Windermere Real Estate

Entertainment, Restaurants, Cafes

Windermere is a great location for golf lovers. The River Ridge Golf & Country Club is located along the North Saskatchewan River and features an 18-hole course with large lakes and ponds. The clubhouse is a popular location for private functions and company tournaments, with an onsite restaurant and scenic views from an elevated deck. The club offers private, semi-private, and group lessons, as well as golf camps for kids. Just south of River Ridge Golf & Country Club is Windermere Golf & Country Club, also located along the North Saskatchewan River. Membership is required to play golf on the private 18-hole course or to use the practice facility, as well as to take advantage of the benefits offered through the clubhouse. The clubhouse is a popular place for weddings and other private events due to its large main dining hall, onsite catering, and beautiful location. Just outside of the neighbourhood is the Currents of Windermere shopping mall, which has numerous retailers and service providers, as well as a large food court and movie theatre.

There are few dining options in the Windermere neighbourhood, other than chain restaurants. Pizza City Donair and Broast on Windermere Boulevard is a Halal restaurant featuring pizza, shawarma, donair, burgers, fish and chips, and desserts. Customers can choose to get their food delivered or packaged for takeout, or enjoy a meal in the restaurant’s cozy dining space. Located on Windermere Way SW, Teriyaki Corner Japanese Bistro offers a variety of sushi and other traditional Japanese fare. The restaurant has a simple but sleek dining area, as well as take-out and delivery options for customers. The Chopped Leaf, located on Windermere Way SW, focuses its menu on light fare such as salads, wraps, sandwiches, soups, and appetizers. The simple interior and large windows offer a relaxing space in which to enjoy chatting with friends while grabbing a quick bite.

Pollution / Noise

Since Windermere is close to the outskirts of the city, it doesn’t experience as much air pollution issues as neighbourhoods closer to Downtown do. Areas closer to major roadways sometimes have issues with traffic noise.

Crime Rate

Windermere’s crime rate is lower than those of many other neighbourhoods in the city. The most common crimes in the neighbourhood are assault, theft from a vehicle, and break and enter.

Family Life

Park spaces in the neighbourhood don’t have official names. A park off Whitelaw Drive NW in the northern section of the neighbourhood wraps around a small lake and offers a walking trail, landscaped areas, seating areas, and greenspace. In the centre of the neighbourhood is another park, located off Washburn Drive SW, which features three small ponds, walking paths, landscaped areas, and greenspace. Also in the central section and located off Windermere Way SW is a park with multiple small ponds, landscaped areas, greenspace, and walking paths. In the southern section of the neighbourhood, a park off 171st Street SW has a small lake, walking paths, benches, greenspace, landscaped areas, forested areas, and a playground. Other park space can be found outside of the neighbourhood’s schools.

There are no community centres, recreation facilities, or public libraries in the neighbourhood, so residents must travel to nearby neighbourhoods to access these amenities. The Twin Brooks Community League, located east of Windermere, has a community hall and a rink. Sports programs available through the league include soccer, hockey, basketball, and ice skating. Programs held at the hall include dancing, Zumba, yoga, crafts, fitness, art, music, seniors’, and children’s. Located northeast of Windermere is the Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre, which features an aquatic centre, a fitness centre with indoor track, an arena, a children’s area, and commercial space. The centre offers drop-in and registered programs such as swimming, hockey, badminton, basketball, fitness, dance, kickboxing, martial arts, music, pickleball, pilates, table tennis, Zumba, and yoga. The Riverbend branch of the Edmonton Public Library, which offers a variety of community programming for people of all ages, can be found northeast of the Windermere neighbourhood.