Sportfields and courts

Sports Grounds - Winter

Sports Grounds - Summer

Looking for details of whether sportfields are closed due to rain? Visit our closures page.

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
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, Sovereign Street
Victory square, Nelson

Public tennis courts

Nelson Community Tennis Centre, Saltwater Creek Lane, Rutherford Park
Tahunanui Beach Reserve, Nelson
(Also restricted use of Tosswill Reserve 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
Trafalgar Park, Nelson 

Please note all Nelson City Council facilities are smokefree.

Daily Hire fees for sports fields

Commercial rate means there is a cost for public to attend.
Community rate means your event is free for the community to attend.

Trafalgar Park

Commercial rate
Venue only (no stand): $2750 incl. GST per event day or part thereof or 3.5% of gross gate take whichever is the greater.
Venue and stand: $5500 incl. GST per event per day or part thereof or 3.5% of gross gate take whichever is the greater.

Community Rate
$464 incl. GST

Saxton Park

Commercial rate
Venue only (no stand): $2750 incl. GST per event day or part thereof or 3.5% of gross gate take whichever is the greater.
Venue and stand: $4750 incl. GST per event per day or part thereof or 3.5% of gross gate take whichever is the greater.

Community Rate
$464 incl. GST

All other sports fields

Commercial rate
$1035 incl GST or 2.5% of gross gate sales, whichever is greater.

Community Rate
$232 incl GST