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Lake Sherwood is the community around a private lake and the Sherwood Country Club golf course, off Potrero Road west of Westlake Village. It ranges from older lakeside homes and a hillside of 1950s cabins to guard-gated golf estates, with gated neighborhoods of 1990s homes at its entrance. It is in unincorporated Ventura County and the Conejo Valley Unified School District.
Gary Jacobs has mapped all eight Lake Sherwood neighborhoods from county parcel records. Pick one on the map below, or tell him what you are after and he will narrow it down.
The lake came first. It is a reservoir created by a dam early in the twentieth century, and the name comes from the 1922 Robin Hood film shot in the valley. The first homes were cabins along the shore and on the hillside above the west end, and a few of those lots are still here. The modern community grew up around Sherwood Country Club and its Jack Nicklaus course in the 1990s, with guard-gated estates around the golf course and smaller gated neighborhoods of 1990s and 2000s homes near the entrance on Potrero Road.
Day to day it is quiet. The gates and the lake keep traffic out, Westlake Boulevard and the 101 are about ten minutes away, and the Westlake Village shops, schools and restaurants are the ones most residents use. Buyers usually arrive here after looking at North Ranch, Hidden Hills or the Calabasas gated communities, and Lake Sherwood tends to win for people who want the lake or the course outside the window and are comfortable with the drive.
Market Snapshot
Live MLS numbers for Lake Sherwood, refreshed every night. The Free Market Report box lower on the page uses the same figures.
Homes, townhomes and condos (no rentals) from the MLS. These numbers refresh every night as listings go active, pending or sold. Last updated Nov 3, 2026 at 2:08 pm.
Absorption rate shows how fast homes are selling. It takes the homes for sale today and divides them by the number of homes that sold per month over the last 12 months.
The answer is how many months it would take to sell every home on the market if no new listings came up. Under about 3 months usually means a seller’s market, 3 to 6 months is balanced, and over 6 months favors buyers.
Right now about 16% of the homes for sale in Lake Sherwood are selling each month.
See the full Lake Sherwood market report →
Based on 41 sales in the last 12 months. Charts cover the last 8 full quarters. Source: CSMAR MLS and its data-share MLSs. Information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.
Lake Sherwood is not one neighborhood. Inside the Sherwood Country Club Estates gates are the Sherwood Country Club estates and villas around the Jack Nicklaus course, Trentwood’s attached homes, and the older lakeside and hillside lots of Lake Sherwood, Thistleberry and Upson. Near the entrance on Potrero Road, Sherwood North Shore, Meadows at Sherwood and The Glen are gated neighborhoods of 1990s and 2000s homes. The lake and the course sit between them, and prices run from the low millions at the entrance to eight figures on the water and the fairways.
Lake Sherwood is guard-gatedSee how it compares with the other 29 guard-gated and gated communities in Westlake Village and North Ranch, with year built, prices and homes for sale.View gated communities →Each outline is drawn from the parcels in Ventura County records. Use the button at the top right of the map to switch between satellite and street views. Neighborhoods shaded in color have a full guide: hover or tap an outline for a preview, then click or tap it again to open the guide, or use the list beside the map.
Outlines are approximate tract footprints built from county parcel records, not legal boundaries. The lighter area around them is the rest of Westlake Village; hover or tap for the name, then click or tap again to open that page.
Guide publishedMapped, guide in progressLake Sherwood (unincorporated Ventura County)
Lake Sherwood works in layers, and buyers often assume one gets them all three.
There is very little new construction; the few new homes are custom builds on existing lots inside the club.
Several bills can attach to one Lake Sherwood home.
Ask for the current dues, the reserve study and any pending assessment during the inspection period.
Lake Sherwood is in Conejo Valley Unified. Listings usually show Westlake Elementary, Colina Middle School and Westlake High School; confirm the assignment for a specific address with the district before writing an offer.
Lake Sherwood is unincorporated Ventura County, so permits go through the county rather than a city, even though mailing addresses say Westlake Village or Thousand Oaks. The whole community borders open space; homes next to it carry an annual brush-clearance obligation, and insurance availability and price vary by address. Get quotes during the inspection period; it is the most common late surprise here and it is avoidable.
Yes. Sherwood Country Club Estates is guard-gated, and the neighborhoods near the entrance have their own gates. See Looking for a gated community? for how it compares.
None. It is unincorporated Ventura County with Westlake Village or Thousand Oaks mailing addresses.
Most homes belong to the lake association, which sets the rules. Confirm what a specific home carries, in writing.
No. Sherwood Country Club membership is a separate application and cost.
Westlake High School (Conejo Valley Unified). Verify with the district.
Buying or selling in Lake Sherwood?
Give Gary Jacobs an address and he will tell you which association it belongs to, what the gates and the lake add, and what it is really worth.
The newest Lake Sherwood listings, straight from the MLS.
Active$8,900,000120 Queens Garden Drive
Active$5,495,000395 Upper Lake Road
Active$2,399,000186 Royal London Court
Active$17,900,00093 Lake Sherwood Drive
Active$5,095,000224 Lake Sherwood Drive
Active$2,398,000219 Baybrook Court
Active$2,695,000283 Lake Sherwood Drive
Active$5,695,000290 Lake Sherwood Drive
Active$6,850,000844 Lake Sherwood DriveFree Market Report
Everything in the snapshot above, in far more detail: month-by-month prices, what sells at each price point, neighborhood-by-neighborhood numbers and who lives here. Homeowners also see recent sales of homes like theirs.
Homes for sale and closed sales (no rentals) from the MLS — CSMAR and its data-share MLSs. Updated Nov 3, 2026.
Full market report
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Which schools serve Lake Sherwood.
Lake Sherwood is in unincorporated Ventura County and is part of Conejo Valley Unified. Listings usually show Westlake Elementary, Colina Middle School and Westlake High School. Assignments can vary by street, so confirm the schools for a specific address with the district.
Conejo Valley Unified · District site
School assignments follow the street address, and districts adjust boundaries and offer transfers, so confirm the schools for a specific home with the district before you rely on them. Ratings and test scores open on GreatSchools.
Top-rated local spots in and around Lake Sherwood. Tap a category.
Ratings and details from Google. Refreshed monthly.
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