Central City
On-leash required
Dogs are welcome here on a leash.
Council classification: On-Leash Area
Rule details
Dogs must be on a leash in public places within the Central City due to high visitor numbers, to protect health and safety, due to busy traffic, to protect garden areas, and to protect wildlife in and around the river. (Note that the Avon Loop is excluded from the Central City leashing requirement, and that dogs are prohibited in Margaret Mahy Playground and on the Central City Pump Track) The Central City is the area bounded by and including Bealey Avenue, Fitzgerald Avenue, Moorhouse Avenue, Hagley Avenue, Oxford Terrace to (and including) the Antigua pedestrian bridge, Cambridge Terrace to Rolleston Avenue, and along Park Terrace to Bealey Avenue – but excludes the Avon Loop, (which is located between Barbadoes Street and Fitzgerald Avenue, and between Kilmore Street and the Otakaro Avon River. See the Otakaro Avon River Corridor entry for the Avon Loop)