Uplands Area
Uplands Drive is a major two-lane residential road that begins at the higher part of Departure Bay Rd (behind Country Club Centre), and curves its way northwest past Rutherford Mall, running somewhat parallel with the highway (but out of sight of it). Uplands continues past Rutherford Mall, but the northern part of Uplands is not what is referred to when someone mentions "the Uplands area".
This is a nice area, with neighbourhoods developed from the 1970's-90's for upper-middle-class professionals with families. The neighbourhood is maturing nicely, having already protected the local Linley Valley nature area, and with popular ocean parks just an eight minute drive away.
Properties in Uplands often perch on rocky hillsides, or they occupy the dark spaces at the bottoms of small ravines. It's an exciting area to look at homes in. The uneven topography makes for some large lot sizes, and many of the homes in Uplands are Nanaimo's best view homes, overlooking Long Lake, Mount Benson, or even the ocean.
Along bus routes? Yes.
Bad part of town? No.
Nearby parks: Linley Valley, Neck Point, Pipers Lagoon, Rutherford Ridge
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