Gauteng
City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality
City of Johannesburg

Brixton Tower

The Sentech Tower, previously named the Albert Hertzog Tower and commonly known as the Brixton Tower, is a 237-metre-high concrete television tower in the Brixton suburb of , South Africa, near the top of the Brixton Ridge.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: architectural structure
  • Also known as: “Sentech Tower”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fietas Museum and Helen Joseph Hospital.

Museum
was opened on 24 September 2013, the museum is located in Pageview, Gauteng, . The building that the museum is housed in is one of the few to survive the forced removals under the Group Areas Act and was declared a Heritage resource in 2007. is situated 1¼ km southeast of Brixton Tower.

Hospital
is a public hospital based in , , . 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. is situated 2 km northwest of Brixton Tower.

Building
is a skyscraper in , , . It is thirty stories tall and is the headquarters of the South African Broadcasting Corporation. is situated 1 km northeast of Brixton Tower.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rossmore and Fordsburg.

Suburb
is a suburb of , 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 .

Suburb
is a suburb of , . It is located in Region F of the . is a residential suburb, although housing numerous shops and factories.

Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
is a wealthy suburb of , , and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including , Parkwood, , North, and Forest Town.

Brixton Tower

Latitude
-26.19238° or 26° 11′ 33″ south
Longitude
28.00687° or 28° 0′ 25″ east
Height
234 metres (768 feet)
Operator
Sentech
Open location code
5G5CR254+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 243048806
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­obstacle
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Wiki­data ID
Q1364681
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Satellite Map

Discover Brixton Tower from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Brixton Tower” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Sentech-toring”
  • Chinese: “布里克斯頓塔”
  • Dutch: “Sentech Tower”
  • French: “Sentech Tower”
  • German: “Sentech Tower”
  • Japanese: “センテックタワー”
  • Spanish: “Sentech Tower”
  • Spanish: “Torre Sentech”
  • Thai: “เซนเทคทาวเวอร์”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Сентек”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Сентеч”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brixton Primary School and Brixton SAPS.

Nearby Places

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Brixton Tower”. Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.