Harkness Reserve is a small neighbourhood park at 24 Harkness Place in Avonhead, Christchurch. It holds a 4.0 rating from a single review, which describes it as a nice park — small, and best suited to walking through.
Parks of this size do a different job from the big destination grounds. A pocket reserve earns its keep as a cut-through, a short leg-stretcher, or a few minutes of grass and trees between errands, and regulars often value them precisely because they stay uncrowded. For playgrounds, sports fields or a proper loop walk, larger parks elsewhere in Christchurch will serve you better; for a calm place to pass through with the dog — check the council signage at the gate for leash rules — or a quiet green pause in the day, a small reserve fits the bill.
Tucked along Harkness Place in Avonhead's quiet residential streets, this little reserve suits the neighbourhood's low-key character to a tee.