Valkenberg Hospital

The Valkenberg Hospital is a large, government-funded, tertiary psychiatric hospital in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated in the suburb of Observatory between the banks of the Liesbeek and Black Rivers, overlooking Devil's Peak in the distance.

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Type: Hospital
Description: hospital in Western Cape, South Africa
Also known as: “Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital”
Address: Valkenberg Hospital Road, Cape Town, 7925

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hartleyvale Stadium and Groote Schuur Hospital.

Hartleyvale Stadium

Recreation area

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Hartleyvale Stadium is a field hockey stadium in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. It was previously used as a soccer stadium by Cape Town City in the National Football League era, as well as by Hellenic during the late 1980s. Hartleyvale Stadium is situated 460 metres west of Valkenberg Hospital.

Groote Schuur Hospital

Hospital

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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 1½ km west of Valkenberg Hospital.

Royal Observatory

Research institute

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The Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, is a former scientific institution in South Africa. Founded by the British Board of Longitude in 1820, its main building is now the headquarters building of the South African Astronomical Observatory. Royal Observatory is situated 650 metres northwest of Valkenberg Hospital.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mowbray and Observatory.

Mowbray

Suburb

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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

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.