Sparks
Sparks is a suburb in Ethekwini, KwaZulu-Natal. Sparks is situated nearby to the suburb Overport, as well as near Sherwood.Places of Interest
Highlights include Durban Botanic Gardens and Curries Fountain.
Durban Botanic Gardens
Garden
Photo: Michaelwild, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 2½ km southeast of Sparks.
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 3 km southeast of Sparks.
Greyville Racecourse
Stadium
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. Greyville Racecourse is situated 3 km east of Sparks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sherwood and Sydenham.
Sherwood
Suburb
Sherwood is a suburb of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, approximately 6 kilometres north-west of the city centre.
Musgrave
Suburb
Musgrave is a central suburb of Durban, South Africa. It is situated inland and north-west of the Durban CBD, and forms part of the suburban belt known as the Berea.
Sparks
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.8364° or 29° 50′ 11″ southLongitude
30.98355° or 30° 59′ 1″ eastOpen location code
5G2G5X7M+CCOpenStreetMap ID
way 727303506OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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