REDZONE DOGS Medway Footbridge is a dog park on Avonside Drive in Avonside, Christchurch, on riverside red-zone land by the Medway footbridge, and it holds a perfect 5.0 rating from its single review.
The red zone's post-earthquake grasslands along the Avon have become some of Christchurch's best dog country: flat, open land with proper room to run. Because these parks are open rather than fenced runs, etiquette matters — solid recall before you unclip, and a watchful eye while unfamiliar dogs size each other up. Shared paths bring cyclists through, and riverside ground can hold mud after rain, so the edges are worth a glance first.
For Avonside dogs, having this stretch of riverside green on the doorstep is hard to beat.