Somerset is an established southwest Calgary community developed in the late 1980s and 1990s with one of the SW's most useful transit advantages: direct access to the Somerset-Bridlewood CTrain station, giving residents a genuine LRT connection to downtown. Combined with the Fish Creek access to the north, Somerset offers an unusual combination of transit and natural amenity access for an SW community.
Who Lives Here
Families and professionals who specifically value the LRT access — one-car households and transit users who want the SW lifestyle without the full car-dependency of most SW communities. Long-term owners who chose Somerset for the combination of transit access and Fish Creek proximity. Families with children in the established SW school catchments.
What You'll Find
Detached two-storeys and semi-detached homes built in the late 1980s through 1990s. Fully built out — all resale. The renovation cycle is active. Properties near the CTrain station carry practical transit premiums. Good overall mechanical condition for the vintage.
Lifestyle & Amenities
Somerset-Bridlewood CTrain station provides direct downtown LRT access — a genuinely unusual advantage for an SW community. Fish Creek Provincial Park is accessible from the community. Macleod Trail and Stoney Trail provide road connectivity. SW commercial covers daily needs. Schools are established in both boards.
Nick's Take
Somerset's LRT access is a feature that's often underweighted in the SW market, where car-dependency is the norm. For households where one person doesn't drive, works downtown, or values the transit option, Somerset is one of the very few SW communities where the LRT is genuinely walkable. That's a rare feature in this quadrant and it supports a specific buyer demographic consistently.