Southernwood

Southernwood is a railway stop in Buffalo City, Eastern Cape. Southernwood is situated nearby to the theater building The Arts Theatre, as well as near First City Baptist Church.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Buffalo City Stadium and East London City Hall.

Buffalo City Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Buffalo City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in East London, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for Rugby Union matches and is the home stadium of Border Bulldogs. Buffalo City Stadium is situated 390 metres northeast of Southernwood.

East London City Hall

Town hall

Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East London City Hall is a town hall, which is situated 620 metres south of Southernwood.

East London railway station

Railway station

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

East London railway station is the central railway station in the city of East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is the terminus for Shosholoza Meyl inter-city trains to Johannesburg and Cape Town, and of a Metrorail commuter service to Mdantsane and Berlin. East London railway station is situated 1 km southeast of Southernwood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East London and Quigney.

East London

Photo: Bfluff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

East London, officially KuGompo City since February 2026, is a city on the southeastern coast of South Africa, in the Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape Province.

Quigney

Suburb

Quigney is a seaside suburb of East London in South Africa. It got its name from the "Gwygney River" according to the earliest maps of East London from September 1847 by William Jervois.

Mzamomhle

Suburb

Mzamomhle is a settlement in Buffalo City in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Mzamomhle is situated 10 km northeast of Southernwood.

Southernwood

Type: Railway stop
Categories: transport stop and transportation
Location: Buffalo City, Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.00926° or 33° 0′ 33″ south

Longitude

27.9026° or 27° 54′ 9″ east

Open location code

4GR9XWR3+72

OpenStreetMap ID

node 247326428

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=stop_position

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=stop

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