Mary Kihn School

Mary Kihn School is a school in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Mary Kihn School is situated nearby to Tafelberg Bowls Club, as well as near the sports venue Sports and Recreation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hartleyvale Stadium and Valkenberg 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 310 metres north of Mary Kihn School.

Valkenberg Hospital

Hospital

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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. Valkenberg Hospital is situated 600 metres east of Mary Kihn School.

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 1 km west of Mary Kihn School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Observatory and Mowbray.

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.

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.