Lexington, Waterloo

Many Lexington streets carry names from horse country: Pastern Trail, Bridle Trail, Carriage Way and Maverick Street. Off Pastern Trail, the paths of the Melitzer Woodlot lead into almost 25 hectares of forest, where the traffic noise falls away. At Wintermeyer Park on Forestlawn Road, a ball diamond and a playground sit next to Lexington Public School. The smaller Bomberger Woodlot keeps a stand of trees along University Avenue East. Dansbury Drive and River Oak Drive lead down toward Kiwanis Park and the Grand River.

The City's 2021 census profile counts about 2,700 homes in the Lexington planning district. Nearly two in three are single detached houses, and row houses make up about one in five. Semi-detached houses and apartment buildings make up most of the rest. In the 2021 census, about two in five homes in the surrounding area were built between 1991 and 2000, nearly a quarter between 1981 and 1990, and about three in ten after 2001.

Grand River Transit's 202 University iXpress runs nearby, and the 6 Bridge-Courtland, 29 Keats-University and 31 Columbia routes run within about a kilometre. The Conestoga Parkway has an interchange at University Avenue. Conestoga ION station is about 3.0 km away, and Conestoga Mall about 2.9 km.

The Melitzer Woodlot, at 256 Pastern Trail, covers about 25 hectares, and the Bomberger Woodlot, at 470 University Avenue East, about 1.7 hectares. Kaufman Flats is a 7.7-hectare open space on University Avenue East. Wintermeyer Park, at 497 Forestlawn Road, and Auburn Park, at 316 Auburn Drive, each have a ball diamond and a playground. Carriage Way Park has a playground and a rink, and Maverick Park and Wismer Park have playgrounds. Bechtel Park is about 1.4 km away, and RIM Park about 2.3 km.

• Lexington Public School — JK to Grade 6. The public elementary school for Lexington, on Forestlawn Road.
• Margaret Avenue Public School — Grades 7 and 8. The middle school, in Kitchener.
• Bluevale Collegiate Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school.
• St. Matthew Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic elementary school in the neighbourhood.
• St. David Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The nearest Catholic secondary school.