Street Guide
Colony Road
Colony Road is part of the SouthPark commercial frontage that edges Barclay Downs.
Colony Road runs roughly 5.3 miles through the SouthPark commercial section of Barclay Downs in Charlotte, North Carolina (ZIP 28211). Measured from the middle of the street, SouthPark Mall is 0.5 miles away — about a 9 minutes at a typical walking pace in a straight-line distance model — with Symphony Park 0.6 miles off and Uptown Charlotte roughly 8.3 miles north. By length it reads as one of the principal through-routes of the district.
| Neighborhood | Barclay Downs, SouthPark, Charlotte, NC 28211 |
|---|---|
| Street section | SouthPark commercial |
| Approximate length | 5.3 miles |
| To SouthPark Mall | 0.5 miles straight-line · ~9 min walking estimate |
| To Symphony Park | 0.6 miles straight-line · ~12 min walking estimate |
| To Uptown Charlotte | 8.3 miles |
| Cross streets | Beverwyck Road, Carnegie Boulevard, Cloverfield Road, Colony Plaza Drive, Fairview Road, Governor Morrison Street, Richardson Drive, Roxborough Road |
| Typical era of construction | Commercial / mixed-use |
Character
Colony Road carries retail, office or mixed-use frontage rather than the neighborhood's residential grid. It is one of the corridors that makes Barclay Downs what it is: an established residential area immediately beside a major shopping and employment district.
What's here
Expect some combination of shopping, restaurants, offices, hotels and structured parking, with pedestrian infrastructure that improves noticeably closer to the mall and Symphony Park.
Living nearby
Residential streets that back onto or feed into Colony Road trade some quiet for a great deal of convenience. Buyers sensitive to traffic noise should visit at a weekday evening peak and again on a December weekend before deciding.
Research notes for Colony Road
Street length and straight-line distances on this page are calculated from OpenStreetMap geometry. Walking estimates use a typical pace and are not turn-by-turn route times. Parcel boundaries and addresses can be checked through Mecklenburg County GIS. School assignments must be verified for the exact address through Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
Where Colony Road connects
Colony Road meets 8 other mapped streets in and around Barclay Downs. Following them is the fastest way to understand how this part of the grid is stitched together:
- Beverwyck Road — interior residential
- Carnegie Boulevard — SouthPark commercial
- Cloverfield Road — interior residential
- Colony Plaza Drive — SouthPark commercial
- Fairview Road — SouthPark commercial
- Governor Morrison Street — SouthPark commercial
- Richardson Drive — interior residential
- Roxborough Road — interior residential
Closest restaurants to Colony Road
Straight-line distance from the centre of Colony Road to the nearest places to eat and drink in the SouthPark district:
- Firebirds — 242 yards straight-line (~3 min walking estimate)
- Stella Nova Restaurant & Bar — 294 yards straight-line (~3 min walking estimate)
- YAFO Kitchen — 309 yards straight-line (~4 min walking estimate)
- Yama Asian Fusion — 324 yards straight-line (~4 min walking estimate)