Heritage Fun Zone

Play like it's 1826!


Sunday 18 and 25 October 2026

Time: Various

  • Sun 18 October 2026

    11.00AM – 2.00PM

  • Sun 25 October 2026

    11.00AM – 2.00PM

Venue: South Quad

Join in some outdoor heritage games and activities from the 1800s – when most toys were made of wooden or metal - including skittles, quoits, beanbag toss, skipping, hoops, wooden spinning tops, noughts and crosses, string games, connect 4, egg-and-spoon races and more!

Bring the whole family along to have fun and enjoy some leisure time in this heritage space.

NOTE: Cancelled if wet.

Thank you to the Bishopdale Menzshed  for creating and building some of these wooden heritage games, and to the Friends of the Arts Centre for helping host this event.

 

This event is part of the Christchurch Heritage Festival (16 - 26 October 2026).

Location map

South Quad,
Worcester Boulevard

Market Square Hereford St Carpark Boys' High Entrance Engineering Laneway The Observatory Hotel Courtyard South Quad North Quad Registry Student Union The Gym Engineering Cloisters Studio Common Room Library Biology, Observatory and Physics Chemistry School of Art West Lecture Classics Rutherford's Den Clock Tower Boy's High Workshop Great Hall
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