Weaver Park is in the Happy Valley neighborhood of Langford, B.C. This steep sloped park has a gradually curving paved pathway that leads the hill to Weaver Place. On the slope of this park are small groves of Douglas fir, cedar, arbutus and alder trees. In the spring time flowers bloom to add cover to … Continue reading Weaver Park
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Monnington Park
Monnington Park is a waterfront park along the south shore of Glen Lake in Langford, B.C. This small urban park is surrounded by private single family homes in the peaceful neighborhood of Glen Lake. The gravel pathway from the turnabout in Monnington Place leads about thirty meters to the shoreline. The slope to the water … Continue reading Monnington Park
Luxton Park
Luxton Park in in the Langford, B.C. This fourteen hectare privately owned property hosts community events like the Luxton Fair and seasonal Farmers Markets. This private park area is owned by the Metchosin Farmers Institute since the early nineteen hundreds. Many of the buildings in the fairground were built during the nineteen twenties. The park … Continue reading Luxton Park
Belmont Secondary School Green Space
Belmont Secondary School Green Space is near the northwest shore of Glen Lake in Langford, B.C. It lies upslope from the Goudy Sports Field in the City Center Park and Langford Lake. This green space was once the school grounds of Glen Lake Elementary School, the Sooke School District #62, that was built in nineteen … Continue reading Belmont Secondary School Green Space
Shelby Park
Shelby Park is in the Langford Lake area of Langford, B.C. This lakefront park is about a quarter of a hectare in size and has a gravel access to the lake through a grove of Douglas fir, arbutus and cedar trees. The narrow sandy beach has rock wall along the high water level to limit … Continue reading Shelby Park
Centennial Park – Langford
Centennial Park is in the downtown area of Langford, B.C. This park is also known as Carlow as well as Kinsmen and Langford Fastball Park. Presumably it was established for the centennial celebration of the formation of the Colony of British Columbia in eighteen fifty-eight. Centennial Park is about three hectares in size. The park … Continue reading Centennial Park – Langford
Spencer’s Pond Park
Spencer’s Pond Park is in the Langford Lake area of Langford, B.C. The nature park is about half a hectare in size and is a seasonal wetland. The water in the pond can reach a depth of over a meter during the rainy season on Vancouver Island yet become completely dry during summer months. There … Continue reading Spencer’s Pond Park
Peatt Fire Hall Green Space
The Peatt Fire Hall Green Space is in the downtown area of Langford, B.C. This green space hosts the large welcome sign to greet travelers arriving into Langford using Veteran’s Memorial Parkway. There is a small cascading waterfall and pond behind the sign. Located next to Fire Station One there is a life size statue … Continue reading Peatt Fire Hall Green Space
Danbrook Park
Danbrook Park is in the downtown area of Langford, BC. This landscaped inner city park has a few trees and open grass covered areas surrounded by private homes, housing complexes and commercial buildings. The three thousand square meter parkland has a sixty meter gravel pathway under the tall Douglas fir and Garry oak trees. Cedar … Continue reading Danbrook Park
Veteran’s Memorial Park
Veteran’s Memorial Park is in the Mill Hill neighborhood of downtown Langford, B.C. Located on the corner of Goldstream Ave and Veteran’s Memorial Parkway, this three thousand four hundred and eighty square meter park has amenities for everyone. The playground has unique climbing hexagons and stands near the play set that has stairs, ladders and … Continue reading Veteran’s Memorial Park
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