Hardie Street Reserve Riverbank Walk
Palmerston North · Manawatū-Whanganui
This walk was suggested by the community and checked against the authority quoted above before it was published. The route line comes from official track data. Palmerston North City Council’s own wording: “Dogs on lead. (Palmerston North City Council, Hardie Street Reserve park page, Facility Snapshot: Features.) The reserve is not on the council’s off-leash list, so the lead stays on for the whole path”. Evidence: the rule-setter’s own published wording. How we check dog rules.
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Dogs are allowed here. Keep them on the lead, watch for ground-nesting birds and stock, and read the signs at the gate.
About Hardie Street Reserve Riverbank Walk
Hardie Street Reserve Riverbank Walk covers 0.4 km, near Palmerston North in Manawatū-Whanganui.
A short, flat concrete path along the Manawātū riverbank at the West End, running about 450 m from the Hardie Street end through to Centennial Drive. The council calls it an open space that "completes a network of reserves along the riverbank", which is exactly what it feels like on foot: the last link in the chain that starts at Victoria Esplanade and carries on east. It is an easy one for older dogs, sore hips and pram wheels. Sealed the whole way, no gates, no stiles, no climb worth the name, with seating along it and river access if your dog is a swimmer. Parking at either end, and the Centennial Drive end is the carpark the Palmerston North parkrun uses, so expect company on a Saturday morning. Because it is a link rather than a destination, most people walk it as part of something longer. Head west and you are into Victoria Esplanade within a couple of minutes; the Manawātū River Pathway runs along the stopbank below and carries on for kilometres in both directions. Dogs stay on the lead throughout, which is the council rule for the reserve and sensible anyway given the shared path and the bikes. One caution that is the council’s own, not ours: the river here is changeable and can rise fast, and PNCC asks people to wait 72 hours after heavy rain before going in. If your dog swims, watch the current rather than the water level.
It sits at the easy end and barely climbs, and takes about 5 min to walk.
Dogs are allowed here, on the lead. This walk is on the map because Inge & Pip suggested it, and we checked it against the source above.