Lower Main Road
Lower Main Road is a road in South Africa. Lower Main Road is situated nearby to the suburb Observatory, as well as near the recreation area Hartleyvale Stadium.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Groote Schuur Hospital and Observatory railway station.
Groote Schuur Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 650 metres southwest of Lower Main Road.
Observatory railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Observatory railway station is a Metrorail station serving the suburb of Observatory in Cape Town. It is served by trains on the Southern Line. The station is located under the Station Road bridge. Observatory railway station is situated 250 metres east of Lower Main Road.
Hartleyvale Stadium
Recreation area
Photo: Axxter99, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hartleyvale Stadium is a field hockey stadium in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. It was previously used as a soccer stadium by Cape Town City in the National Football League era, as well as by Hellenic during the late 1980s. Hartleyvale Stadium is situated 610 metres east of Lower Main Road.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Observatory and Salt River.
Observatory
Suburb
Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Salt River
Suburb
Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town CBD. The area is noted for its association with the clothing and textiles industry. The name Salt River is a translation of the Dutch "Soutrivier".
Mowbray
Suburb
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station.
Lower Main Road
- Type: Road
- Category: transportation
- Location: South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.93859° or 33° 56′ 19″ southLongitude
18.46892° or 18° 28′ 8″ eastElevation
24 metres (79 feet)Open location code
4FRW3F69+HHGeoNames ID
7302617
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