Hatley Park, Greater Victoria

Hatley Park is a neighbourhood in

Colwood, British Columbia Colwood is a city located on Vancouver Island to the southwest of Victoria, capital of British Columbia, Canada. Colwood was incorporated in 1985 and has a population of approximately 17,000 people. Colwood lies within the boundaries of the Greate ...

. Named after

Hatley Park National Historic Site Hatley Park National Historic Site is located in Colwood, British Columbia, in Greater Victoria. It is the site of Hatley Castle, a Classified Federal Heritage Building. Since 1995, the mansion and estate have been used for the public Royal R ...

, it is the home of

Royal Roads University Royal Roads University (also referred to as RRU or Royal Roads) is a public university with its main campus in Colwood, British Columbia. It is located at Hatley Park National Historic Site on Vancouver Island. Following the decommissioning of R ...

. Another notable landmark in the area is the Hatley Memorial Gardens, a large cemetery located opposite

. While some farmland remains in the area, most has been converted to middle-class residential subdivisions and commercial establishments (mainly

strip mall A strip mall, strip center or strip plaza is a type of shopping center common in North America where the stores are arranged in a row, with a sidewalk in front. Strip malls are typically developed as a unit and have large parking lots in front. ...

s). The neighbourhood's major thoroughfare is Highway 14, locally known as

Sooke Sooke is a district municipality on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Canada, by road from Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. Sooke, the westernmost of Greater Victoria's Western Communities, is to the north and west of the Sooke ...

Road. Hatley Castle has been used as a filming location in all three ''X-Men'' movies for both interior and exterior shots. Populated places in the Capital Regional District {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub