former Rhodes Memorial Tea Room

former Rhodes Memorial Tea Room is a ruins in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Access is restricted and requires permission. former Rhodes Memorial Tea Room is situated near the sports venue Sports Centre, as well as near UCT Library.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Rhodes Memorial and Groote Schuur Hospital.

Rhodes Memorial

Photo: Glassbottle, Public domain.

The Rhodes Memorial is a large monument in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, situated close to Table Mountain.

Groote Schuur Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.

Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 1¼ km north of former Rhodes Memorial Tea Room.

Sports Centre

Sports venue

Photo: Axxter99, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sports Centre is a sports venue, which is situated 580 metres southeast of former Rhodes Memorial Tea Room.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosebank and Mowbray.

Rosebank

Suburb

Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rosebank is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, located between the suburbs of Mowbray and Rondebosch.

Mowbray

Suburb

Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station.

Observatory

Suburb

Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.

former Rhodes Memorial Tea Room

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.95208° or 33° 57′ 8″ south

Longitude

18.45852° or 18° 27′ 31″ east

Open location code

4FRW2FX5+5C

OpenStreetMap ID

way 945214028

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: UCT Library and Rhodes‘ Gift.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Molecular Biology Building and UCT North.

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