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NZ Walking Routes > Canterbury > Christchurch > Curletts Reserve and Wigram Pond
Curletts Reserve and Wigram Pond
- Location
- Access is either from Templetons Road, or via the halfway entrance footbridge from Warren Crescent. Carparking on Templetons Road.
- Description
Curletts Reserve is unexpectedly spacious, with a track alongside the headwaters of the Heathcote River, and another track which circles the pond of the Wigram Retention Basin.
Extensive native plantings have become well established, with fantails and bellbirds along the river, and ducks, scaup, seagulls, and black swans commonly found in the pond area.
The main river track follows poles as it weaves a track along the river, crossing two footbridges. Eventually the broad track follows the river around to Curletts Road.
There is an easy trail around the pond, which has two islands with a wide range of birds, and extensive plantings of toetoe and sedges make the views across the pond very attractive.
The upper Heathcote River winds through the suburb of Hillmorton alongside the graceful Curletts Reserve. This has become a showpiece of native plant restoration with head-high ribbonwood and kanuka enhancing this quiet waterway.
The Wigram Pond is elegantly fringed with toetoe and sedges, and it is hard to believe that the lake is completely man-made. It is a stunning example of combining the utility of a stormwater holding pond, with the attractiveness of an outdoor recreational area for walkers and picnickers.
- Distance
- 5.0 km
- Duration
- 1.0 hours
- Level
- Easy
- Amenities
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- Birds
- Carpark
- Dogs Allowed
- Historical
- Plant Life
- Playground
- Source
- www.ccc.govt.nz
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