Last Updated: 8th Apr 2024
Hagley Perimeter
Submitted by Tony Sharpe
Last Updated: 8th Apr 2024
Open
Grunt Factor: 4 ?
Gnarl Factor: 6 ?
5.6km
25m
25m
12m
Last Updated: 8th Apr 2024
Submitted by Tony Sharpe
Last Updated: 8th Apr 2024
Open
Grunt Factor: 4 ?
Gnarl Factor: 6 ?
5.6km
25m
25m
12m
Urban
Loop
Totally/mostly flat
Dog Friendly
Native bush
Plantation/exotic forest
Riverside
Sealed Road
Easy Single Track
Average Uphill Gradient: +0.1%
Average Downhill Gradient: -0.1%
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0:45
Slow
0:35
Moderate
0:25
Fast
The 165ha Hagley Park is a world renowned gem, set aside by visionary city forefathers in the 1850's as an area for recreation, sport and entertainment in the vein of Central Park in New York. It acts as the City's lungs and is a wonderful resource for lunchtime exercise for locals or visitors. A standard run around the perimeter is short enough to easily fit into a lunch hour, but also holds plenty for visiting people.
You can easily extend the distance of this one with a "Figure 8" of North and South Hagley (also a trail directory guide) in fact its possible to find a marathon distance of trails without backtracking on the same bit of path.
The Hagley perimeter gives you a great chance to test your speedwork, or simply amble around and enjoy the greenspace.
Hagley Park
Avon River
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Best off street parking is around the Botanic Gardens off Armagh or Hagley Oval area (when no cricket is on)
1 km
3 minutes
Yes
No
Easy.
Easy as, just stick to the edge of the park
Perfect throughout.
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There are a couple of drinking fountains on the loop around the North Hagley side
Christchurch can be 35 degrees in summer and -5 in winter. Dress for the day accordingly
Watch out for bikes on the shared use sections, especially South Hagley around the netball courts
Take your pick of Christchurch cafes and eating establishments- new ones popping up all the time as we rebuild our city
Trail Legend
Fastest Known Times (FKTs)
FKTs are for a single lap. If running multiple laps please record each as a separate Strava activity.
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LP
Great trail and lovely scenery. I combined it with the Figure 8 as a great longer city run.
July 7, 2023
Nice flat loop around the park. Now sealed the whole way, making it a good rainy day/wet ground option. Also good in winter in the dark as plenty of other people around, street lights, and cars driving pass. Easy to add on other loops around the park if you need a longer run.
January 17, 2021
Perfect for a flat, cruisy lunch-time run. Always plenty of other runners around so has a good vibe.
November 1, 2020
These overlap with this trail to some degree. You may wish to combine them but please note that to qualify for FKTs on these runs you should record a separate activity for each.
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