Melville Library

Melville Library is a library in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Melville Library is situated nearby to the shopping center Melvile Corner, as well as near Melville Swimming Pool.

Photo: Derek J Moore, CC BY 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helen Joseph Hospital and Melville.

Helen Joseph Hospital

Hospital

Helen Joseph Hospital is a public hospital based in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to 1997, it was known as the J.G. Strijdom Hospital. As a teaching hospital, its affiliated to the University of Witwatersrand's Medical School. Helen Joseph Hospital is situated 1½ km southwest of Melville Library.

Melville

Supermarket

Photo: fiverlocker, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Melville is a bohemian suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is the location of many restaurants and taverns, which are mostly frequented by students from the nearby University of Johannesburg, located in Auckland Park, and the University of the Witwatersrand, located in Braamfontein. Melville is situated 1 km east of Melville Library.

Johannesburg Botanical Garden

Park

Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg, South Africa. The gardens grew out of a large rose garden that was established in 1964 and subsequently expanded from 1969 to cover an area of around 125 hectares. Johannesburg Botanical Garden is situated 2 km north of Melville Library.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westdene and Rossmore.

Westdene

Suburb

Westdene is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Westdene lies between the historic suburb of Sophiatown and Melville with the Melville Koppies nature reserve to the north of the suburb.

Rossmore

Suburb

Rossmore is a suburb of Johannesburg, around 5 km northwest of City Hall. It borders Langlaagte to the north and Homestead Park. The name comes from the village of Paarlshoop, the oldest private township on the Witwatersrand.

Richmond

Neighborhood

Richmond is a small, centrally located suburb in Johannesburg whose Edwardian, Art Deco and Mid Century Modern houses are being both gentrified and torn down.

Melville Library

Type: Library
Description: Public library in Melville, Johannesburg, South Africa
Categories: public library and education
Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.1761° or 26° 10′ 34″ south

Longitude

28.00007° or 28° 0′ 0″ east

Operator

City of Johannesburg Library and Information Services

Open location code

5G5CR2F2+H2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12941566576

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=library

Wikidata ID

Q134996722

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In Other Languages

From Hindi to Zulu—“Melville Library” goes by many names.

Hindi: “मेलविले लाइब्रेरी”
Zulu: “IMelville Library”

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