Surrey Nature Centre

A great place of learning about nature, trees etc. And lovely trails for walking in the Green Timbers Urban Forest where this facility is located.

Lovely park in the middle of the city. Beautiful large evergreen trees. Small unpaved trails. Well maintained. Except for the whole summer and early fall there is water in the creek (at admin on GT Way) for the dogs. Smells fresh because it's jam-packed with trees. Parking on north and west sides too but I always park off Green Timbers Way and start from there, where there are admin buildings and an educational nature area. There is a small lake close to 104 parking area (fishing rods can be rented though never done it so not sure about cost or from where). Lots of open space to run a dog both near the admin (GT) and near the lake (140), and both wide walking paths and "deer" trails meander between 104 and 96 (north and south), and 140 and 148 (west and east) so you can vary your route as often or as little as you like. Easy one hour (or more) walk. Not a lot of people early on in the day but it gets progressively more throughout, and even in winter there is always someone walking around, though fewer. A great option.

Gorgeous center, beautiful park environment in the middle of a city, lots of unique and interesting nature activities set up indoors and outdoors. They have free fishing pole, hook and bait rentals for children. Will definitely be back, wish there was something this great in my home city.

We visited on a quiet Saturday. There's a children's room with all sorts of interactive nature toys. Lovely hidden gem. We'll be returning here more often in the future to borrow a Discovery backpack and enjoy storytime.

We love it here. It's fun for all ages. They let you take out backpacks to do activities like birdwatching, or borrow some fishing rods so your kids and fish in the lake. We just walked around the lake and made daisy chains in the field and that was exciting enough. Beautiful location as well, you'd hardly know you were in the city!