Street Guide
Sharon Road
Sharon Road is part of the SouthPark commercial frontage that edges Barclay Downs.
Sharon Road runs roughly 4.6 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 0.2 miles away — about a 4 minutes at a typical walking pace in a straight-line distance model — with Symphony Park 0.4 miles off and Uptown Charlotte roughly 8.4 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 | 4.6 miles |
| To SouthPark Mall | 0.2 miles straight-line · ~4 min walking estimate |
| To Symphony Park | 0.4 miles straight-line · ~8 min walking estimate |
| To Uptown Charlotte | 8.4 miles |
| Cross streets | Ashley Park Lane, Carnegie Boulevard, Chalcombe Court, Colony Road, Coltsgate Road, Eastburn Road, Fairview Road, Hazelton Drive |
| Typical era of construction | Commercial / mixed-use |
Character
Sharon 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 Sharon 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 Sharon 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 Sharon Road connects
Sharon 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:
- Ashley Park Lane — SouthPark commercial
- Carnegie Boulevard — SouthPark commercial
- Chalcombe Court — bordering residential
- Colony Road — SouthPark commercial
- Coltsgate Road — interior residential
- Eastburn Road — interior residential
- Fairview Road — SouthPark commercial
- Hazelton Drive — interior residential
Closest restaurants to Sharon Road
Straight-line distance from the centre of Sharon Road to the nearest places to eat and drink in the SouthPark district:
- Cowfish Sushi. Burger. Bar — 25 yards straight-line (~1 min walking estimate)
- Snooze — 91 yards straight-line (~1 min walking estimate)
- Rooster's — 135 yards straight-line (~2 min walking estimate)
- Baku — 173 yards straight-line (~2 min walking estimate)