Harewood
A charming and relaxed old suburb of Nanaimo, Harewood occupies the relatively flat space between Malaspina University-College and the hill that drops to Downtown. As an old neighbourhood, Harewood has all kinds of old "character" homes, including miners' cottages and large old farmhouses from when this was Nanaimo's frontier a hundred years ago.
Many people consider Harewood to be gritty and uninhabitable, calling it "Scarewood". But it's not really such a bad part of town (especially as you get farther away from downtown and Victoria Road). And these days, Harewood's getting to be more of a university district.
Harewood's boundaries may be thought of as running south into Chase River near Tenth St, west to the college, and north to Third St or Bowen Rd, depending on who you're asking. The railway tracks might be thought of as separating Harewood from "South Nanaimo" to the east, toward the water.
There are a few small malls in Harewood, with a supermarket, video stores, drug store, pub, restaurants, Value Village, gas, auto mechanics, and more.
Along bus routes? Yes.
Bad part of town? Some parts, sometimes.
Nearby parks: Colliery Dams, Morrell Sanctuary, Buttertubs Marsh
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