Albany Lakes Civic Park
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The Albany Lakes Civic Park is a public park located in Albany
, Auckland
, New Zealand
. The park is located opposite of the Westfield Albany
shopping mall in the centre of a new commercial / town centre area that is being developed.
The park comprises two new lakes which will serve both as landscape features and stormwater ponds. The lakes were created artificially in the late 2000s, though the park took somewhat longer to finish, and much of the new vegetation is still in the process of growing in as of 2010.
Providing an assembly / grassland area allowing up to 10,000 people to the north of the lakes, the park has been designated as one of the 'fan zones' for the Rugby World Cup 2011.
Albany, New Zealand
Albany is a northern suburb of Auckland, one of the several cities in northern New Zealand. The name derives from Alba and its Latinisation. It is located to the north of the Waitemata Harbour, 15 kilometres northwest of the Auckland city centre. The suburb is in the Albany ward, one of the...
, Auckland
Auckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. The park is located opposite of the Westfield Albany
Westfield Albany
Westfield Albany is a new shopping centre of the Westfield Group in Albany, New Zealand, opposite the Albany Lakes Civic Park. Once the last sections opened in April 2008, at 7 ha of indoor space , it became the largest shopping centre in New Zealand, eclipsing even recently opened Sylvia Park,...
shopping mall in the centre of a new commercial / town centre area that is being developed.
The park comprises two new lakes which will serve both as landscape features and stormwater ponds. The lakes were created artificially in the late 2000s, though the park took somewhat longer to finish, and much of the new vegetation is still in the process of growing in as of 2010.
Providing an assembly / grassland area allowing up to 10,000 people to the north of the lakes, the park has been designated as one of the 'fan zones' for the Rugby World Cup 2011.