About downtown Wake Forest
Wake Forest is home to a Main Street America program: a nationally Accredited downtown working to keep Wake Forest's historic commercial district lively, local and one of a kind.
Wake Forest DowntownAccredited
- Designation
- Nationally Accredited Main Street America program
- Coordinating program
- North Carolina Main Street
What's coming to this page
When the Wake Forest Downtown team claims this page, it fills in with the places that make Wake Forest worth the trip.
Local shops and signature goods made in Wake Forest.
Inns, B&Bs and hotels within walking distance.
Festivals, galleries, markets and events downtown.
Restaurants, cafés and taprooms on the square.
Nearby Main Street towns
- Zebulon, NC15 mi
- Garner, NC19 mi
- Oxford, NC24 mi
- Henderson, NC25 mi
- Spring Hope, NC30 mi
- Fuquay-Varina, NC32 mi
- Smithfield, NC33 mi
- Warrenton, NC35 mi
Distances are straight-line from downtown Wake Forest. See all 80 other North Carolina downtowns on the state page.
Program details from the Main Street America network directory. Something out of date? Let us know through the form on this page.
For downtowns & shop owners
Run downtown Wake Forest? Get featured.
If you lead Wake Forest Downtown or own a shop here, tell us about your events, shops and holiday hours. Our editors feature downtowns and merchants in the Daily Downtown Digest.
Owners and downtown teams get the Digest every morning. Featured placement for shops is a simple monthly plan.