The Memorial area of Houston, Texas is located west of Downtown, northwest of Uptown, and south of Spring Branch.

[4] A rich variety of residential architectural styles, particularly mid-century modern, can be found in the affluent forested neighborhoods of Memorial along Buffalo Bayou.

[5] The area is also home to a number of major office and retail developments, including Memorial City, Town & Country Village, and CityCentre.

[7] This same flood control project, completed in the 1950s, created Barker Reservoir to the west of the area and channelized Buffalo Bayou from State Highway 6 to Beltway 8.

[14] Retail development paralleled residential growth; Memorial City Mall was established in 1962, followed by Town & Country Village in 1965.

[15][16] Residents of Memorial Bend opposed the construction of Texas State Highway Beltway 8 through their neighborhood during the project's planning stages in the early 1960s, but an alternative western route along Dairy Ashford Road was deemed too costly.

[20] Nearby Town and Country Mall, constructed in the 1980s, was razed in 2005 and replaced with CityCentre, a walkable mixed-use district.

[21] In August and September 2017, portions of Memorial adjacent to Buffalo Bayou and its tributaries experienced severe flooding from record rainfall associated with Hurricane Harvey.

Critical water levels in Addicks Reservoir to the north and Barker Reservoir to the west of the district forced the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to amplify the release of floodwaters downstream into Buffalo Bayou well beyond normal levels, inundating low-lying neighborhoods near Terry Hershey Park and in the Memorial Villages.

[23] Buffalo Bayou's record-high level throughout Memorial rendered multiple major thoroughfares impassable, including Texas State Highway 6 and portions of Interstate 10; the sunken stretch of the Sam Houston Tollway near CityCentre was submerged for a week, causing significant damage to the roadway.

[39] Zoned elementary schools in the Memorial area in Houston include Meadow Wood, Nottingham, Rummel Creek, Thornwood, Wilchester.

In addition, Spring Branch Middle School, in the City of Hedwig Village, serves sections of Memorial.

[43] Westchester Academy for International Studies is a Spring Branch ISD district-wide charter magnet school serving grades 6-12.

Within Memorial, the district generally runs parallel to Interstate 10 between Highway 6 and Kirkwood Road, and extends south of Buffalo Bayou along Eldridge Parkway.

[56] One of the Energy Corridor's largest employers, BP America, is headquartered in the Memorial area at Westlake Park.

[57] Nottingham Forest (29°46′1.95″N 95°36′54.16″W / 29.7672083°N 95.6150444°W / 29.7672083; -95.6150444 and 29°45′59.3346″N 95°35′52.512″W / 29.766481833°N 95.59792000°W / 29.766481833; -95.59792000) is a group of subdivisions bordered by Memorial Drive to the north and the Buffalo Bayou to the south and west.