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Routley (Willoughby, Langley): A Buyer’s Guide

Last reviewed by Bronson Job PREC, REALTOR®Sources: Township of Langley open data, Willoughby Community Plan (Bylaw 6201), Willoughby Transit Corridor Plan (Bylaw 6202), School District 35 (Langley), Surrey Langley SkyTrain project, OpenStreetMapCC BY 4.0How we verify

A note from me: I’m Bronson Job, a REALTOR® (PREC) with Momentum Realty Inc., so I earn a commission when I help someone buy or sell. These guides are general information, not advice on your specific situation, and I take no payment from any third party named in them. How I verify.

Routley is a neighbourhood in Willoughby, in the Township of Langley, at about 68 to 74 Avenue and 196 to 200 Street. SkyTrain is near but not walkable: the nearest corner of Routley is about 1.4 kilometres from Willowbrook Station, and the Township’s plan expects little redevelopment around the 72 Avenue bus hub. This guide covers the plan, the lots, the school catchments and the distances. It pairs with the Routley area page and the Willoughby guide.

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.

Geography

Where things actually are

Routley is one neighbourhood, not a set of sub-areas. The Township’s open data shows a single Routley boundary with no names inside it. The sections below follow the streets and places a buyer will use.

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Routley, Township of Langley, framed on the Township’s neighbourhood boundary. 200 Street is the eastern edge.

Where Routley is

The Township's Routley boundary runs from about 68 to 74 Avenue and from 196 to 200 Street. It is south of Latimer, and the Township's neighbourhood list names Willowbrook, Southwest Gordon Estate, Langley Meadows and Latimer as its neighbours. Routley is one neighbourhood in the Township's data, with no named parts inside it.

Routley Park

Routley Park is at 19833 70 Avenue, in the south of the neighbourhood. Its outline on OpenStreetMap measures 8.2 acres (3.3 hectares).

The 72 Avenue hub on 200 Street

The Willoughby Transit Corridor Plan (Bylaw 6202, adopted June 15, 2026) proposes a bus rapid transit line in its own lanes down the middle of 200 Street, with a station at 72 Avenue. The plan calls 72 Avenue a smaller hub and expects no significant redevelopment in the neighbourhoods around it over the plan's horizon. The line continues south to a proposed 64 Avenue station and the Willowbrook Transit Exchange, where it meets SkyTrain. These are proposals, not built service.

Lots and zoning

The Township's parcel data lists 1,410 parcels inside the boundary. 868 are in the R-CL zone and its variants, a small-lot residential zone with a median lot of about 3,900 square feet. 159 are in R-1A and similar zones, with a median of about 5,700. Together that is about 73% of parcels in detached zones. 357 are in comprehensive development zones, which each have their own rules, and 12 are in the SR-2 suburban residential zone. Parcel areas come from the Township's outlines, not from BC Assessment, so a listing may differ by a few percent.

SkyTrain: Willowbrook Station

Willowbrook Station is 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 the middle of it. At a walking pace of 80 metres a minute, the straight-line distance alone is about 17 minutes from the nearest edge, and the real route is longer. The project’s own site gives late 2029 as the anticipated in-service date.

The province’s transit-oriented area rules use a radius of 800 metres around a station. No part of Routley falls inside it.

Schools

Schools: confirm the catchment for the address

On School District 35’s catchment maps, about three-quarters of the Routley boundary is in Langley Meadows Elementary’s catchment and about one-quarter is in Donna Gabriel Robins Elementary’s. All of Routley is in R.E. Mountain Secondary’s catchment (7633 202A Street).

Edge streets can fall on either side of a line, and the district publishes its maps for the current school year. Enter the exact address in the SD35 school locator before you pay for a catchment. The district also publishes its catchment maps as PDFs.

Bylaws & zoning

Plans and zoning

Routley’s own plan, Bylaw 4013, was adopted on June 11, 2001. On June 15, 2026 the Township adopted the updated Willoughby Community Plan (Bylaw 6201) and the Willoughby Transit Corridor Plan (Bylaw 6202). They bring the Carvolth, Jericho, Latimer, Routley and Southwest Gordon Estate plans together, and they repeal the separate Latimer and Routley plans.

Bill 44 (Township Bylaw 6020, adopted November 18, 2024) allows up to four units on a serviced lot under 4,050 m² (43,594 sq ft) that is not heritage-designated. Both the R-CL and R-1A medians in Routley are well under that size. Lots in comprehensive development zones, about one in four of the parcels, follow their own bylaws.

For any specific lot, pull the current zoning from the Township’s online mapping tool and confirm servicing and heritage status with the Township before you pencil a buildable form.

Sources

How this guide was measured

The boundary and the parcel counts come from the Township of Langley’s open data (the Neighbourhoods layer and the parcel attributes), read on October 17, 2026. Parcel areas are the Township’s outlines, not BC Assessment figures. Distances are straight lines from the boundary to the station site on the Surrey Langley SkyTrain project’s site, measured on OpenStreetMap. School shares come from laying School District 35’s catchment maps over the Routley boundary and comparing land area, not households. Plan details are from the Township’s adopted Bylaws 6201 and 6202.

Prices, strata fees and drive times are not stated here because no source ties a figure to Routley alone. The Routley area page shows the live board numbers.

Frequently asked questions

  • Is Routley divided into smaller neighbourhoods?
    Not officially. The Township of Langley's open data lists Routley as one neighbourhood and names nothing inside it. This guide uses streets and places instead: Routley Park, 200 Street and the 72 Avenue hub.
  • Where is Routley?
    Routley runs from about 68 to 74 Avenue and from 196 to 200 Street in Willoughby, in the Township of Langley. It sits south of Latimer, with Willowbrook, Southwest Gordon Estate and Langley Meadows as its other neighbours.
  • Can I walk to SkyTrain from Routley?
    Only from the south-west corner, and not quickly. Willowbrook Station will be at the north-east corner of 196 Street and Fraser Highway. The nearest part of Routley is about 1.4 kilometres away in a straight line, which is about 17 minutes at 80 metres a minute, and the middle of the neighbourhood is about 2.0 kilometres away. No part of Routley is within the 800 metre radius the province uses for transit-oriented areas. The SkyTrain project's own site gives late 2029 as the anticipated in-service date.
  • Which schools serve Routley?
    On School District 35's catchment maps, about three-quarters of the Routley boundary is in Langley Meadows Elementary's catchment and about one-quarter is in Donna Gabriel Robins Elementary's. All of it is in R.E. Mountain Secondary's catchment. These are shares of land area, so a given street can sit on either side of a line. Enter the exact address in the SD35 school locator before you rely on a catchment.
  • What is the Routley neighbourhood plan?
    Routley had its own plan, Bylaw 4013, adopted on June 11, 2001. On June 15, 2026 the Township adopted the updated Willoughby Community Plan (Bylaw 6201) and the Willoughby Transit Corridor Plan (Bylaw 6202), which now cover Routley and repeal the separate Routley plan.
  • How big are the lots, and can I build more than one home?
    About 73% of parcels are in detached zones. The 868 R-CL lots have a median of about 3,900 square feet and the 159 R-1A and similar lots about 5,700. Township Bylaw 6020 (adopted November 18, 2024) allows up to four units on a serviced lot under 4,050 m² (43,594 sq ft) that is not heritage-designated, and both medians are well under that size. Servicing, heritage status and the zone are separate tests, and the 357 comprehensive development parcels follow their own bylaws, so confirm with the Township before you count on extra units.

What to read next

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.

Secondary

R.E. MountainLangley Secondary

Elementary

Langley MeadowsDonna Gabriel RobinsR.C. GarnettJosette Dandurand
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