Living in Fernridge, Langley: Larger Properties, the 200 St and 24 Ave Corner and Campbell Valley Next Door

Fernridge is where Brookswood starts to loosen up. Properties get bigger, a few are still undeveloped, manufactured-home parks sit along 200 Street, and the shopping is a single corner: an IGA, a pub and a community hall at 200 Street and 24 Avenue. Campbell Valley Regional Park is a few minutes south. The Township’s adopted plan imagines a more substantial centre on that corner one day, but today it is the quiet, car-dependent end of the community. For the bigger picture, start with the Brookswood-Fernridge overview; its northern neighbour is Brookswood.

Where does Fernridge begin and end?

The Fernridge Neighbourhood Plan covers about 276 hectares: roughly 196 to 204 Street, with a northern edge that steps around 27 and 28 Avenue where it meets the Booth area, and a southern edge mainly at 20 Avenue. A narrower western strip reaches down to 16 Avenue. People use “Fernridge” more loosely, and the official plan area doesn’t cover everything locals include. “Fernridge Crescent” is a specific designation (minimum 929 m² lots, with up to four dwellings including suites where the rules are met), not a synonym for all of Fernridge. High Point, near 200 Street and 2 Avenue, is a separate subdivision south of the plan boundary.

Glenwood is a neighbouring plan area (about 204 to 208 Street, 20 to 28 Avenue) and the name of the elementary school, whose catchment is much larger than the plan area.

What are the homes like?

A mix of detached houses on larger properties (the plan’s history includes 0.4 to 2 hectare lots), manufactured-home parks and undeveloped parcels. The Township’s licence directory names three parks: Cedar Creek Estates (3031 200 Street), Cedarlane Mobile Home Park (2305 200 Street) and Fernridge Mobile Home Park (20071 24 Avenue). Tenure, age rules, pad charges and pets vary, so ask each park for its current terms.

For houses, the key questions are whether the property is on sewer or septic, whether the water is municipal or a private well, and what the neighbouring parcels are designated for. A habitable-basement overlay in the Fernridge plan restricts basements where groundwater is high. A sewer lift station and forcemain on 24 Avenue between 196 and 200 Street appears on the Township’s capital map as in progress, with completion unspecified, so a main nearby isn’t proof of a connection. See housing.

What can you do at 200 Street and 24 Avenue?

IGA Langley Fernridge (2410 200 Street) is the grocery stop. The Artful Dodger Pub and liquor store is at 2364 200 Street, and the Fernridge Community Hall at 2389 200 Street is run by the Fernridge Community Hall Society, so ask the society about bookings. On 208 Street, the Glenwood Hitching Post at 2381 is a convenience store. For a pharmacy, library or urgent care you’ll head north to Brookswood Village, about 3 km away, or beyond. See shops and services.

Which school and childcare serve Fernridge?

Glenwood Elementary, 20785 24 Avenue (K-7), serves Fernridge and a big southern and rural catchment reaching toward 0 Avenue. Its September 2025 enrolment was 212 students; the district’s 2024 facilities plan listed a capacity of 210 and two instructional portables, so ask the school about space. Secondary students go to Brookswood Secondary. Sonshine Street Preschool & Child Care Centre at 20098 22 Avenue (South Langley Church) is licensed for under-36-month care, preschool and school-age care and is on the province’s $10-a-day list; availability and wait times are for the centre to tell you. Full details on the schools page.

Getting around

Route 563 is the Fernridge bus, about hourly. Northbound at 200 Street and 24 Avenue it runs approximately 8:53 am to 5:53 pm on Sundays, compared with about 7:53 am to 10:53 pm on Saturdays, so Sunday evening plans need another ride. A sample Friday transit trip from the 563 to King George Station took about 88 minutes (to Waterfront about 134), excluding the walk to the stop. By car, downtown Vancouver’s Waterfront is about 59 minutes with no traffic and Langley City centre about 11. See getting around.

Parks and the outdoors

The North Valley entrance to Campbell Valley Regional Park is off 16 Avenue just south of the plan area, and High Point Park (200 Street and 2 Avenue) has a play area, trails and parking. Rees Lake and Sunrise Lake, north of the 200/24 corner, are private; please don’t treat them as walking destinations. See parks.

A bit of history

Fern Ridge and Glenwood have deep roots. The Township’s 2017 history report puts the first Glenwood school at 16 Avenue and 216 Street in 1891, a Fern Ridge post office opening in 1908 and Fernridge Hall in 1921. It also documents Japanese-Canadian berry-farming families in Fern Ridge between the wars.

What’s changing

The Fernridge plan envisions a commercial high street and mixed-use centre around 200 Street and 24 Avenue; no delivery schedule has been published. Fire Hall 5 at 19950 27 Avenue, on the plan area’s northern edge, became fully operational on 16 July 2026 (see pros and cons).