Desborough Avenue at a glance
For Desborough Avenue in Johannesburg, the road lines shown here total 633 m.
Within 500 m of these lines, the snapshot contains 24 named place records, including 13 in shops & services and 8 in food & drink.
- Place records along this section
- 24 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
- Closest passenger transport point
- 280 mPark Road & Delta Road · straight line from the nearest part of the section
- Mapped pharmacy nearby
- 350 mDischem
- Mapped park nearby
- 400 mWaverley Park
Everyday places nearby
Along this mapped section · within 500 m
Distances are measured in a straight line from the nearest part of the street. Places may be near different sections. Areas use an interior point, not an entrance. These are source records, not unique venues or walking distances. Activity is not corroborated: records come from the September 2026 map snapshot, and an object's edit date does not confirm that a venue operates.
Show all 8 food & drink records
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Shops & services
13 records
Woolworths foodSupermarket
340 mPick n Pay ExpressConvenience shop
390 mBoxman - Moving BoxesHardware
490 m
Show all 13 shops & services records
Tiger Wheel & TyreTyresosm:way:238616724 · object edited 2023-09-10 · -26.12892, 28.06958 320 m- 340 m
- 340 m
- 340 m
- 340 m
Pick n Pay ExpressConvenience shoposm:way:238616723 · object edited 2024-11-12 · -26.12953, 28.06961 390 mPick n Pay ExpressConvenience shoposm:node:12335010174 · object edited 2025-08-01 · -26.12989, 28.06710 390 m- 400 m
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Boxman - Moving BoxesHardwareosm:node:4950255627 · object edited 2017-07-04 · -26.13101, 28.06507 490 m
Show all 1 health services record
Binham CollegeSchool
400 m
Show all 1 education record
Parks & green spaces
1 record
Show all 1 parks & green spaces record
Transport nearby
Along this mapped section · within 1 km
4 passenger transport records. Mapped access points and facilities, not a count of unique stops, routes or service frequency.
Source record details
Melrose ArchBus stop
600 m
Source record details
Source record details
Melrose Boulevard & Crescent DriveBus stoposm:node:2650964064 · object edited 2026-08-07 · -26.13258, 28.06903 710 m
Source record details
Melrose Boulevard & The High StreetBus stoposm:node:2650964065 · object edited 2026-08-07 · -26.13417, 28.06843 880 m
Show all 4 passenger transport records
- 280 m
- 600 m
Melrose Boulevard & Crescent DriveBus stoposm:node:2650964064 · object edited 2026-08-07 · -26.13258, 28.06903 710 mMelrose Boulevard & The High StreetBus stoposm:node:2650964065 · object edited 2026-08-07 · -26.13417, 28.06843 880 m
Street facts
- Mapped geometry length
- 633 mLength of the represented lines, not a surveyed street length.
- Municipal area in OSM
- City of JohannesburgThe complete displayed geometry lies inside the mapped municipal boundary. Not official municipal verification.
- Coverage area
- Johannesburgpilot area
- Province
- GautengSource-backed territorial context
- Locality
- Not verifiedLength of the mapped section inside each OSM locality polygon. Overlaps under 20 m or under 5% of the mapped length only touch the edge. Not an official boundary.
- Representative point
- -26.125872, 28.070744Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
- Nearest mapped place
- Birnam Park · 490 mNamed OSM place point inside the City of Johannesburg OSM area nearest to the representative point; proximity does not establish suburb membership.
- Section scope
- Mapped section shownThe street may continue beyond this mapped section. No completeness is claimed.
- Street-delivery postal code
- Not verifiedStreet delivery and PO Box codes require separate evidence. Evidence details
Confirmed connections
No road connections have been verified for this section in the current sample.
Nearby streets
Nearby streets have not been established for this section. This does not mean there are none.
The road profile
- Mapped road classification
- Residential on all mapped lines
This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use.
Tag details and coverage
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Road surface
- Asphalt on all mapped lines
Tag details and coverage
Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments.
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Pavements
- Unknown
Tag details and coverage
Values apply to their individual tagged segments and sides. Left and right follow the direction of each individual source way; they are not a single orientation for the whole street. An explicit no means no pavement on the tagged segment or side; a missing tag is unknown, and separate means a pavement mapped independently.
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
Questions about this street
Does the map show the whole of Desborough Avenue?
It shows the mapped section in this directory: 633 m of road lines in Johannesburg. The street may continue beyond this mapped section. No completeness is claimed. Line length is not a surveyed street length.
Where are nearby distances measured from?
The lists on this page measure a straight line from the nearest part of the whole mapped section: places within 500 m and passenger transport within 1 km. Two listed places can therefore be near opposite ends. The interactive map instead counts records around one selected point on the street, including transport, so its totals differ. None of these are walking distances.