Brookswood, Langley Explained

Official Name:	Brookswood
Settlement Type:	Neighbourhood
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Type2:	Region
Subdivision Name2:	Lower Mainland
Subdivision Type3:	Regional district
Subdivision Name3:	Metro Vancouver
Subdivision Type4:	District Municipality
Subdivision Name4:	Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)
Population Total:	13,336
Timezone:	Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:	-8
Timezone Dst:	PDT
Utc Offset Dst:	-7

Brookswood is a community (pop. approx. 13,200^[1]) in the Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada, located on the west side of that municipality to the south of the Nicomekl River.^[2] It is largely a residential area with several commercial areas, a Recreation Centre with a hockey area and curling rink.

Next to the Recreation Centre is a BMX track originally built in 1977 and a skate park in 2001. The Brookswood disc golf course at Langley Passive Park is popular with disc golf enthusiasts.

Education in Brookswood

Brookswood Secondary School
Belmont Elementary School
Bradshaw Elementary School
Noel Booth Elementary School
Langley Fundamental Middle Secondary School
Alice Brown Elementary School

History

Built at a cost of $1,750,000, the Langley Civic Center was officially opened on November 8, 1973.
In May 2005, the Langley Civic Center was renamed George Preston Recreation Center in honour of the man (former mayor and a local car salesman) who helped build it.
In early June 1977 a BMX race track named Kiwanis BMX was built adjacent to the Langley Civic Center (now named George Preston Recreation Center). The land at the time was leased to the Langley Riders Horse Association who were good friend's to Doreen Spinks who secured the land as a rental agreement and the first BMX track in Langley was built. On July 8' 1981, Town Council approved funding for the rebuilding of the track. It was then moved in the 1990s to its new location (some 30 yard's from the original track) and named Langley BMX where it still remains today.
In 2001 the Brookswood skateboard park was officially opened almost right beside it.
The Rec Centre is the current home of the Langley Rivermen BCHL hockey club, until the Chiefs' new arena in Willoughby is completed. Ground was broken recently on the new complex, which has an estimated completion date to coincide with the start of the 2008-09 BCHL season.

External links

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Notes and References

http://www.tol.ca/Land-Use-and-Development/Communities-Neighbourhoods Township of Langley » Land Use and Development » Communities & Neighbourhoods
https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/1141.html BCGNIS entry "Brookswood (community)"