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Guide to Westmoreland

Where is Westmoreland?

Just off of West­land Drive west of Northshore in close-in West Knoxville. The neigh­bor­hood actu­ally con­sists of two main areas: Old West­more­land and New West­more­land. Old West­more­land is north of the east­ern end of West­land and New West­more­land is south of West­land. In other words, if you turn from Northshore on to West­land and turn right by the water wheel, you’re in Old West­more­land. Turn left and you’re prob­a­bly in New Westmoreland.

West­more­land is eas­ily acces­si­ble via I-40, I-140, Kingston Pike, and Northshore Drive.

West­more­land Information

West­more­land is a gen­tri­fied neigh­bor­hood located just min­utes from Chero­kee Coun­try Club. It also hap­pens to be the place that Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam calls home.

As its name implies, the Old West­more­land sec­tion con­tains the old­est, and arguably some of the grand­est, homes in the neigh­bor­hood. Though there are some newer homes and some new con­struc­tion in Old West­more­land, the major­ity of the homes were built from about the 1920s to the 1980s. The homes in New West­more­land, are, you guessed it, newer, with most being between 15 – 20 years old.

Whether they’re new or old, homes in West­more­land are large, with an aver­age square footage of just above 4000. Most of the homes are tra­di­tional two story affairs, but there are also some cot­tage style and Mediter­ranean influ­enced homes sprin­kled through­out the older sec­tion. Lots tend to be pretty big and there are lots of mature trees everywhere.

West­more­land is in a great cen­tral loca­tion for shop­ping. Res­i­dents can head up West­land to do some mall shop­ping at West Town Mall or they can go up Lyon’s View Pike to shop at the many bou­tiques located in the Dis­trict at Bear­den. If they just need to do some gro­cery shop­ping or stop by the hard­ware store, West­more­landers can drive a lit­tle ways south down Northshore to the Rocky Hill area, where there are sev­eral small, locally owned shops.

Res­i­dents of West­more­land also don’t have to go far for recre­ation. The neigh­bor­hood is just a stone’s throw away from Lake Shore Park, one of West Knoxville’s favorite walking/jogging spots.

Hun­gry West­more­land res­i­dents can go to Rocky Hill for some great tra­di­tional Amer­i­can fare at Sullivan’s or some killer wings at Rooster’s Bar.

West­more­land is cur­rently zoned for Bear­den Ele­men­tary School, Rocky Hill Ele­men­tary School, Bear­den Mid­dle School, and West High School.

You will totally dig West­more­land if you’re look­ing for:

• a large home in an upscale community
• some­thing close to a coun­try club and golf course
• close prox­im­ity to both mall and bou­tique shopping
• easy access to a pub­lic park
• a neigh­bor­hood with large lots and lots of mature trees

You’ll want to skip West­more­land if you’re look­ing for:

• some­thing under $250,000
• a smaller home
• some­thing off the beaten path
• a walk­a­ble neighborhood/area

Images of Westmoreland

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