Sports grounds

Sports grounds is a recreation area in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. Sports grounds is situated near the meadow Campus green, as well as near the sports venue Ellis Park swimming pool.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ellis Park Stadium and Johannesburg Stadium.

Ellis Park Stadium

Stadium

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Ellis Park Stadium is a rugby union and association football stadium in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It hosted the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup, which was won by the country's national team, the Springboks. Ellis Park Stadium is situated 190 metres southwest of Sports grounds.

Johannesburg Stadium

Stadium

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Johannesburg Stadium is a stadium, in the Doornfontein suburb of Johannesburg, Gauteng Province, South Africa. The stadium has a sweeping roof and can accommodate 37,500 people. Johannesburg Stadium is situated 270 metres north of Sports grounds.

Union Observatory

Observatory

Union Observatory, also known as Transvaal Observatory, Republic Observatory and Johannesburg Observatory, is a defunct astronomical observatory in Johannesburg, South Africa that operated from 1903 to 1971. Union Observatory is situated 2 km northeast of Sports grounds.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jeppestown and Johannesburg.

Jeppestown

Suburb

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Jeppestown is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region F of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.

Johannesburg

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Johannesburg is a large metropolis and South Africa's largest city. Once regarded as South Africa's crime capital in the turbulent nineties, the city has shaken off that reputation led by its youthful exuberant population and a growing black middle class, not to mention the omnipresent soundtrack of Amapiano and house music.

Hillbrow

Suburb

Photo: NJR ZA, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hillbrow is an Inner City residential neighbourhood of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. It is characterized by a high population density and has experienced issues associated with municipal disinvestment, including elevated levels of unemployment, poverty, prostitution, and crime.

Sports grounds

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

-26.19606° or 26° 11′ 46″ south

Longitude

28.06186° or 28° 3′ 43″ east

Open location code

5G5CR336+HP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 787984856

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=recreation_ground

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Highlights: Campus green and Ellis Park swimming pool.

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