Sherwood
Sherwood is a suburb of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately 6 kilometres north-west of the city centre.- Type: Suburb
- Description: place in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Also known as: “Sherwood, Durban”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Durban Botanic Gardens and Mitchell Park Zoo.
Durban Botanic Gardens
Garden
Photo: Michaelwild, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Durban Botanic Gardens is situated in the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is Durban's oldest public institution and Africa's oldest surviving botanical gardens. The gardens cover an area of 15 hectares in a subtropical climate. Durban Botanic Gardens is situated 3½ km southeast of Sherwood.
Mitchell Park Zoo
Zoo
Mitchell Park Zoo is also known as Mitchell Park or Mitchell's Park. Situated in the Morningside suburb of Durban, South Africa, it is the only zoo in Durban. Mitchell Park Zoo is situated 3½ km east of Sherwood.
Jameson Park and Rose Garden
Park
Jameson Park and Rose Garden is a rose garden located in Durban, South Africa. Once being a pineapple plantation, it currently possesses about 200 species of roses which are prominent in the South African Spring months of September to November. Jameson Park and Rose Garden is situated 3 km east of Sherwood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sydenham and Kennedy Road.
Kennedy Road
Suburb
Kennedy Road is an informal settlement in Durban, in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Formed in the late 1970s or early 1980s, the settlement was mentioned by the African National Congress after the end of apartheid but amenities were not improved.
Sherwood
- Categories: human-geographic territorial entity and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.82889° or 29° 49′ 44″ southLongitude
30.97722° or 30° 58′ 38″ eastElevation
146 metres (479 feet)Open location code
5G2G5XCG+CVOpenStreetMap ID
node 262716003OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Sherwood” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sherwood, Durban”
- Turkish: “Sherwood”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Musjid-us-Saliheen and Lenmed Shifa Private Hospital.
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