Street Guide
Manning Drive
Manning Drive is part of the SouthPark commercial frontage that edges Barclay Downs.
Manning Drive runs roughly 1060 metres (about 1160 yards) through the SouthPark commercial section of Barclay Downs in Charlotte, North Carolina (ZIP 28211). Measured from the middle of the street, SouthPark Mall is 0.9 miles away — about a 17 minutes at a typical walking pace in a straight-line distance model — with Symphony Park 0.6 miles off and Uptown Charlotte roughly 7.6 miles north. By length it reads as one of the longer streets in the area.
| Neighborhood | Barclay Downs, SouthPark, Charlotte, NC 28211 |
|---|---|
| Street section | SouthPark commercial |
| Approximate length | 1060 metres (about 1160 yards) |
| To SouthPark Mall | 0.9 miles straight-line · ~17 min walking estimate |
| To Symphony Park | 0.6 miles straight-line · ~13 min walking estimate |
| To Uptown Charlotte | 7.6 miles |
| Cross streets | Fellsway Road, Hatherly Road, Inverness Road, Topping Place, Wintercrest Lane |
| Typical era of construction | Commercial / mixed-use |
Character
Manning Drive 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 Manning Drive 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 Manning Drive
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 Manning Drive connects
Manning Drive meets 5 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:
- Fellsway Road — interior residential
- Hatherly Road — interior residential
- Inverness Road — interior residential
- Topping Place — interior residential
- Wintercrest Lane — bordering residential
Closest restaurants to Manning Drive
Straight-line distance from the centre of Manning Drive to the nearest places to eat and drink in the SouthPark district:
- 1900 Mexican — 0.3 miles straight-line (~6 min walking estimate)
- Milk Cha-Cha — 0.5 miles straight-line (~10 min walking estimate)
- First Watch — 0.5 miles straight-line (~10 min walking estimate)
- McCormick & Schmick's — 0.7 miles straight-line (~14 min walking estimate)