West Point Grey
West Point Grey is a neighbourhood in the northwest of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
West Point Grey is a neighbourhood in the northwest of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is on Point Grey and bordered by 16th Avenue to the south, Alma Street to the east, English Bay to the north, and Blanca Street to the west. Notable beaches within West Point Grey include Spanish Banks, Locarno and Jericho. Immediately to the south is Pacific Spirit Regional Park and to the east is Kitsilano.
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Worth seeing in and around West Point Grey
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of British Columbia
The University of British Columbia is a public research university with two main campuses near Vancouver and Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada. With an annual research budget of $893 million, UBC funds 9,992 projects annually in various fields of study within the industrial sector, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations.
3.8 km · public research university in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
The Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre is a LEED Silver certified indoor arena in Greater Vancouver, on the campus of the University of British Columbia. Located on the Point Grey campus lands, it is just outside the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia.
3.2 km · indoor sports arena at the University of British Columbia · Wikipedia - 03Jericho Beach
Jericho Beach a Vancouver beach, is located west of the seaside neighbourhood of Kitsilano. It is surrounded by Jericho Beach Park, a grassy area with a pond, which is a picnic destination.
1 km · beach in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Kitsilano Beach
Kitsilano Beach is a beach on English Bay in the Kitsilano neighborhood of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the most popular beaches in the city.
3.4 km · beach in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Beaty Biodiversity Museum
The Beaty Biodiversity Museum is a natural history museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located on the campus of the University of British Columbia. Its 20,000 square feet of collections and exhibit space were first opened to the public on October 16, 2010; since then it has received over 35,000 visitors per year.
3.7 km · natural History Museum in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 06Regent College
Regent College is an interdenominational evangelical Christian College of Christian studies, and an affiliated college of the University of British Columbia, located next to the university's campus in the University Endowment Lands west of Vancouver, British Columbia. The school's stated mission is to "cultivate intelligent, vigorous, and joyful commitment to Jesus Christ, His church, and His world." In 2024–25, Regent College reported enrolment at 319 students and 12 faculty.
3.2 km · graduate school of Christian Studies in Vancouver, British Columbia · Wikipedia - 07UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research
The UBC Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located on the University of British Columbia campus in Vancouver, British Columbia. It maintains a documented living collection of temperate plants for the purposes of education, research, conservation, community outreach, and public display.
3.9 km · botanical garden at the University of British Columbia in Canada · Wikipedia - 08University of British Columbia Vancouver
The University of British Columbia Vancouver, officially known as the Point Grey campus lands, is an unincorporated area that contains the main campus of the University of British Columbia in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Located at the western tip of the Point Grey Peninsula, UBC Vancouver is bordered only by the University Endowment Lands, which separate the campus from the City of Vancouver.
3.4 km · unincorporated area that contains the main campus of the University of British Columbia in Metro Vancouver · Wikipedia - 09Locarno Beach
Locarno Beach is one of the beaches that line English Bay in Vancouver. It is situated in the West Point Grey neighbourhood, between Jericho Beach and the Spanish Banks beaches.
1.3 km · beach in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 10Spanish Banks
Spanish Banks are a series of beaches in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located along the shores of English Bay in the West Point Grey neighbourhood. Spanish Banks is located between Locarno Beach to the east and the grounds of the University of British Columbia to the west.
1.8 km · beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
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Getting to West Point Grey
- Airports
- Vancouver (YVR), 8 km · Victoria (YYJ), 71 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 212 km
- Victoria → West Point Grey93 km · quickest by road, 5h 10m · C$20–26
- Kelowna → West Point Grey276 km · quickest by air, 4h 15m · C$120–190
- Calgary → West Point Grey678 km · quickest by air, 4h 32m · C$170–260
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No local-transport research exists yet for West Point Grey
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for West Point Grey. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are multiple ferries (operated by False Creek Ferries and Aquabus) in Vancouver that can take you to the two ferry stations on Granville Island.
- Get aroundTwo ferry operators provide similar service to Granville Island, Yaletown, Science World and the Olympic Village.
- Get aroundTrips connecting with Kitsilano are only offered by False Creek Ferries.
- Get aroundTrips by both ferry operators generally depart on a schedule of every 15 minutes from roughly 7:30 am to 8:00 pm.
From Wikivoyage: Vancouver/Kitsilano-Granville Island, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to West Point Grey
West Point Grey is 6 km from Vancouver, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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- Vancouver Quadrafederal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada (Since 1949)1 km
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