Van Der Poel Park

Van Der Poel Park is a playground in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Van Der Poel Park is situated nearby to Meadowridge Baptist Church, as well as near Fynbos Garden.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meadowridge Library and Bergvliet High School.

Meadowridge Library

Library

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Meadowridge Library is a public library in the suburb of Meadowridge, in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. In 2025, it had the 6th highest circulation of all libraries in the Western Cape. Meadowridge Library is situated 640 metres east of Van Der Poel Park.

Bergvliet High School

School

Bergvliet High School is a public high school in the suburb of Bergvliet, in the Southern Suburbs region of Cape Town, South Africa. Bergvliet High School is situated 630 metres southeast of Van Der Poel Park.

Heathfield railway station

Railway station

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Heathfield railway station is situated 2 km southeast of Van Der Poel Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kenwyn and Newlands.

Kenwyn

Neighborhood

Kenwyn is a residential suburb in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. It lies south of the N2 and alongside the M5 freeway. The surrounding suburbs include Wetton, Rondebosch East and Kenilworth. Kenwyn is situated 7 km northeast of Van Der Poel Park.

Newlands

Suburb

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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. Newlands is situated 7 km north of Van Der Poel Park.

Lansdowne

Suburb

Lansdowne is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa. situated 10 kilometres southeast of Cape Town City Centre, surrounded by the suburbs of Rondebosch East, Crawford, Wetton, Claremont, Kenwyn and Athlone. Lansdowne is situated 7 km northeast of Van Der Poel Park.

Van Der Poel Park

Type: Playground
Category: recreation area
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-34.03874° or 34° 2′ 19″ south

Longitude

18.44718° or 18° 26′ 50″ east

Operator

City of Cape Town

Open location code

4FQWXC6W+GV

OpenStreetMap ID

node 7664471111

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=playground

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