Westminster Pier Park
park49.207, -122.908
Westminster Pier Park offers playing, relaxing, and shopping.
Don't leave without...
- playing
- relaxing
- shopping
- sight-seeing
- eating
Overview
Westminster Pier Park is a park located in New Westminster, BC, featuring a mix of built and natural environments. It includes amenities such as a 325-metre waterfront boardwalk, festival lawn, concession, elevated viewpoints, grass, trees, gardens, benches, accessible picnic tables, a basketball court, public art, and a play area. The park connects visitors to the Fraser River and is part of a 2.5 km linear waterfront park when combined with the Waterfront Esplanade Boardwalk.
Quick Facts
- Type
- park
- Coordinates
- 49.2073, -122.9081
Good to know
- Getting there & parking
Westminster Pier Park can be conveniently accessed via the Fourth Street Overpass and Sixth Street Overpass. Entrances are accessible, Fourth Street overpass via outdoor elevator and Sixth Street via accessible ramp.
- Facilities
- 325 metre waterfront boardwalk
- festival lawn
- concession
- elevated viewpoints
- grass
- trees
- gardens
- benches
- accessible picnic tables
- basketball court
- public art
- play area
Eats at the Pier Concession — Open from Spring - Summer. Call Concessions hotline for hours: 604-527-4634
More details
- Park Description
- The Westward expansion of Westminster Pier Park is now complete! The expanded park area which is comprised of two sites adds about two acres of new parkland to the Downtown neighbourhood and re-established the riverfront experience between the original Westminster Pier Park and the Fraser River Discovery Centre.
- Park Description
- The park design responds directly to the public engagement process that informed the 2019 Riverfront Park Master Plan.
- Park Description
- The smaller of the two spaces is a passive park nestled between the two Pier West residential towers. The larger, active park space is located between the east tower and the original Westminster Pier Park and features a plaza with in-ground spray nozzles (may be turned off during events for a period of time), an outdoor fitness circuit, ping pong tables, a dog relief area, hammocks, extensive seating and picnic tables, lawn areas, a performance stage, specialized lighting, and public art.
- Park Description
- Public washrooms will be coming to the site later this fall.
- Park Description
- Nominated as the #1 2015 boardwalk around Vancouver, the innovative and award-winning Westminster Pier Park is uniquely built with equal parts built on land and water (supported by 3,600 pilings).
- Park Description
- The Westminster Pier Park connects visitors to the mighty Fraser River and when combined with the Waterfront Esplanade Boardwalk creates a magnificent 2.5 km linear waterfront park.
- Within 1 km of the park
- Samson V Maritime Museum, Fraser River Discovery Centre, World's Tallest Tin Soldier, Waterfront Esplanade, Quayside Playground, Quayside off-leash dog area, Antique Alley and historic Columbia Street.
- Public Art
- Westminster Pier Park has a number of public art features including Community on the River: The Place Where People Meet, which describes the history of Lytton Square and 87 fascinating milestones in New Westminster's rich history.
- Public Art
- The park also features a Memory Band highlighting people, places and businesses significant to the History of New Westminster.
- Awards and Recognition
- Westminster Pier Park was recognized for its remediation and design excellence through various awards including Best Make Over of a Community Space (2012), Sustainable Communities Award in the Brownfield category (2012), Commercial Building Award (2012), Innovation and administrative excellence in converting a contaminated brownfield into a usable greenfield (2012), National Brownie Award (2011), Environmental Award (2012), Downtown Pinnacle Award for Public Space (2013), Regional Honour - Design (2013), Parks & Open Spaces Award (2014), National Urban Design Award (2014), and Award for Landscaping (2015).
- Awards and Recognition
- Westminster Pier Park was also profiled and recognized in the December 2012 issue of Innovation (Journal of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC) for the engineering, innovation, complexity and accomplishments.
- Awards and Recognition
- The park was also featured in the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities and on the World Landscape Architecture website.
- History
- The park was officially opened in 2012. In September 2020, the park caught fire and burned for more than 10 days. The iconic art installation, Wow Westminster, was an unfortunate loss along with amenities including the sand volleyball courts and an urban beach. After a massive rebuilding effort the park reopened April 2021.