- Woodcroft, Edmonton
Woodcroft is a neighbourhood located in north west
Edmonton ,Alberta ,Canada . Coronation Park and the TELUS World of Science are located in the neighbourhood. The neighbourhood is surrounded by a mixture of residential neighborhoods and light industrial subdivisions. It is bounded by 118 Avenue on the north, Groat Road on the east, 111 Avenue on the south, and 142 Street on the west.Coronation Park, a large park occupying most of the southwest quarter of the neighbourhood, is easily one of the neighborhood's most attractive features. Located within Coronation Park is the TELUS World of Science (formerly called the Edmonton Space and Sciences Centre), a major swimming pool, an ice arena, a small football stadium and a lawn bowling facility.
On the southeast corner of the neighbourhood is the
Westmount Centre , built in1955 , and the first major shopping mall of its type in Edmonton.Located between Coronation Park and the Westmount Centre is Ross Sheppard High School, one of the high schools in the Edmonton Public School System. Also located in Woodcroft is the Woodcroft Public Elementary School and the St. Mark Catholic School.
The neighborhood is home to the Woodcroft Branch of the
Edmonton Public Library .urrounding Neighborhoods
The six residential subdivisions adjoining Woodcroft are: Dovercourt to the north, Sherbrooke to the north east, Inglewood to the east, Westmount to the south east, North Glenora to the south, and McQueen to the south west. To the west and north west are the industrial subdivisions of Huff Bremner Industrial Estate and Dominion Industrial.
Canadian City Geographic Location (8-way)
Northwest = Dominion Industrial
North = Dovercourt
Northeast = Sherbrooke
West = Huff Bremner Estate Industrial
Centre = Woodcroft
East = Inglewood
Southwest = McQueen
South = North Glenora
Southeast = Westmount
External links
* [http://www.woodcroftcl.org/ Woodcroft Community Website]
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