Langley (British Columbia)

The Township of Langley and the City of Langley are nestled together in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. It includes the historical village and National Historic site of Fort Langley on the south bank of the Fraser River. We cover both Langleys in this article.

Understand
The Township of Langley runs from the bank of the Fraser River to the US border in the south. To the west is Surrey, to the east is Abbotsford. To the north of the river are Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge. Langley is considered the "Birthplace of British Columbia" because Fort Langley (founded 1827 about 3 km from the present fort) was the first capital and first significant non-native settlement in the mainland BC colony.

The two jurisdictions are seamless and few locals even understand the political boundaries between the city and the township.



The town was used as the filming location for the Puget Sound town of Port Townsend in Washington, United States for the Netflix show Dead Boys Detectives.

Get in
See Vancouver for options to get in the Vancouver area by plane, by bus, and by train, and by boat.

By plane
The nearest airport to Langley is a 30-minute drive to the Abbotsford International Airport, while the Vancouver International Airport is a 45-minute drive in Richmond. The Bellingham International Airport is a 45-minute drive (plus border time) across the U.S border.



By car

 * Highway 1A (Fraser Highway) and the Langley Bypass (which becomes Highway 10) are convenient driving east-west routes into Langley city. Highway 1 (Trans-Canada Highway) runs east-west through the township to the north of the city.
 * Highway 13 travels north-south between Highway 1 at the north and the United States border to the south.
 * The Golden Ears Bridge crosses the Fraser River at Walnut Grove (a Langley Township suburb) and takes you into Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

Get around
Many parts of Langley consist of property on acreage: you will require a car to get around anywhere but central Langley city, which can be walked or biked.

BC Transit

 * Operates bus route 21 between the Aldergrove area of Langley and Abbotsford. Operates multiple times daily.
 * Operates bus route 66 between Burnaby and Chilliwack with stops in Langley and Abbotsford. Operates multiple times daily.

TransLink
Passengers can pay for fares using Compass Cards ($6 refundable deposit), Compass Tickets, or tap-to-pay using contactless credit cards (only American Express, Mastercard or Visa) or mobile wallets. Passengers using Compass Cards and Compass Tickets pay discounted fares. Passengers can transfer for up to 90 minutes, except if taking West Coast Express, in which case they can transfer for up to 120 minutes. On bus and HandyDART, passengers can also pay in cash, but in that case will not receive change and are not eligible for transfers.

Zone based fares apply between Monday and Friday for trips starting before 6:30 pm, if travel involves SkyTrain or SeaBus. Outside of those hours or for travel on only bus or HandyDART, a single zone rate applies. If traveling by West Coast Express, a higher cost zone based fare system applies regardless of time of travel.

Children 12 and under can ride for free. People aged 13 to 18, and 65 and older pay discounted concession fares.

By bus
TransLink has only thin coverage of Langley, but it exists. Frequent bus service operates between Surrey Centre (a transfer point for Skytrain from downtown Vancouver) and Langley Centre, a bus hub in the town. There is also bus service from Langley Centre to the Aldergrove part of Langley, Maple Ridge, White Rock. A limited stop high bus service operates from north Langley to Production Way Skytrain Station in Burnaby.

Useful buses in Langley (these are not all of the buses in Langley, but they should provide useful service).

Access to Vancouver International Airport is possible by taking the SkyTrain's Expo Line to Waterfront Station and transferring to the Canada Line. Please note that there is a airport access fee if you take train from (not to) YVR.

By ride hailing
There are three ride hailing services in the city:



Do

 * Wine tasting, as there are several vineyards and wineries in Langley. See "Drink" section for local wineries.

Buy
Langley offers a wide variety of stores offering equestrian supplies. Being "the horse capital of BC", there exist many places to buy whips, saddles, feed, and other horse (and general livestock) provisions.

Other shopping areas in Langley are:

Drink
Though nowhere near as known or as plentiful as in the Okanagan, the Lower Mainland has wineries, many of which are in Langley:

Go next

 * Vancouver is 45 minutes drive to the northwest, and offers rich attractions
 * the regions around Vancouver, such as Vancouver eastern suburbs, Vancouver southern suburbs and the North Shore, have a lot to offer.