Chelsea Estate Heritage Park
60 Colonial Road, Chatswood
Check for open and closed tracks and help protect our kauri
Some tracks in this park are closed to prevent the spread of kauri dieback.
Find open and closed tracks and read about protecting our kauri.
About Chelsea Estate Heritage Park
Chelsea Estate Heritage Park is a large recreation space within the suburbs of Birkenhead and Chatswood, south of the Highbury Shopping Centre.
The park is a mixture of regenerating indigenous forest with a scattering of exotic trees. The ponds and edges are roosting and nesting sites for black shags, pied shags, kōtare and occasionally royal spoonbills.
It has a unique European history and is an important heritage site of both national and international significance. The park has been recognised by the NZ Historic Places Trust who have registered it as a Category I historic place.
The park also has a number of walking tracks that link at the south-western end to Chatswood Reserve and Kauri Point Centennial Park for wider adventuring, and is home to the Chelsea Sugar Refinery and Café.
Access from Colonial Road. You will need to park on the road.
Accessible toilets are inside the park.
Follow the Chelsea Heritage Path to explore this park and coastal area.
You need to know
Animals
Dogs must be on leash at all times in our parks unless otherwise stated in the dog walking section.
Alcohol
Alcohol is banned from some public places in Auckland. See Alcohol bans to find out the rules for each park and view ban maps.
Smokefree parks
Our parks are all smokefree.
Waste
Use bins where provided to dispose of your rubbish. If there are no bins take all rubbish and recycling with you when you leave.
Outdoor fires
It is illegal to light open fires in public areas in the Auckland region.
What to see and do at Chelsea Estate Heritage Park
- Drinking fountain ‑ Drinking fountain is near the toilets.
Contact us to report a problem at this park