Southern Suburbs
The Southern Suburbs are a group of predominantly affluent, Anglophone suburbs in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The region is home to mainly detached homes, and features tree-lined streets and numerous public parks.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Area
- Description: area of Cape Town, South Africa
- Also known as: “Cape Town Southern Suburbs” and “Southern Suburbs, Cape Town”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Livingstone High School and Arderne Gardens.
Livingstone High School
School
Livingstone High School is a school in the Western Cape of South Africa. It was founded by Abdullah Abdurahman in 1926. As of August 2017 Theodore Bruinders was the school's principal, currently the Acting Principal is Mr D.R.
Arderne Gardens
Park
Photo: Marie.frei, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Arderne Gardens is a public park and arboretum in Claremont, Cape Town, located in the Western Cape of South Africa. It was established in 1845 by Ralph Henry Arderne, a timber merchant originally from Cheshire, England.
Claremont railway station
Railway station
Photo: Erinamukuta, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Claremont railway station is a Metrorail station on the Southern Line, serving the suburb of Claremont in Cape Town. The station has two main tracks and an unused side track, served by a side platform and an island platform; the station building is at ground level on the western side of the tracks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newlands and Rondebosch.
Newlands
Suburb
Photo: Andresdewet, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall.
Rondebosch
Suburb
Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It is primarily a residential suburb, with shopping and business districts as well as the main campus of the University of Cape Town.
Rondebosch East
Suburb
Rondebosch East is a residential suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, about 7 kilometres south-east of the city centre. As the name suggests, it is located to the east of the neighboring suburb of Rondebosch.
Southern Suburbs
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Southern Suburbs” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Suburbis del Sud”
- Chinese: “南部市郊”
- Dutch: “Southern Suburbs, Cape Town”
- Portuguese: “Subúrbios do Sul (Cidade do Cabo)”
- Portuguese: “Subúrbios do Sul”
- Turkish: “Southern Suburbs”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Claremont and Wyndover.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Harfield Road and Kenilworth.
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