Alphen

Alphen is a building in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, which is located on Wroxham Road. Alphen is situated near St Peter’s Preparatory School, as well as near the community center Environmental Education Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Liliesleaf Farm and Montecasino.

Liliesleaf Farm

Museum

Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Liliesleaf Farm, also spelt Lilliesleaf and also known simply as Liliesleaf, is a location in northern Johannesburg, South Africa, which is most noted for its use as a safe house for African National Congress activists during the apartheid years in the 1960s. Liliesleaf Farm is situated 3 km southeast of Alphen.

Montecasino

Retail building

Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Montecasino, popularly shortened to Monte, is a casino and leisure development in Fourways, Sandton, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It was designed by American company Creative Kingdom Inc. and built by South African architect Joel Martins of the architectural firm Bentel Associates International at a cost of R1.6 billion. Montecasino is situated 2 km west of Alphen.

Castle Kyalami

Hotel

Photo: Вени Марковски, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Castle Kyalami is a mock castle located in Kyalami in the province of Gauteng, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. Formerly a tourist attraction and hotel, the castle was purchased by the Church of Scientology in March 2008. Castle Kyalami is situated 4 km northeast of Alphen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Magaliessig and Woodmead.

Magaliessig

Suburb

Magaliessig is a suburb of Sandton, South Africa. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and it is part of Bryanston.

Woodmead

Suburb

Woodmead is mostly a commercial suburb in the northern part of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Four highways meet here, the N1 Western Bypass, N1 Ben Schoeman Freeway, N3 Eastern Bypass, and the M1. Woodmead is situated 3½ km southeast of Alphen.

Rivonia

Suburb

Rivonia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Sandton area. It is located in Region E of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality. Rivonia is situated 4 km southeast of Alphen.

Alphen

Type: Canopy
Address: Wroxham Road
Category: building
Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.02527° or 26° 1′ 31″ south

Longitude

28.03524° or 28° 2′ 7″ east

Open location code

5G5CX2FP+V3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 641375480

OpenStreetMap feature

building=roof

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