Bowling Green
Bowling Green is a pitch in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Bowling Green is situated nearby to the sports venue Mark’s Park, as well as near the pond Bird Island.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Johannesburg Botanical Garden and Emmarentia Dam.
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 630 metres northwest of Bowling Green.
Emmarentia Dam
Reservoir
Photo: Setzor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular, with two small dams found upstream in the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens.
Westpark Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Hentie Joubert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westpark Cemetery is a large cemetery in Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the resting place of some of the country's well-known citizens. It is a non-denomination designated burial ground, and thus has Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Chinese burial areas. Westpark Cemetery is situated 1½ km west of Bowling Green.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenside and Westdene.
Greenside
Suburb
Greenside, is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Greenside borders on the suburbs Emmarentia, Parkview, Parkhurst and Victory Park.
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.
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.
Bowling Green
- Type: Pitch
- Categories: recreation area and sports location
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.1639° or 26° 9′ 50″ southLongitude
28.00428° or 28° 0′ 15″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR2P3+CPOpenStreetMap ID
way 407957581OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=pitch
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