Connaught Heights Park
Photo: City of New Westminster, 2009
- Built
- 1976
- Recognized
- 2009
- By
- Local government
The register’s text, word for word
Description
Connaught Heights Park is situated beside the neighbourhood school, and is comprised of treed areas, lawns, and tennis courts, all between London Street and Ninth Avenue at 22nd Street in the Connaught Heights neighbourhood of New Westminster.
Heritage value
Established in 1976, Connaught Heights Park is important for its historical location and as the only formal park in the neighbourhood. It is valued by the community for its quiet, open space with a variety of recreational amenities and excellent views to the south and west.
The park is located on land once part of a power line corridor, indicating the area’s connection until recently with industrial areas around it.
SourceCity of New Westminster Planning Department
Character‑defining elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of Connaught Heights Park include its:
Siting, Context and Landscape
- trees in varying degrees of formal planting
- adjacency to school
- extensive areas of lawn with good views to the south and west
- tennis courts
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Location
2138 Ninth Avenue, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
49.20324° N, 122.95456° W
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From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, as last updated on December 12, 2025. The register’s text is shown word for word.