Memorial Park
Overnight Campervan Parking
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Memorial Park
Certified, self-contained campervans can stay up to 2 nights in the internal carpark next to fountain. There's a maximum of six vehicles per night, so it's a first-come, first-served arrangement.
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Tauranga City CouncilCouncil organisation |
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North Island ▷ Bay of Plenty ▷ Tauranga |
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Close to town -
Public toilets available
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Nice sea view
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Safe and tidy area
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Noisy at night -
Limited parking spaces
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Toilets may close early
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Nice and tidy quiet area with access to toilets.
Ange -
Good spot close to town.
Rebecca and Chris -
05May14, 1 night, free, 2 of us (50's).
Mike Fricker -
What a spot.
Matt Betts -
Good spot with nice sea view.
Yu Zhai
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It’s fine.
Kind of an active park by day and night so pretty jarringly different from camping in the remote nature, but such is the trade off of a city location. Limited freedom camping spots but doesn’t seem to be enforced, as quite a few people seem to be living out of their vans in the large carpark. Does have public restrooms that potentially close at 9 pm according to the sign.
No actual “sketchy” behavior while we were there and was pretty quiet at night but be prepared to be surrounded by the sounds of an active city park after dark.
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Nice place to stay, altough some weird people listening to loud music until 10.30pm.
Toilets were supposed to close at 8pm but were open the whole night and of decent cleaness. Good start to walk through Tauranga. Spaces quite small, only 1 was big enough for our Campervan (7m long)
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Good spot with nice sea view.
Public toilet, purified water. There are 7 spaces for freedom camping.
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Would’ve felt safer if all camping spots were together - it’s just a dodgy carpark- toilets shut overnight.
Filled up early (around 4) but close to town 😊
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Good and safe place close to town You need to park on the specific spot (I think there is more than just one parking lot but the one I pick had just 2 campers spot) Clean toilet
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Busy park, parking for 6 motorhomes throughout the park, some not big enough for 2 big motorhomes seems they don't know how big motorhomes are, close to the water and toilet, kids playground there
also with a fountain pool kids can swim/paddle in. Aquatic centre on the grounds.
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Hopeless parking spots, too small not clearly marked and far too few for NZrs let alone when tourism starts again, Tauranga you need to do way better
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Good spot close to town.
Fairly noisy at night with cars and locals. Public toilets close at 9pm.
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4 spots spread around the carpark.
Was very busy with cars. There was an ice skating rink set up playing music until 10pm with lots of people coming and going to it, so we ended up leaving and going somewhere else
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Good spot near the town center, it is quite busy at night though, with lots of locals hanging around.
They were nice and it felt safe.
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Location was ideal, takes 15 mins or so to walk into the centre of town.
Nice environment to be in, lovely park with good views. However the toilets shut at night around 8 we think. Various camper spots over the park 🤙🏽
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18Sept18.
Went there before, in 2014. Designated spaces now. Not sure if the one we used was meant to be for 1 or 2 campers. The spaces seem small and we noticed another camper the same as ours effectively took 2 spaces. Loos were ok and it was free!
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Easy to find, very good facilities which are closed in the night.
Directly at the water but very rare parking spaces for campers.
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Lovely quiet spot in a large park area near the water.
Only saw one other campervan (mid January), be sure to check the signs for designated spots. There were a few cars/people around late in the evening but it was little bother to us. Toilets closed from 9pm however, we left at 5:30am in the morning and found them open at that time.
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Beautiful spot with excellent facilities but BEWARE the specific freedom camping parks are NOT clearly marked like in other places.
Check the sign next to the tsunami warning signs. It has a small photo showing designated parks.
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This location was nice and quiet at the edge of the park and water, away from the traffic.
The toilets are open until 9pm.
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Fantastic view, clearly sign-posted with map of 3 overnight areas.
Public toilets outside rowing club building.
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It’s fine.
Kind of an active park by day and night so pretty jarringly different from camping in the remote nature, but such is the trade off of a city location. Limited freedom camping spots but doesn’t seem to be enforced, as quite a few people seem to be living out of their vans in the large carpark. Does have public restrooms that potentially close at 9 pm according to the sign.
No actual “sketchy” behavior while we were there and was pretty quiet at night but be prepared to be surrounded by the sounds of an active city park after dark.
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Nice place to stay, altough some weird people listening to loud music until 10.30pm.
Toilets were supposed to close at 8pm but were open the whole night and of decent cleaness. Good start to walk through Tauranga. Spaces quite small, only 1 was big enough for our Campervan (7m long)
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Good spot with nice sea view.
Public toilet, purified water. There are 7 spaces for freedom camping.
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Would’ve felt safer if all camping spots were together - it’s just a dodgy carpark- toilets shut overnight.
Filled up early (around 4) but close to town 😊
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Good and safe place close to town You need to park on the specific spot (I think there is more than just one parking lot but the one I pick had just 2 campers spot) Clean toilet
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Busy park, parking for 6 motorhomes throughout the park, some not big enough for 2 big motorhomes seems they don't know how big motorhomes are, close to the water and toilet, kids playground there
also with a fountain pool kids can swim/paddle in. Aquatic centre on the grounds.
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Hopeless parking spots, too small not clearly marked and far too few for NZrs let alone when tourism starts again, Tauranga you need to do way better
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Good spot close to town.
Fairly noisy at night with cars and locals. Public toilets close at 9pm.
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4 spots spread around the carpark.
Was very busy with cars. There was an ice skating rink set up playing music until 10pm with lots of people coming and going to it, so we ended up leaving and going somewhere else
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Big park with designated freecamping spots scattered across.
Might be hard to find in the dark - look for the green marking on the road. During the day real friendly park surroundings, not so great at night with cars street racing and blasting music. Toilets are basic but okay, close at night. Drinking fountain available in the park. Would not stay again.
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Good spot near the town center, it is quite busy at night though, with lots of locals hanging around.
They were nice and it felt safe.
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Location was ideal, takes 15 mins or so to walk into the centre of town.
Nice environment to be in, lovely park with good views. However the toilets shut at night around 8 we think. Various camper spots over the park 🤙🏽
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18Sept18.
Went there before, in 2014. Designated spaces now. Not sure if the one we used was meant to be for 1 or 2 campers. The spaces seem small and we noticed another camper the same as ours effectively took 2 spaces. Loos were ok and it was free!
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Easy to find, very good facilities which are closed in the night.
Directly at the water but very rare parking spaces for campers.
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Lovely quiet spot in a large park area near the water.
Only saw one other campervan (mid January), be sure to check the signs for designated spots. There were a few cars/people around late in the evening but it was little bother to us. Toilets closed from 9pm however, we left at 5:30am in the morning and found them open at that time.
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Beautiful spot with excellent facilities but BEWARE the specific freedom camping parks are NOT clearly marked like in other places.
Check the sign next to the tsunami warning signs. It has a small photo showing designated parks.
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This location was nice and quiet at the edge of the park and water, away from the traffic.
The toilets are open until 9pm.
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Fantastic view, clearly sign-posted with map of 3 overnight areas.
Public toilets outside rowing club building.
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What a spot.
Definitely worth a night here, beautiful views over the water and toilets on site which were good considering they were just public toilets. Great for an afternoon beer.