Townline Estates, Cambridge

Townline Estates is a neat, compact neighbourhood of early-2000s homes at the east edge of Hespeler, near Townline Road. Hespeler Optimist Park, on Ellis Road, is its open green centre, with mini soccer fields, a tennis court and a playground that ring with activity on summer weekends. Next door, the Hespeler Memorial Arena keeps skates busy through the winter. St. Elizabeth Catholic School and Woodland Park Public School are close by. The village core is a short drive west.

The 2021 census counted about 650 homes in Townline Estates. Nearly all are single detached houses. About six in ten were built between 2001 and 2005, and about one in five between 1991 and 2000.

Grand River Transit's 51 Hespeler route serves the neighbourhood. The Pinebush stop on the 302 ION Bus, which runs to Fairway ION station in Kitchener, is about 3.7 km away, and Stage 2 ION, which the Region has approved and is now designing, plans a Pinebush station at the same distance. Ellis Road and Cooper Street are the main streets, and Townline Road leads south to Highway 401 (exit 286).

Hespeler Optimist Park, at 640 Ellis Road, covers about 8.5 hectares, with a playground, mini soccer fields, a soccer field, a ball diamond, a tennis court and a basketball court. The Hespeler Memorial Arena has indoor ice. St. Elizabeth Catholic School, on Adler Drive, is in the neighbourhood. The Hespeler branch of the Cambridge Public Library is about 1.9 km away.

• Woodland Park Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for Townline Estates, on Ellis Road.
• Jacob Hespeler Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school.
• St. Elizabeth Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic elementary school on Adler Drive, in the neighbourhood.
• St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The nearest Catholic secondary school, about 3.5 km away.