Parkmore
District of Johannesburg
Gauteng - South Africa

Umkhonto we Sizwe

Umkhonto we Sizwe (abbreviated as MK), translated "Spear of the Nation," was the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC), co-founded by Nelson Mandela, which fought against the South African government. MK launched its first guerrilla attacks against government installations on 16 December 1961. It was subsequently classified as a terrorist organization by the South African government and the United States, and banned.

Located at -26.0433, 28.0542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
African National Congress, Military wings of political parties, Rebellions in Africa, Organizations established in 1961, Anti-Apartheid organisations, Defunct organisations of South Africa, Guerrilla organizations, Rebel militia groups in Africa

Sandton City

Sandton City is a shopping centre located in Sandton, Johannesburg that was built as pioneer centre in 1973.

Located at -26.1083, 28.0542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Shopping centres in Johannesburg

Nelson Mandela Square

Nelson Mandela Square is a shopping centre in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. Formerly known as Sandton Square, it was renamed Nelson Mandela Square on 31 March 2004 after a 6-metre statue of Nelson Mandela was installed on the square to honour the former South African president. It is attached to the large Sandton City shopping centre

Located at -26.1074, 28.0546 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Shopping centres in Johannesburg, Visitor attractions in Johannesburg

JSE Limited

JSE Limited (previously the JSE Securities Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange) is the largest stock exchange in Africa. It is situated at the corner of Maude Street and Gwen Lane in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. In 2003 the JSE had an estimated 472 listed companies and a market capitalisation of US$182.6 billion (€158 billion), as well as an average monthly traded value of US$6.399 billion(€5.5 billion).

Located at -26.1019, 28.0574 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Johannesburg Securities Exchange, Financial services companies of South Africa, Stock exchanges in Africa, Johannesburg

Wanderers Stadium

Not to be confused with Wanderers Cricket Ground in Namibia. BIDVest WanderersGround informationLocation Illovo, Sandton, JohannesburgCapacity 34,000 End names Corlett Drive EndGolf Course EndInternational informationFirst Test Last Test First ODI Last ODI First T20I Last T20I Domestic team information Transvaalnow known as Highveld Lions (1956 – present) BIDVest Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa.

Located at -26.1312, 28.0574 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Sports venues completed in 1956, Sports venues in Johannesburg, Cricket grounds in South Africa, 2003 Cricket World Cup, Highveld Lions, Test cricket grounds in South Africa

Abbotsford, Johannesburg

Abbotsford is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E. In the early 2000s prominent public figures Hazel Crane and Brett Kebble were murdered in the suburb.

Located at -26.1431, 28.0662 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Johannesburg Region E

Birnam, Gauteng

Birnam is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E.

Located at -26.1328, 28.0667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Johannesburg Region E

Bryanbrink

Bryanbrink is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B.

Located at -26.0817, 28.0017 (Lat. / Lng.), about 9 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Johannesburg Region B

Chislehurston

Chrislehurston is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region E.

Located at -26.1164, 28.0519 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Johannesburg Region E

Clynton

Clynton is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B.

Located at -26.1081, 28.0278 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Johannesburg Region B

Rivonia

Rivonia is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa in the Sandton area. It is located in Region E. Rivonia is one of the most affluent residential and business suburbs of Johannesburg, and regarded as the hub of upstart and established I.T. companies. The main retail thoroughfare in the area, Rivonia Boulevard, is the location of several shopping complexes as well as many other shops and restaurants.

Located at -26.0433, 28.0542 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Johannesburg Region E

Strijdompark

Strijdompark is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region B.

Located at -26.0752, 27.9697 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Johannesburg Region B

Hyde Park Corner (shopping centre)

Hyde Park Corner is a shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Hyde Park at the major intersection of Jan Smuts Avenue and William Nicol Drive. and was completed in November 1969 as one of the first fully enclosed decentralised shopping centres in South Africa.

Located at -26.125, 28.0333 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Buildings and structures completed in 1969, Shopping centres in Johannesburg

Johannesburg Zoo

The Johannesburg Zoo is a 81-hectare zoo in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1904, it has traditionally been owned and operated by the City of Johannesburg. However, it has recently been turned into a corporation and registered as a Section 21 non-profit organisation. The zoo is dedicated to the accommodation, enrichment, husbandry, and medical care of wild animals, and houses about 2000 individuals of 320 species.

Located at -26.1664, 28.0382 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Visitor attractions in Johannesburg, Zoos in South Africa, Buildings and structures in Johannesburg

Brightwater Commons

Brightwater Commons (formerly the Randburg Waterfront), located in Ferndale, Randburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa, is an entertainment, restaurant and shopping centre in Johannesburg. Previously known as the Randburg Waterfront, it used to sport a large artificial lake around which all the shopfronts were built

Located at -26.1039, 27.9914 (Lat. / Lng.), about 8 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Buildings and structures completed in 1994, Shopping centres in Johannesburg

YFM

YFM is a "Youth" radio station in Johannesburg, South Africa. Established in 1997, the station is formatted to mostly play urban music genres such as Kwaito, Hip Hop, and R&B along with minority of its airtime dedicated to talk shows. As noted by the name, the station's core audience consists of young South Africans. 99.2 YFM is Gauteng’s leading youth radio station. YFM characterizes their core audience as "young South Africans who are imaginative, curious and ambitious.

Located at -26.1273, 28.0316 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Radio stations in Johannesburg, Radio stations in South Africa

Kingsmead College

Kingsmead College is a private girls' elementary and high school situated in Melrose, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The school is located next to the Gautrain Rosebank Station.

Located at -26.1453, 28.0452 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Nondenominational Christian schools in South Africa, Private schools in Gauteng, Educational institutions established in 1933, Girls' schools in South Africa, Education in Johannesburg

Shrine of Our Lady of the Cedars

Shrine of Our Lady of the Cedars or Our Lady of Lebanon, is a Roman Catholic shrine in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is at the Church of Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon in Woodmead, Sandton. Unofficially known as Our Lady of the Highway, the shrine is close to the busy Johannesburg - Pretoria freeway. Building commenced in November 1992 by the Superior, Rev. Fr. Elie Madi and was consecrated by the historic visit of Patriarch Cardinal Nasrallah Peter Sfeir.

Located at -26.0661, 28.0896 (Lat. / Lng.), about 10 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Monuments and memorials in South Africa, Churches in South Africa, Roman Catholic churches in South Africa, Roman Catholic Church in South Africa, Marian shrines, Eastern Catholicism, Maronite Church, Buildings and structures in Johannesburg

Johannesburg Botanical Garden

The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is located in the suburb of Emmarentia in Johannesburg, South Africa. The gardens were established in 1964 as a large rose garden (becoming known locally as the "Rose Garden") and subsequently expanded to cover an area of around 125 hectares . It is administered by Johannesburg City Parks. The Emmarentia Dam is situated immediately to the east of the garden and shares its extensive acreage. One of the main attractions is the Rose Garden with over 10 000 roses.

Located at -26.15, 28 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Parks in Johannesburg, Botanical gardens in South Africa

Liliesleaf Farm

Liliesleaf Farm in northern Johannesburg, South Africa was the farm used secretly by African National Congress activists in the 1960s and was the location where many prominent African National Congress leaders were arrested, leading to the Rivonia Trial. Nowadays Liliesleaf Farm is a Museum and world famous Heritage Site, attracting many visitors annually, and rated as a top "things to do in Johannesburg" site.

Located at -26.0439, 28.0536 (Lat. / Lng.), about 11 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
History of South Africa, Places associated with apartheid

Emmarentia Dam

Emmarentia Dam is a dam in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, South Africa. There are several dams that make up Emmarentia Dam, despite its allusion to the singular. The Johannesburg Botanical Garden is on the western shore of the dam. The eastern shore consists of woodlands, natural grass areas used for picnics, braais (barbecues) and dog walking, a tea room and the Dabulamanzi canoe club.

Located at -26.1503, 28.0058 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Dams in South Africa, Visitor attractions in Johannesburg, Buildings and structures in Johannesburg, Dams completed in 1912

Zoo Lake

Zoo Lake is a popular lake and public park in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is part of the Hermann Eckstein Park and is opposite the Johannesburg Zoo. The Zoo Lake consists of two dams, an upper feeder dam, and a larger lower dam, both constructed in natural marshland watered by the Parktown Spruit.

Located at -26.1586, 28.0286 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Parks in Johannesburg, Lakes of South Africa

Delta Park (Johannesburg)

Delta Park is one of the biggest parks in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is adjacent to the suburbs of Blairgowrie and Victory Park. It comprises 13 hectares of grassland and woodland, and three tree-lined dams. It has walking trails, a "sensory trail" and bird watching hides. It incorporates the Florence Bloom Bird Sanctuary and the Delta Environmental Centre.

Located at -26.1247, 28.0091 (Lat. / Lng.), about 6 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Parks in Johannesburg, Birdwatching

Waverley Girls' High School

Waverley Girls' High School is a public school for girls located in the suburb of Waverley in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is situated opposite Saint Mary’s School.

Located at -26.1403, 28.08 (Lat. / Lng.), about 5 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Education in Johannesburg, Educational institutions established in 1951, Girls' schools in South Africa, High schools in South Africa, Schools in Gauteng

Michelangelo Towers

The Michelangelo Towers is a hotel building in Sandton, South Africa.

Located at -26.1064, 28.054 (Lat. / Lng.), about 7 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Hotels in South Africa, Skyscrapers in South Africa