Rummelhardt, Waterloo

Rummelhardt is a small neighbourhood tucked just north of Erb Street West, at the western edge of Beechwood. Royal Beech Park, on Erbsville Road, is its green centre, with a playground and an open lawn. On a still evening, you can hear the swings creak at Pinerow Park on Pinerow Crescent. The shady trails of Clair Woods are a short walk north. The Boardwalk's shops and restaurants are about a kilometre and a half south, an easy trip for an evening out.

Rummelhardt forms part of the City's Beechwood West planning district. The City's 2021 census profile counts about 2,500 homes in that district. Just under three in five are single detached houses, and row houses make up about three in ten. Semi-detached houses make up most of the rest. In the 2021 census, about half the homes in the surrounding area were built between 1981 and 1990, and about three in ten between 1991 and 2000.

Grand River Transit's 13 Laurelwood and 29 Keats-University routes run nearby, along with the 202 University iXpress. Erb Street West runs along the south side. University of Waterloo ION station is about 3.5 km away. The Boardwalk shopping centre is about 1.6 km away.

Royal Beech Park, at 74 Erbsville Road, covers about 1.7 hectares and has a playground. Pinerow Park, at 643 Pinerow Crescent, has a playground. Rummelhardt Park, at 590 Beechwood Drive, and McCrae Park, with a basketball court and a rink, are close by. Clair Woods, a 5.6-hectare natural area at 175 Erbsville Road, is about 0.6 km away. The Boardwalk is about 1.6 km away, Laurelwood Park about 2.4 km and the John M. Harper Branch of the Waterloo Public Library about 2.7 km. The Rummelhardt group serves the area.

• Edna Staebler Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for Rummelhardt, on Bernay Drive, with French immersion from Grade 2.
• Laurel Heights Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school.
• Holy Rosary Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The nearest Catholic elementary school, with French immersion from Grade 1.
• Resurrection Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The nearest Catholic secondary school, in Kitchener.