Simonds Park: 20190 - 48 Avenue (48th & Grade)

Aunt here: Simonds Park is connected to Simonds Elementary School.
Bethany here: there is a place for little kids, it's made of plastic and it's very nice. There were slides and between the big kids park and the little kids park there's some monkey bars and across from the monkey bars there are some swing sets. The big kids park I liked a lot. It has lots of things you can swing on and I liked dumping rocks down the wide slide. It's made of wood and metal and there are two sets of monkey bars. In another area, there's more plants & stuff. There are little paths including some bridges and in the spring time it looks like there'd be a little creek that would flow under the bridge. The park is very safe, there is fencing around it (even around the creek / path areas). The little kids park has wood chips and the monkey bars, swing sets and the big kids park have smooth rocks under so they're not unsafe or anything. There is a pathway that leads out of the school grounds, so I'd suggest you keep an eye on your kids. It's attached to a school, but the school might be closed in the summer (there might be a preschool in there). There are bathrooms if the school is open.
There is some shade, but it's a little distance from the playground. There was no graffiti and there was no garbage or anything your kids might pick up that is unsafe.

There was a soccer field if you're not interested in a playground, and there was a baseball field and a basketball court as well.


I thought the park was really fun, especially the big kids park because I like climbing and I love monkey bars and I also have always enjoyed dumping rocks down slides. It's a nice place for going if you're bored, there's plenty of stuff to do there. I would love to go back to this park, and i would rate it 4 out of 5 stars.

Matthias here: I liked throwing stones down the slide. I also liked that it had two separate things, and I liked the swing set, and that it had lots of playground equipment.

Portage Park: 204 Street & 51 Avenue

Bethany here: There's a place for little kids and big kids both pretty well safe.the big kids place has lots of bars to climb so if your a fan of gymnastics you will find that amusing. A little graffiti not much.There's wood chips on the ground so I would keep your kid's shoes on.The park has very pretty trails you can walk on, there's a creek so I'd suggest you stay by your kids.This park is off of the greenbelt area that runs through the centre of Langley, so it's a great place to walk (or bike) to from another area. There's a basketball court if you're not interested in the playground. The little kid playground is made of plastic and the big kid playground is made of metal, bring a bucket - there's wood chips on the ground and on the little kid playground there's a tube you can dump wood chips down.
There are bathrooms, but when we looked they were locked.
There are some nice shady places and a cool tree that had 6 or 7 trunks all together and your kids might like playing house in it. There was one stump that looked like it was a little chair, and there were areas inside that could be rooms.
When we looked, there was broken glass by a big rock beside the park, and there were some beer bottle lids found on the ground, so keep your eyes open to make sure things are safe.
There were two benches that we could see, one in the shade and one in the sun.

Overall, I'd give it 3 stars out of 5. I probably wouldn't go back, I'd rather explore somewhere else.

Matthias here:

There are lots of nice trails that can be used as short cuts to Portage Park.
Bring water because there are no water fountains in the Park.