K is for Kings Forest

Today's neighborhood visit takes us deep in the heart of Kings Forest of northeast Greensboro. Lord Foxley Drive, featured above, is located off of Phillips Avenue near the juncture where it becomes Huffine Mill Road. Sandwiched between Woodbriar Estates and Nealtown Farms, the boundaries of Kings Forest extend from Phillips Avenue in the south to just beyond Old Hickory Drive in the west and Sir Galahad Road to the east. Close to 3,000 people live in this .373 square miles of neighborhood. Kings Forest was developed primarily in the 1960's and 1970's with almost no houses older than 1950 or newer than the late 1990's. While the above homes may be on the newer side for the area, they are indicative of the great care that homeowners take in this neighborhood's houses and lawns.

The street signs in Kings Forest read like the nooks and crannies of a Renaissance festival: King Arthur Place, Sir Galahad Road, Prince Charles Drive, Larchmont Drive and Lord Foxley Drive. Foxley is a village in the county of Norfolk, England, known for having an ancient woodland believed to be over 6,000 years old and dating to the end of the last ice age.* One can only imagine the trees that were in Kings Forest before the area was developed.

Kings Forest is an example of a neighborhood we wish had more written about it. "Whosoever dubbed the neighborhood Kings Forest?" beseech the keepers of Greensboro Daily Photo. We're sharing this post with our dear friends at ABC Wednesday as part of our ABC Neighborhoods of Greensboro series. Today's letter is "K" for "Kings Forest." Enjoy our featured A-J neighborhoods here. And the quest for L-Z begins now!

 

*reference.

Comments

[Julie]

What a good idea it is to approach ABC Wednesday from a neighbourhood viewpoint. Does involve a fair bit of driving around though, I suspect.

Yes, these houses are well maintained and lawns well tended. We dont see many houses like that around where I live, or even in the greater Sydney area, from memory.

I am embarrassed to say that I think houses in Australia (new houses) are overly big, bigger than the average new house in America.

[yogi]

That looks like a nice neighborhood.

[Janis of So Cal]

Great name for a neighborhood! I may think up a theme if I do ABC Wednesday again next round too,this is such a good idea.

[Roger Green]

attractive, though not particularly regal!

ROG, ABC Wednesday team

[Billy Jones]

Right around the corner from my house and a great location for Greensboro's performing arts center: http://greensboroperformingarts.blogspot.com/2012/01/lets-learn-about-area.html

[Kazak]

Nice to take your neighbor hood jaunts with you♫