2 Open Space Neighborhood Parks: Britishwoods & Three Meadows

Britishwoods Park

Some years ago, my old roommate Emily R. had a housesitting job in the British Woods neighborhood and she invited her housemates over to swim in the pool. So we did. That was the first time I'd ever been in that neighborhood even though I'd passed the sign with it's Ye Olde English-like lettering many times.

British Woods is a neighborhood that sits just off Battleground between Westridge and New Garden roads. It's true: there are woods, the houses sitting in them. Britishwoods Park is a fairly good size park with lots of open space. There's a playground, which means kids, so you want to take that into consideration if your dog hates them. But there seems to be enough room to steer clear of them where you can walk your dog through a lot of that open space.

This, however, is one of the neighborhood parks so it's mostly for the folks who live there and can walk down to it. It's not the kind of place you can park and walk to, as I've said before about similar places. I'd feel conspicuous pulling into park in front of someone's house. It's great if you live there but, again, I wish more parts of the city had these kinds of parks that are plentiful in the northwest quadrant of town.

Three Meadows Park

This is another neighborhood I'd never really been to except to drop off a family friend's kid. It's up off Lawndale and Lake Jeanette Road near the Natural Science Center.

Similar to Britishwoods, this park is mostly open space with a playground but it's larger and has more wooded areas (or "natural areas" as P & R calls them). Again, large and open enough to walk more ornery dogs but also for people who live there, not so much for parking and going to it.

GO ON, BLUE RATING:
For both: **** I like open space parks but these are only really for those who live within walking distance
Area of Town: Both Northwest Greensboro. Britishwoods: British Woods. Three Meadows: I don't know these names designated on the maps--they feel like names conjured up by a mega-builder from elsewhere--but Google maps indicates the nearby neighborhoods are Three Meadows and Country Park Acres.
Location: Britishwoods is off Battleground between Westridge and New Garden. Three Meadows -- from Lawndale, take Lake Jeanette Road to Pineburr to Miltwood; from Pisgah Church Road, take Pisgah Place which becomes Natchez Trace to Pheasant Run to Miltwood.