arthur faulkner RESERVE

ADDRESS DETAILS:
33 Foch Avenue, Mt Roskill.

ACCESS:
The park can be accessed from Foch Avenue or Hazel Avenue. 

DESCRIPTION:
This quiet reserve is surprisingly large green space tucked in behind the houses on Renfrew Avenue. There are 2 well maintained tennis courts that are open for public use and also used by the Mt Roskill Tennis Club which has a building next to them. Arthur Faulkner Reserve is also home to the Auckland VHF Club and Mt Roskill Scouts Club which are hosted in another building at the Hazel Ave end of the park. There is a substantial playground which caters to all ages including swings, slides, climbing nets, carousel, a musical game and more. 

TOPOGRAPHY:
Flat grassed areas with several mature trees. Surrounded on two sides by houses that back onto the park, with a grand main entrance gate from Foch Avenue, and street frontage at the cul-de-sac end of Hazel Avenue. 

FEATURES:
The large grassy spaces with mature trees are ideal for playing games or picnics, and there are also several bench seats and a picnic table. Come down for a game of tennis - you are almost certain to find the courts available! Or practice on the tennis wall if on your own. There is also concrete table tennis table if you prefer to play with smaller racquets. 

The varied playground apparatus caters for a wide range of age groups, and again you may well have it to yourself to enjoy. Plentiful parking on Hazel Ave or Foch Ave which both abutt the park. 

RECOMMENDED FOR:
Tennis lovers, families seeking out a park to take the kids of mixed ages to enjoy, with plenty of green space to spread out.