Avondale

Avondale is a railway station in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Avondale is situated nearby to Tygerberg High School, as well as near the town Parow.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tygerberg High School and The Settlers High School.

Tygerberg High School

School

Photo: Barry Ne, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Hoërskool Tygerberg is a public Afrikaans-English medium co-educational high school situated in Parow in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is a government-funded school, established in 1954. Tygerberg High School is situated 460 metres north of Avondale.

The Settlers High School

School

Photo: Barry Ne, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Settlers High School is a public English medium co-educational high school situated in Bellville which is in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The high school was established in 1965. The Settlers High School is situated 1½ km east of Avondale.

Tygerberg Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Dfmalan, CC BY 3.0.

Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary public hospital located in Parow. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest district general hospital in the Western Cape and the second largest hospital in South Africa, with the capacity for 1899 beds. Tygerberg Hospital is situated 2½ km southeast of Avondale.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parow and Norwood.

Parow

Town

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Parow is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, and part of the Northern Suburbs region of the City of Cape Town.

Norwood

Suburb

Norwood is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Norwood is situated 3½ km southwest of Avondale.

Goodwood

Suburb

Photo: Roché Petersen, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Goodwood is a suburb of Cape Town in the Western Cape, South Africa and is situated in the Tygerberg region of the City of Cape Town. It is 10 kilometres from Cape Town and accessible from the N1, N7 and N2 highways. Goodwood is situated 4 km west of Avondale.

Avondale

Type: Railway station
Categories: station and transportation
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.89777° or 33° 53′ 52″ south

Longitude

18.59309° or 18° 35′ 35″ east

Elevation

55 metres (180 feet)

Network

Metrorail Western Cape

Open location code

4FRW4H2V+V6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 36058069

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

3370327

Wikidata ID

Q124401866

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to French—“Avondale” goes by many names.

Afrikaans: “Avondale”
French: “Avondale”
French: “gare d’Avondale”

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