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Township of Langley

RoutleyBritish Columbia

Willoughby neighbourhood at 68 to 74 Avenue and 196 to 200 Street: mostly small-lot detached, Routley Park, and a proposed bus hub at 72 Avenue. Willowbrook SkyTrain Station is about 1.4 kilometres from the nearest edge.

Township of Langley6 property types5 FAQsLast reviewed June 10, 2026
1,410
Parcels

About 73% in detached zones, 357 in comprehensive development zones

8.2 acres
Routley Park

At 19833 70 Avenue, measured on OpenStreetMap

R.E. Mountain
Secondary catchment

All of Routley

1.4 km
To SkyTrain

Nearest edge to Willowbrook Station (late 2029)

The market in Routley

Market snapshot · September 2026

Walnut Grove · HPI Benchmark

These are the board’s figures for Walnut Grove as a whole, which includes Routley. This page has no benchmark of its own for Routley.

Benchmark price

$983K

Month over month

-0.7%

Year over year

-5.6%

Sales (month)

23

Detached, townhouse and apartment only

Active listings

96

Detached, townhouse and apartment only

Months of inventory

3.7

Active listings divided by average monthly sales over the past 12 months, so it will not equal this month’s active listings divided by this month’s sales.

Fraser Valley Real Estate Board composite Home Price Index (HPI), the industry-standard measure of typical home value, adjusted for property mix. Sales were 24.0% of active listings in the month, a sellers’ market by board convention. Boards call under 12% a buyers’ market and over 20% a sellers’ market.

See the Walnut Grove HPI chart on Market Insights

Source: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board. The benchmark is the composite index; sales and active listings count detached, townhouse and apartment homes only. HPI benchmarks are aggregate measures; specific properties may transact above or below.

Market insights · the long view

A in Routley, bought in 2019

$944K in 2019, $1.32M in September 2026: up 40 percent.
$1.67M$372K
townhousecondo
20052026

Board benchmark across Routley and Walnut Grove, to September 2026. Not an appraisal of any one home.

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Overview

Routley is a neighbourhood of Willoughby in the Township of Langley. The Township's boundary runs from about 68 to 74 Avenue and from 196 to 200 Street. In everyday conversation "Routley" blurs into the wider Willoughby slope, but the boundary is tighter than the colloquial use suggests. In the Township's parcel data, 1,410 parcels fall inside it: about 73% are in detached zones (a median of about 3,900 square feet in the R-CL zone), and 357 are in comprehensive development zones.

Routley Park, at 19833 70 Avenue, is the day-to-day social anchor: 8.2 acres with a designated off-leash dog area, tennis and basketball courts, a ball diamond, and a community garden. For shopping and services, most residents head to Willoughby Town Centre (around 208 Street and 80 Avenue), anchored by Hakam's Your Independent Grocer and a Shoppers Drug Mart, with Mattu's Coffee & Tea among the cafés.

For schools, all of Routley is in the R.E. Mountain Secondary catchment (7633 202A Street) on the district's maps. About three-quarters of the boundary is in Langley Meadows Elementary's catchment and about one-quarter in Donna Gabriel Robins Elementary's. Confirm the live SD #35 catchment map for any specific address.

By transit, Willowbrook Station, at the north-east corner of 196 Street and Fraser Highway, is about 1.4 kilometres from the nearest edge of Routley and 2.0 kilometres from its middle; the project gives late 2029 as the anticipated in-service date. No part of Routley is within 800 metres. The Willoughby Transit Corridor Plan (Bylaw 6202, adopted June 15, 2026) proposes a bus rapid transit line on 200 Street with a smaller hub at 72 Avenue, and expects no significant redevelopment in the neighbourhoods around it.

Bill 44 small-scale multi-unit housing (SSMUH) applies. Township Bylaw 6020 (adopted November 18, 2024) permits up to four units on a serviced lot under 4,050 square metres (43,594 sq ft) that is not heritage-designated. Both the R-CL and R-1A medians in Routley are well under that size; servicing, heritage status and the zone still need checking, and comprehensive development zones follow their own bylaws.

What you get living here

The things that don't show up in a listing — the standing rituals and quiet anchors that make Routley feel like a place rather than a postal code.

A smaller area than the name suggests

The boundaries are tighter than the "Routley" colloquialism suggests

"Routley" blurs into Willoughby in conversation, but the Township's Routley boundary runs from about 68 to 74 Avenue and from 196 to 200 Street, with 200 Street as its eastern edge. Willoughby Town Centre at 208 Street and 80 Avenue sits well outside it, which is why residents drive or walk a real distance to "their" town centre.

Township of Langley open data (Neighbourhoods layer)

IB World School in SD35

R.E. Mountain Secondary sells the catchment, in a building newer than buyers assume

The school dates to 1977 and earned IB World School status, but relocated to its current Latimer-area facility in 2019 at 7633 202A Street. It remains the only IB school in SD35.

SD35: REMSS · IBO school profile #000148

8.2 acres, designated off-leash

Routley Park is the social anchor, and the dog park is why

The 8.2-acre park carries a designated off-leash area, tennis and basketball courts, a ball diamond, and a community garden. Residents gather around it the way older Langley neighbourhoods gather around community halls.

TOL Facilities Directory · Langley Advance Times

SkyTrain is near but not walkable

Willowbrook Station is 1.4 kilometres from the nearest edge

Willowbrook Station will be at the north-east corner of 196 Street and Fraser Highway, about 1.4 kilometres from the nearest edge of Routley and 2.0 kilometres from its middle, with late 2029 as the project's anticipated in-service date. No part of Routley is within 800 metres. The Willoughby plan proposes a bus rapid transit line on 200 Street, with a smaller hub at 72 Avenue.

surreylangleyskytrain.gov.bc.ca · Township Bylaw 6202

Bill 44 lands on small lots

SSMUH arrives on lots that are already small

The Township of Langley's SSMUH zoning (Bylaw No. 6020, adopted November 18, 2024) permits up to four units on a serviced lot under 4,050 m² (43,594 sq ft). Routley's R-CL lots have a median of about 3,900 square feet, so size is rarely the test; servicing, heritage status and the zone are.

TOL Bylaw 6020 · Township parcel data

Schools

All of Routley is in the R.E. Mountain Secondary catchment (7633 202A Street, grades 9 to 12) on School District 35's maps. About three-quarters of the boundary is in Langley Meadows Elementary's catchment and about one-quarter in Donna Gabriel Robins Elementary's, by land area.

Elementary catchment depends on the specific address; confirm the live SD #35 catchment map.

Estimated catchments in and around Routley

Tap one to see what is for sale inside it. Boundaries come from the school district and shift on their review cycles, so call or text me and I’ll confirm one before you remove subjects.

Routley guide: schools by catchment →

Daily life

Routley Park, at 19833 70 Avenue, is the day-to-day social anchor: 8.2 acres with a designated off-leash dog area, tennis and basketball courts, a ball diamond, and a community garden.

For shopping and services, most residents head to Willoughby Town Centre at roughly 208 Street and 80 Avenue, anchored by Hakam's Your Independent Grocer and a Shoppers Drug Mart, with Mattu's Coffee & Tea among the cafés.

Routley guide: park and plan →

Commute math

Willowbrook Station, at the north-east corner of 196 Street and Fraser Highway, is about 1.4 kilometres from the nearest edge of Routley and 2.0 kilometres from its middle. The project gives late 2029 as the anticipated in-service date.

The Willoughby plan proposes a bus rapid transit line on 200 Street, Routley's eastern edge, with a smaller hub at 72 Avenue.

Routley guide: SkyTrain distance →

Property types

  • Small-lot detached in the R-CL zone (median lot about 3,900 sq ft)
  • Detached in R-1A and similar zones (median about 5,700 sq ft)
  • Homes in comprehensive development zones (357 parcels)
  • Bill 44 multiplex sites (Township of Langley Bylaw 6020, 2024)
  • Routley Park-adjacent blocks
  • 200 Street frontage (eastern edge)

Compare Routley to nearby

Willoughby →

The broader Willoughby parent: Routley is one of several neighbourhoods inside it. Routley narrows the wider Willoughby slope to the Township's 196–200 Street, 68–74 Avenue neighbourhood boundary.

Walnut Grove →

The established community to the north: Walnut Grove trades Routley's small-lot detached homes for an older 1980s–1990s detached fabric anchored by the Walnut Grove Community Centre.

Fort Langley →

The historic village to the northeast: Fort Langley trades Routley's small-lot streets for a heritage village core, the Bedford Landing master-planned waterfront, and the surrounding ALR farmland.

Frequently asked

A few of the questions that come up most often about Routley.

What schools serve Routley?
On School District 35's catchment maps, all of Routley is in the R.E. Mountain Secondary catchment (7633 202A Street, grades 9 to 12). About three-quarters of the boundary is in Langley Meadows Elementary's catchment and about one-quarter in Donna Gabriel Robins Elementary's, by land area. Elementary catchment depends on the specific address; confirm the live SD #35 catchment map before relying on any school for a given home.
How does Routley relate to broader Willoughby?
Routley is one of several neighbourhoods within Willoughby. The Township's boundary runs from about 68 to 74 Avenue and from 196 to 200 Street, with 200 Street as its eastern edge. Its neighbours in the Township's list are Willowbrook, Southwest Gordon Estate, Langley Meadows and Latimer. Willoughby Town Centre at roughly 208 Street and 80 Avenue is well outside the boundary, which is why many Routley residents drive or walk a real distance to reach it.
How does Bill 44 apply in Routley?
Township Bylaw 6020 (adopted November 18, 2024) permits up to four units on a serviced lot under 4,050 square metres (43,594 sq ft) that is not heritage-designated. The R-CL lots in Routley have a median of about 3,900 square feet and the R-1A lots about 5,700, so size is rarely the test. Servicing, heritage status and the zone are, and the 357 comprehensive development parcels follow their own bylaws. Verify the specific lot with the Township.
Is there SkyTrain access from Routley?
Not on foot. Willowbrook Station will be at the north-east corner of 196 Street and Fraser Highway, about 1.4 kilometres from the nearest edge of Routley and 2.0 kilometres from its middle. The project gives late 2029 as the anticipated in-service date. The Willoughby plan proposes a bus rapid transit line on 200 Street, with a smaller hub at 72 Avenue, to connect the neighbourhood to the station.
What tax exposure should a Routley buyer model?
BC Property Transfer Tax applies on every purchase: 1% to $200K, 2% to $2M, 3% to $3M, and 5% above $3M. For most Routley detached purchases the second bracket dominates. The Township of Langley is inside the Greater Vancouver Regional District. For non-Canadian buyers where the federal foreign buyer ban does not prohibit the transaction, the BC Foreign Buyer Tax applies. BC SVT applies. The federal Underused Housing Tax no longer applies: it was eliminated for the 2025 calendar year and every year after, and no return is required for those years. Filings for 2022 through 2024 remain enforceable.

Nearby areas

The fifteen Langley submarkets

Every named Township + City of Langley submarket, each with its own landing page — ordered roughly heritage core → urban transit-oriented → rural ALR fringe.

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Market data

The current FVREB / REBGV HPI benchmark price for Routley, month-over-month and year-over-year deltas, monthly sales, and active inventory live on a dedicated page with the source citations and methodology.

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