Greyville Racecourse
Hollywoodbets Greyville Racecourse is a Thoroughbred horse race track in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The 2,800 metre pear-shaped turf track consists of several gradient features: it is run uphill from the 2,400 metre mark to the 1,800 metre mark, after which it slopes gently downward for approximately the next 800 metres then uphill again into the nearly flat 500 metre homestretch.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Durban Botanic Gardens and Durban railway station.
Durban Botanic Gardens
Garden
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The Durban Botanic Gardens is situated in the city of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is Durban's oldest public institution and Africa's oldest surviving botanical gardens. The gardens cover an area of 15 hectares in a subtropical climate. Durban Botanic Gardens is situated 1 km southwest of Greyville Racecourse.
Durban railway station
Railway station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Durban railway station is the central railway station in the city of Durban, South Africa, located between Umgeni Road and NMR Avenue / Masabalala Yengwa Avenue just to the north of the central business district. Durban railway station is situated 1 km southeast of Greyville Racecourse.
Curries Fountain
Stadium
Curries Fountain Sport Ground is the name of a notable sports facility that was established for the Durban Indian community in 1925. This sports facility was more than just a soccer pitch, cricket grounds, cinder track and tennis court. Curries Fountain is situated 1 km southwest of Greyville Racecourse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Essenwood and Greyville.
Essenwood
Suburb
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essenwood is a central suburb of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately 3 kilometres north-west of the city centre. It is administered by the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, the municipality governing Durban and its surrounding suburbs.
Greyville
Suburb
Greyville is an area in Durban, South Africa. It is on the flat land west of the Durban city centre, at the foot of the Berea. It includes the Greyville Racecourse.
Windermere
Suburb
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Windermere is a suburb in the heart of Durban, South Africa, situated approximately 2 kilometres north of the city centre. The area includes the restaurant district of Florida Road and the factory shop district of Stamford Hill Road.
Greyville Racecourse
- Type: Stadium
- Description: Racecourse in South Africa
- Categories: horse racing venue, building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-29.84078° or 29° 50′ 27″ southLongitude
31.01354° or 31° 0′ 49″ eastOpen location code
5G2H5257+MCOpenStreetMap ID
way 678994044OpenStreetMap feature
building=stadiumWikidata ID
Q5608518
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Greyville Racecourse” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “格雷維爾賽馬場”
- Japanese: “グレイヴィル競馬場”
- Spanish: “Hipodromo Greyville”
- Spanish: “Hipódromo Greyville”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hollywoodbets Greyville Racecourse and Royal Durban Golf Club.
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