Poppy Street Park

Poppy Street Park is a park in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Poppy Street Park is situated nearby to Willow Street Park, as well as near Lily Avenue Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lenasia Stadium and Avalon Cemetery.

Lenasia Stadium

Stadium

The Lenasia Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Lenasia, Johannesburg South, South Africa. The ground was used regularly by Transvaal from 1973 until 1991. Lenasia Stadium is situated 1½ km northwest of Poppy Street Park.

Avalon Cemetery

Cemetery

Photo: Steamhunter, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Avalon Cemetery is one of the largest graveyards in South Africa. It was opened in 1972, during the height of apartheid, as a graveyard exclusively for black people. Avalon Cemetery is situated 4 km northeast of Poppy Street Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lenasia and Protea Glen.

Lenasia

Town

Photo: WaseemLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lenasia, also known as Lenz, is a suburb south of Soweto in the Gauteng province, South Africa, originally created to house Indians. It is located in Region G of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Protea Glen

Suburb

Protea Glen is a township of the City of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa, located north of Lenasia and west of Soweto. The suburb was developed in the 1990s for middle-class residents. Protea Glen is situated 6 km north of Poppy Street Park.