Observatory Community Centre
Observatory Community Centre is a community center in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Observatory Community Centre is situated nearby to the college Cape Academy of Dramatic Art, as well as near Village Green.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Observatory War Memorial and Observatory railway station.
Observatory War Memorial
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Observatory War Memorial is situated 100 metres southeast of Observatory Community Centre.
Observatory railway station
Railway station
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Observatory railway station is a Metrorail station serving the suburb of Observatory in Cape Town. It is served by trains on the Southern Line. The station is located under the Station Road bridge. Observatory railway station is situated 260 metres east of Observatory Community Centre.
Groote Schuur Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 720 metres southwest of Observatory Community Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Observatory and Salt River.
Observatory
Suburb
Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.
Salt River
Suburb
Salt River is a suburb of Cape Town, located near Table Bay, to the east of Cape Town CBD. The area is noted for its association with the clothing and textiles industry. The name Salt River is a translation of the Dutch "Soutrivier".
Mowbray
Suburb
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station.
Observatory Community Centre
- Type: Community center
- Address: Cape Town
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.93718° or 33° 56′ 14″ southLongitude
18.4688° or 18° 28′ 8″ eastOpen location code
4FRW3F79+4GOpenStreetMap ID
way 1028729311OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=community_centre
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