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Trentham Memorial Park is a large park and a major sport and recreation ground in Trentham, a suburb of Upper Hutt Urban Growth Strategy – An Outstanding Open Space Network
Retrieved 24 January 2011 It is described by the local council as an attractive setting for sports, carnivals, picnics, playgrounds and bush walks, and lies between Fergusson Drive and the Hutt River. There is a range of sporting pursuits available in the park including rugby, football, cricket, harriers and an axeman's club. The park includes: *
* Sports grounds for cricket and rugby
* Clubrooms
* Children's playground
* Car park
* Open space to hold concerts, carnivals and public displays, (such as fireworks and car shows)
Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt ( mi, Te Awa Kairangi ki Uta) is a city in the Wellington Region of New Zealand and one of the four cities that constitute the Wellington#Wellington metropolitan area, Wellington metropolitan area.
Geography
The Upper Hutt city cent ...
, in the Wellington
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region of New Zealand
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The park was purchased by the Upper Hutt Council from the Barton family (descendants of Richard Barton) in the 1950s as Upper Hutt's Second World War memorial and covers an area of .
Retrieved 24 January 2011 It is described by the local council as an attractive setting for sports, carnivals, picnics, playgrounds and bush walks, and lies between Fergusson Drive and the Hutt River. There is a range of sporting pursuits available in the park including rugby, football, cricket, harriers and an axeman's club. The park includes: *
Barton's Bush
Barton's Bush, in Trentham Memorial Park, is the largest remaining area of lowland mixed podocarp/broadleaf forest in the Hutt Valley of New Zealand. Named after Richard Barton who settled in the area in 1841, it was his desire that this secti ...
– a native forest reserve
* Domain Bush - a smaller native forest remnant
* Walking tracks
* Barton Oval – a formal cricket oval
* Indoor and outdoor cricket nets
* Sports grounds for cricket and rugby
* Clubrooms
* Children's playground
* Car park
* Open space to hold concerts, carnivals and public displays, (such as fireworks and car shows)
References
Upper Hutt Sports venues in Upper Hutt Parks in the Wellington Region {{Wellington-geo-stub