in movies and dismissed as hilariously impractical. So it was only recently when forced by a mix of a heavily looming deadline, no money to buy the standard drink an hour to work in a cafe, and my total inability to get anything slightly productive in my own home, forced me into scribbling in a notebook on a central park bench. I was ready to hate it. I was wrong. Now I do it at least once a week. There is something incredibly freeing about working outside, and, for those of us (un)lucky enough to toil in the creative fields, it’s really inspiring. Yeah, you have to pick your days to do it and sometimes that can be hard with Wellington’s charmingly changeable weather, but it’s worth the effort. Promise. To feel away from everything is to feel free and when you feel free, you won’t hate your work.