Parks and Activities
There are a few parks in the area - Sumas Park and Sperling Park in the south, Lochdale Park off Cliff Ave, and Halifax Park on Halifax Avenue which has a remaining stand of old trees right in the heart of the neighbourhood. Kensington Park with its pitch and putt is steps away.
An outdoor swimming pool is located on a small hill opposite Kensington Square Shopping Centre, just across Kensington Avenue.
A bicycle overpass built in the mid-1990s over high-traffic Hastings Street allows cyclists to travel north to the picturesque shores of Burrard Inlet.
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