Bear Creek Park Train
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Surrey, 13750 - 88th Avenue
604-501-1232
Eddy the Engine and Chough the steam locomotive operate on a 15 inch narrow gauge track.
Travel the woods of Bear Creek Park, into the magical tunnel, onto the forest of
giant cottonwood trees, ending up at the station and gift shop. Open daily from 10 am, year around.
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Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation
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13527 Crecent Road (South Surrey)
(604) 535-1115
This 6.5 hectare park features 38 aircraft from the 1920s to the present, including many restored World War II and early Canadian craft. Open late April to late October.
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Cloverdale Fairgrounds and Cloverdale Rodeo
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6050 - 176th Street at 60 Ave. in Cloverdale
(604) 576-9461
The grounds host harness racing Oct - May, and the Cloverdale Rodeo on the Victoria Day weekend in May. The Stetson Bowl seats an audience of 7,000, who watch over 500 rodeo entries. Rodeo events include calf roping, steer wrestling, wild horse racing, ladies' barrel racing, wild cow milking. Pancake breakfasts are served on the fairgrounds during the rodeo.
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Chandos Pattison Auditorium
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10238 168th St, Surrey.
(604) 581-2981
A 1500 seat rental facility designed for many different types of events including dance recitals, corporate events and conferences, all types of theatre, concerts. Check their calendar of events
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Crescent Beach and Blackie Spit
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 Take
Crescent Road to Beecher Street and continue to the water.
Since after the turn of the last century, this was a vacation area at the west end of the Semiahmoo
Peninsula, was centred around a pier at the foot of Beecher Street.
The sandy beach, warm, protected waters, in the swimming areas, and tidal pools are wonderful for playing and building sand castles.
The community features a variety of unique shops and restaurants make it a nice excursion.
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Historical Stewart Farmhouse & Hooser Weaving Centre
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13723 Crecent Road (South Surrey, in the Elgin Heritage Park on the banks of the Nicomekl River.)
(604) 574-5744
This Victorian-style farmhouse built in 1894 by the Stewart family, who lived in the home and farmed the surrounding land for 6 decades. The Weaving Centres are run by the Peace Arch Weavers and Spinners Guild, with displays open in June of each year.
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Newton Wave Pool
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13730 - 72 Ave
(604)594-SURF
This aquatic centre features a 38 metre pool with two 60 metre (180 ft) waterslides, a hydro pool, steam room, children's pool, a lounge and concessions.
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Redwood Park Arboretum
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180th Street and 20th Avenue, near US border
This 32-hectare Surrey park is rich in exotic trees grown from seedlings from around the world. The park was started by twin brothers, Peter and David Brown, on land given to them by their father on their 21st birthday in 1893. They began systematic replanting of the clear-cut hilltop. They built themselves a treehouse in it so they could be away from the rest of the world. The park has an upgraded "replica" of the treehouse.
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Surrey Art Gallery
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13750 - 88 Avenue
(604) 501-5566
The Surrey Art Gallery is the third largest gallery in British Columbia, and features changing exhibitions of local, national and international contemporary art.
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Surrey Museum & Archives
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6022 - 176th Street
(604) 502-6456
Explore contemporary issues of Surrey's past, directly from the words of pioneers and long-time residents.
The Museum features exhibits of a selection of 5,000 year old stone tools created by area Indigenous
first nations. It also houses Surrey's 1881 Town Hall, and recreations of the interiors of turn-of-the-century homes and businesses.
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