Brookswood is a community (pop. approx. 13,200) in the Township of Langley,

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, located on the west side of that municipality to the south of the

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.BCGNIS entry "Brookswood (community)"
/ref> It is largely a residential area with several commercial areas, a Recreation Centre with a

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area and

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rink. Next to the Recreation Centre is a

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track originally built in 1977 and a

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in 2001. The Brookswood disc golf course at Langley Passive Park is popular with disc golf enthusiasts.

Education in Brookswood

Brookswood Secondary School Brookswood Secondary School is located in the community of Brookswood in Langley, British Columbia. Among other resources, the school has an automechanics workshop, two gymnasiums, a theatre, a dark room, and a television studio. The school als ...

Belmont Elementary School School District 35 Langley is a school district in British Columbia. This includes the municipalities of Langley, British Columbia (district municipality), Langley Township and Langley, British Columbia (city), Langley City. History The Langle ...

* 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

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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

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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

season.

References

External links

Langley Civic Centre in BrookswoodBrookswood Library
Neighbourhoods in Langley, British Columbia Langley, British Columbia (district municipality) {{GVRD-geo-stub