Willow Creek is an established town with a lot of history and tradition. However, as younger Sims have moved into the area, they bring new ideas and experiences with them. The four residential neighborhoods are divided by streams and canals and situated around a central park. The commercial district is located on the shoreline and offers some exciting places for Sims to visit.
Foundry Cove
Foundry Cove is a simple neighborhood with five small lots. New households to Willow Creek usually settle here first because the homes are less expensive here than in the other neighborhoods.
Bargain Bend
- Lot Size: 30x20
- Empty lot
Bargain Bend is the only empty lot in this neighborhood. However, it is of good size and allows you to build and landscape your home however you would like. It’s on the corner of the court and backs up to a canal with a fishing spot nearby. If you want to build your own home in Willow Creek at the start of a game, this is a good spot because it is already cleared and ready for construction.
Streamlet Single
Though this house only has one bedroom, it does have a decent size living room and an entrance hallway. This home backs up to a canal with a fishing spot nearby. For a small lot, it offers a larger square of yard in the front corner—big enough to construct a rocketship or a telescope.
Crick Cabana
- Lot Size: 20x15
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
This small lot is at the end of the court and backs up to a canal. Though the home is small, it has two bedrooms, making it perfect for a couple roommates or a small family just getting started. The lot doesn’t have much room for gardening or other outdoor activities. However, this neighborhood provides some areas to explore.
Daisy Hovel
While the house is small, the size of the lot allows for Sims to add on rooms and make the home larger. It also provides a lot of space for gardening and outdoor objects.
Garden Essence
- Lot Size: 40x30
- 3 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
This is the largest house in the neighborhood and comes with a fenced-in back yard complete with a deck and a garden. With three bedrooms, this is great for medium sized households, though with only one bathroom, the Sims need to learn to share. This lot has plenty of space for adding on to the house if you want to.
Neighborhood Amenities
Foundry Cove is bordered on two sides by a canal with three fishing spots. In addition, there are several places where Sims can go to look for frogs or dig up rocks. A community garden behind the Garden Essence lot already has plants and trees growing. This is a good spot for Sims to learn and develop the Gardening skill if they do not have room in their own yards to do so.
The community garden is available for all Sims to use. Practice the Gardening skill here.
A very interesting feature in Foundry Cove is the Sylvan Tree. It is located in the open space between the Crick Cabana and Daisy Hovel lots. This large and unique looking tree is magical. Send your Sim to this tree to talk to it. After the conversation, an opening will appear in the side of the tree and you can now explore the tree as an action. As you enter the tree, you have to make several choices. Depending on your choices, you will either come out of the tree where you entered or find yourself in Sylvan Glade.
Be sure to visit with the Sylvan Tree to gain access to a secret area.
Sylvan Glade is a secret area that you can only access through the Sylvan Tree. However, once you find the correct path through the tree, a new option to travel to Sylvan Glade appears, allowing you to bypass the choices. For Sims who like to collect, Sylvan Glade offers some great opportunities. You can catch some rare frogs and fish in this area to add to your collections. For example, this is the only place in the world where you can catch the Treefish! Find lots of different plants and trees here as well.
Courtyard Lane
This middle class neighborhood is surrounded by water on three sides and a small park on the fourth side. There are four homes and an empty lot. The prices are higher here in this middle-class neighborhood than in Foundry Cove, but you get some nicer lots and better amenities. Plus the homes are fairly close together so you can get to know your neighbors easily.
Potters Splay
- Lot Size: 30x20
- Empty lot
When you are just starting out on a new game, and don’t want to live in Foundry Cove, this empty lot is your only other choice in Willow Creek. It is a medium-size lot and it costs just as much to construct your own house here as anywhere else. When living here, you have a fishing spot off to one side and a neighborhood park behind your lot.
Brook Bungalow
- Lot Size: 40x30
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
This nice two-story home backs up to the park and has a fenced-in back yard complete with garden and even a monkey bars for kids. There is room to expand your house, through you may have to move your back yard a bit to do this. This is a great place for a family with young children.
Riverside Roost
- Lot Size: 30x20
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
This smaller two-story home is great for Sims who like to explore the outdoors without getting too far away from home. There are rocks in the backyard as well as a log where frogs can be found. Plus there is a fishing spot just behind the lot. The lot has plenty of room for expanding your house, so you can easily add some more bedrooms, bathrooms, or even a study.
Pique Hearth
- Lot Size: 30x20
- 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
This home is situated right between two other houses with not a lot of space to the sides. However, it has a nice porch and three balconies on the second floor—great places for working on hobbies or skills while getting some fresh air. The backyard comes complete with a barbecue grill and outdoor furniture great for a family dinner or for entertaining guests.
Rindle Rose
- Lot Size: 20x15
- 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom
This is the small house in this neighborhood. Because the lot is small, there is not a lot of room for additions to the house. However, it is a great spot for a couple of Sims or a small family.
Neighborhood Amenities
This neighborhood is great for Sims who like fishing because it contains several fishing spots where you can catch a variety of different fish. In addition, a small park right behind two of the homes comes complete with picnic tables and grills. The park also provides a great place for exploring and finding things to add to your Sims’ collections.
This park is a great place for exploring or having a picnic with other Sims.
Pendula View
This nice neighborhood has four lots arranged around an intersection of two roads. The homes are set apart from each other and the neighborhood offers some great amenities as well as beautiful landscaping. While not the most expensive neighborhood, Pendula View is somewhat exclusive.
Hallow Slough
- Lot Size: 30x20
- Empty lot
Even though this is only an empty lot, it is not cheap. While beginning Sims could possibly afford the lot, they would not have a lot of money left over to build a nice house and furnish it. A nice feature is that it backs up to a pond complete with fishing and a picnic area. You almost don’t need a backyard with all of this right next to the lot.
Umbrage Manor
- Lot Size: 40x30
- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms
This two-story home has a fence running around the entire exterior of the lot. There are planter boxes and an outdoor dining area in the backyard. If that were not enough, this lot backs up to a community garden where neighbors like to stroll or socialize about gardening. The house has porches and balconies both in the front and the back.
Parkshore
- Lot Size: 40x30
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
This large home is next door to a small park and backs up to some water where Sims can fish or jog along the shore. The house has two porches and a balcony. The outdoor dining area in the backyard is perfect for entertaining.
Ophelia Villa
- Lot Size: 30x20
- 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
This gothic-style home really stands out in the neighborhood. The interior matches the flavor of the exterior as well. In addition to two full floors, a single bedroom or study on the third floor has a door that allows Sims to access the roof, which can be used as an outdoor area for socializing or other activities.
Neighborhood Amenities
This neighborhood is surrounded by great amenities. There is a small neighborhood park where children can exercise on the playset, adults can play chess, and Sims can have a picnic. A community garden offers locations for Sims to plant seeds, then nurture and cultivate the plants they grow. There is also a pond with fishing and a picnic table. Of all the neighborhoods in Willow Creek, this one offers the most for its Sims.
Be sure to visit the community garden and the park when in the Pendula View neighborhood.
Sage Estates
If you live in Sage Estates, you know that you have made it to the top. These homes are very exclusive and there are only two of them in this neighborhood. Yet because of the size of the lots and the terrain between them, this neighborhood provides privacy for its inhabitants.
Oakenstead
- Lot Size: 50x50
- 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms
Oakenstead has the largest lot in Willow Creek. This southern-style mansion has porches, balconies, and even a gazebo in the backyard. Water surrounds this lot on three sides and includes some great fishing spots as well as lots of places to explore for collectibles. The landscaping is natural and provides this mansion with the feel of being off by itself.
Cypress Terrace
- Lot Size: 40x30
- 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms
While in the same neighborhood as Oakenstead, its architecture could not be more different. Cypress Terrace has a very modern look and fits an extra bedroom and bathroom into a smaller lot. This mansion is not next to the water, but it’s surrounded by trees and makes it feel like one is living in a forest.
Neighborhood Amenities
While Sage Estates does not have a park or a community garden, it still offers some nice amenities. The shoreline that creates a border around half of this neighborhood is more secluded and offers some good fishing spots as well as logs where frogs can be found and several types of plants. There are also rocks to dig up.
The shoreline at Sage Estates provides spots for fishing, collecting, and picnicking.
Willow Creek Commercial District
Located right on the main shoreline, the commercial district features four different venues that bring together Sims from the various neighborhoods of Willow Creek as well as nearby towns. Be sure to have your Sims come visit these venues to socialize, exercise, and have fun.
Municipal Muses Museum
This museum contains works of art for Sims to view and admire. While this can be beneficial for those in the Painting career or working on the Painting skill, the museum also offers a place to hold events such as weddings. It is also a great place to go on a date with another Sim.
The Blue Velvet Nightclub
The Blue Velvet is the main hot spot in Willow Creek and a great place to go to meet other Sims. Featuring a complete bar, Sims can order drinks here or practice their Mixology skill. There is even a piano for working on that skill or for entertainers to use to perform.
Movers & Shakers Gym
Need to work on the Fitness skill? Or maybe get in some social time? Movers & Shakers has got you covered. You can find all of the latest fitness equipment here along with televisions to watch while you work out. Plus they have full bathrooms complete with showers so you can clean up after sweating it up and not have to go home before hitting one of the other venues in this district.
Willow Creek Archive Library
Reading books is a good way to develop skills. While you can order books using your cell phone or computer and have them delivered right to your mailbox, that costs money. Instead, pay a visit to the library and see what they have there. You can find books for most skills at the lower levels as well as other books to read for enjoyment. Just go to one of the bookcases, open it, and then drag the books you want into your inventory. There are no late fees and you don’t even have to return the books.
Neighborhood Amenities
The waterfront of the commercial district is a destination in itself. Sims can enjoy several outdoor activities here.
Because the commercial district is on the waterfront, there is a long section of shoreline where Sims can jog, picnic, and collect things. There is even a small park with a playset for the kids. So if you are coming to one of the venues, stay and explore all that this area has to offer.
Magnolia Blossom Park
Located in the center of Willow Creek, this park is a great place for meeting other Sims, socializing, working some skills or hobbies, and just having fun. It can also be a great place to take a date. Collectors can have a wonderful time here with all the rocks and plants and logs. Those working on their Fishing skill can cast at several spots along the shoreline of the stream or at the small pond in the park, where experienced anglers can catch some rare fish. Bring children to the park to play on the monkey bars and playset or sit down at one of the tables for a game of chess. Use the restrooms in the small building at the back of the park to take care of your needs so you can spend more time at the park.
Follow the walkways out onto the peninsula to find a picnic area along with some good fishing.
