Valencia

Canyon Country

Starting in the 1960s, the Newhall Land company began to develop a new town on the ranch property the Newhall family had owned since the mid 1800s.  That new town was called Valencia, after the oranges grown on the ranch.  

The first neighborhood was, appropriately enough, called "Old Orchard".  In the decades that followed, other neighborhoods were built and that development continues to the present as Valencia spreads out across thousands of acres of the Santa Clarita Valley. 

A path for walking and cycling meanders through the Old Orchard neighborhood and connects with the over 20 miles of bike paths in Santa Clarita.

This new town, now part of the city of Santa Clarita, includes districts for housing, recreation, shopping, and entertainment -- as well as light industrial and commercial centers.  The center for shopping and dining is at the Valencia Town Centre.

This street scene is in Northbridge, one of the more recent neighborhoods built by the Newhall Land Company in Santa Clarita.

One very spectacular and unique neighborhood in Valencia is Bridgeport.  It is built around several man-made canals and includes luxury homes as well as condos.

Luxury homes line the canals in Bridgeport, an upscale neighborhood just north of the Valencia Town Center.

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