Wits Sports West Campus

Wits Sports West Campus is a recreation area in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Wits Sports West Campus is situated nearby to the pitch Walter Milton Oval, as well as near University of the Witwatersrand - Empire Road Entrance - Gate 6.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Johannesburg Planetarium and William Cullen Library.

Johannesburg Planetarium

Planetarium

Photo: Soul Train, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Johannesburg Planetarium is a planetarium owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, located on the University's East Campus in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. It was the first full-sized planetarium in Africa, and the second in the southern hemisphere. Johannesburg Planetarium is situated 230 metres southwest of Wits Sports West Campus.

William Cullen Library

Library

Photo: Heather Elke, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The William Cullen Library is a library located on the East Campus of the University of the Witwatersrand, in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Opened in March 1934, it stands as one of the university’s oldest and architecturally distinguished buildings, now serving as a research and special collections hub. William Cullen Library is situated 410 metres south of Wits Sports West Campus.

Lawson Pinnacle

Obelisk

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Lawson Pinnacle is an obelisk, which is situated 480 metres southwest of Wits Sports West Campus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Parktown and Braamfontein.

Parktown

Suburb

Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.

Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.

Braamfontein

Suburb

Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations.

Richmond

Neighborhood

Richmond is a small, centrally located suburb in Johannesburg whose Edwardian, Art Deco and Mid Century Modern houses are being both gentrified and torn down.

Wits Sports West Campus

Type: Recreation area
Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-26.18702° or 26° 11′ 13″ south

Longitude

28.02999° or 28° 1′ 48″ east

Open location code

5G5CR27H+5X

OpenStreetMap ID

way 709802420

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Walter Milton Oval and University of the Witwatersrand - Empire Road Entrance - Gate 6.

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