Anvil Centre
Among the sights of New Westminster is Anvil Centre, a museum. Worth the trip, Holy Trinity Cathedral is 400 m off.
Museum in New Westminster
Inside New Westminster
Anvil Centre lies within the municipal boundary of New Westminster. Towns near it ↓
Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.
Picking your season
Aim for May to September, when New Westminster reaches 19–25°C.
Anvil Centre
Inside the town’s municipal boundary: in New Westminster.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in New Westminster
- Official site
- anvilcentre.com
Opening times and entry
Mapping Anvil Centre
Spot Anvil Centre in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is New Westminster’s municipal boundary. · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Bases for a visit
The most populous of the 8 is Delta, at 124,670. Its own town comes first, then the towns within 5 km of it and those within 20 km; each has a page of things to do.
New Westminster
Bridgeview
Delta
Port Mann
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Anvil Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Westminster | It’s in town | 92,124 | 32 |
| Bridgeview | 500 m east of it | 3,511 | 27 |
| Delta | 900 m southwest of it | 124,670 | 45 |
| Port Mann | 1.4 km southeast of it | 5,988 | 24 |
| Brownsville | 1.8 km south of it | 23,515 | 22 |
| East Burnaby | 2.2 km north of it | 17,233 | 28 |
| Edmonds | 2.2 km northwest of it | 34,805 | 25 |
| Whalley | 2.7 km southeast of it | 52,642 | 23 |
Make a day of it near Anvil Centre
Add 4 museums, 2 cathedrals and a historic ship, all within 15 km.
CathedralHoly Trinity Cathedral400 m away2CathedralCathedralHoly Eucharist Cathedral1.1 km away3MuseumMuseumCanadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame100 m away4MuseumMuseumNew Westminster Museum and Archives100 m away5MuseumMuseumFraser River Discovery Centre200 m away6Historic shipHistoric shipSamson V300 m away7Art galleryArt galleryAmelia Douglas Gallery300 m away8MuseumMuseumIrving House800 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Anvil Centre
Where is Anvil Centre?
In New Westminster, British Columbia, inside the town’s municipal boundary, is where Anvil Centre stands.
What is Anvil Centre?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Anvil Centre?
Visit New Westminster from May to September for the warmest weather: highs of 19–25°C on the 1991–2020 normals.
Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Holy Trinity Cathedral: sageb1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).