Lake Sherwood Drive

The 1923 maps, the Upson Tract and Upson Tract Addition No. 1, still labeled the water Potrero Lake; the Lake Sherwood name took hold after Douglas Fairbanks filmed Robin Hood there. Most homes still sit on those lots of a quarter to a third of an acre. Two later maps created larger home sites: Tract 4411 in 1993 along the eastern stretch and Tract 4590 in 1998, whose lakefront houses date from the early 2000s. The county's area plan still names lots in the Upson Tract Addition No. 1 in its dwelling-unit limits.

The drive itself has no gate, and there is no master homeowners association. Several older lots show no dues in listings, while the 1998 lakefront lots and a few others pay association fees, and lake and dock rights vary by parcel. Fire Station 33, built in 1949, sits on the shore at the west end and serves as a community center for local events. Nearby public schools include Westlake Elementary, Colina Middle and Westlake High.

The lay of the land

An open public road along the water, where houses from many decades and in many styles sit side by side, many with docks, and the feel is more informal than in the gated enclaves around it.

Mailing addresses here use Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village or Lake Sherwood as the city, but the area is unincorporated Ventura County. The lanes on the lake's south shore (Upper and Lower Lake, Giles and Thorsby roads) are covered on the Sherwood Country Club Estates page.