The Woodside at Olde Mill Stream neighborhood in Wake Forest, North Carolina is assigned to the 27587 zip code. The community is located east of major local commuting corridor, Capital Boulevard. Familiar north Raleigh neighborhoods encircling the Woodside community include Olde Mill Stream, Harris Point, Ripple Creek, and Heather Grove. The Town of Wake Forest’s downtown district and historic area lies due south of the neighborhood.
Wake Forest was the former home to a major university sharing the same name. When Wake Forest University left the campus and relocated to its new and current home in Winston-Salem, the Southeastern Baptist Seminary took up residence at the quaint and charming campus. Each academic term, throngs of adult graduate students and their young families congregate on the campus defined by a landscape of gently-rolling hills and large, stately brick buildings. Local housing alternatives available for these students range from rooms for rent in large Victorian manor houses to dorms on campus. Not surprisingly, many of the small, locally-run businesses eagerly welcome these students and cater to their needs by providing pizza parlors, sandwich shops, coffee shops, book stores, pharmacies, vintage clothing stores, and music shops.
The Woodside at Olde Mill Stream community is defined by a landscape of fully-grown trees and mature vegetation and ground cover. The area is popular for outdoor recreational enthusiasts like amateur and professional cyclists because of its quiet interior neighborhood streets and gentle, climbing hills. It is not uncommon to see a small pack of cyclists touring the area and lapping local landmarks on sunny afternoons or long weekend days. Other popular recreational destinations include the Falls Lake recreational area and Durant Nature Park. Each can be enjoyed all four seasons in Raleigh’s mild climate.