Cox's Bay Reserve
44-66 West End Road, Westmere
About Cox's Bay Reserve
Cox's Bay Reserve is a large and popular reserve with sports fields which are busy with booked sports for rugby and cricket. It covers approximately 14 hectares and has a creek area with native vegetation, mangroves and an environmental trail. Perimeter tracks provide good walking circuits around the sports fields and through areas of bush.
Paths will take you through to the adjoining Bayfield Park and Hukanui Reserve. The reserve is also home to the West End Lawn Tennis Club.
Access from West End Road. Pedestrians can also access from Kingsley, Webber, Fife, Nottingham and Regina streets.
A playground, accessible toilets and changing rooms, parking, sports fields, seating and picnic tables, fitness equipment, drinking fountains, barbecues, basketball, volleyball and tennis courts are inside the park.
Follow the Grey Lynn Greenway Path to Grey Lynn Park, or the Grey Lynn to Pt Erin Path to Pt Erin Pools.
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. Visit 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.
How to access Cox's Bay Reserve
- Car park ‑ Access the park from West End Road.
What to see and do at Cox's Bay Reserve
- Drinking fountain ‑ Drinking fountains are by the building and the volleyball sand court.
- Fitness equipment ‑ Fitness equipment is inside the park.
- Barbecues ‑ Located by the playground and picnic tables.
- Picnic tables ‑ By the playground and barbecues.
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