Aylesford Place – Woodland Park
The block between campus and downtown.
Oldham Avenue sits inside the Aylesford Place – Woodland Park neighborhood, a streetcar-era grid of early-1900s cottages one block off the University of Kentucky and a short walk from downtown. The 300 block is residential and owner-occupied in character, with the student rentals across Euclid Avenue instead of next door.
Walkable
Leave the car on the street.
93
Walk Score · Walker's Paradise
Walk Score for this block of Oldham Avenue; daily errands do not require a car.
Woodland Park
Pool and aquatic center, tennis, skate park, playground, the Woodland Art Fair each August
Half a block
Chevy Chase shops and restaurants
Euclid at High: coffee, dinner, a drink, a bookstore, all on foot
0.5 mi
Kroger on Euclid
Full grocery, pharmacy and fuel
0.6 mi
University of Kentucky
Across Euclid Avenue; UK Chandler Hospital about 1 mile
1 block to campus
Kroger Field
Football Saturdays start on the porch
≈ 1.2 mi
Downtown and Rupp Arena
Main Street restaurants, the Kentucky Theatre, Central Bank Center
≈ 1.5 mi
Lextran routes 1 and 3
Woodhill and Tates Creek lines on Euclid and High
0.1 mi
Keeneland
Spring and fall race meets
≈ 7 mi
Blue Grass Airport
About 15 minutes door to door
≈ 8 mi
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History
Streetcar suburb, 1884.
The Woodland Park Association subdivided the Woodlands farm beginning in 1884, and Park Avenue, one block behind the house, carried the streetcar line out to the park. 380 Oldham was built around 1900 and shows on the 1907 Sanborn fire-insurance map; after a 1990s fire the second floor was finished, taking the house from a 980 sf cottage to the two-story home it is today.
A year on Oldham
When to come.
Lexington runs on a calendar: horses, basketball, football, and a university that turns the whole neighborhood over twice a year.
January – March
Basketball at Rupp Arena; UK's spring semester brings visiting faculty and medical rotations.
April
Keeneland spring meet. Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event at the Horse Park. The dogwoods on Oldham.
May
Derby week across the state; UK commencement fills every bed in town.
June – July
Woodland Park pool season, Thursday Night Live downtown, Ballet Under the Stars in the park.
August
Woodland Art Fair, half a block from the porch. Move-in weekend at UK.
September – November
Kroger Field Saturdays, Keeneland fall meet, the Breeders' Cup years.
December
Southern Lights at the Horse Park, downtown's holiday season.