Elsecar Street at a glance
For Elsecar Street in Johannesburg, the road lines shown here total 1.40 km. This section connects to 1 street name in this directory.
Within 500 m of these lines, the snapshot contains 7 named place records, including 4 in shops & services and 2 in education.
- Place records along this section
- 7 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
- Mapped pitch nearby
- 150 mNew Kya Sands Soccer Pitch
- Mapped early learning nearby
- 120 mHeritage of Faith, Kya Sands
- Mapped convenience shop nearby
- 460 mQuickshop
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.
Shops & services
4 records
Show all 4 shops & services records
- 220 m
Briggs & StrattonDoityourselfosm:node:313941930 · object edited 2008-11-23 · -26.02707, 27.94931 230 m- 360 m
QuickshopConvenience shoposm:node:603028917 · object edited 2024-10-27 · -26.02999, 27.94566 460 m
Show all 2 education records
Heritage of Faith, Kya SandsEarly learningosm:node:1664041162 · object edited 2017-06-12 · -26.02343, 27.95687 120 mVukuzenzeleEarly learningosm:way:524588721 · object edited 2025-05-20 · -26.02406, 27.96011 450 m
Show all 1 sport & fitness record
New Kya Sands Soccer PitchSports pitchosm:way:525967004 · object edited 2017-09-19 · -26.02306, 27.95726 150 m
Street facts
- Mapped geometry length
- 1.40 kmLength 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
- -26.024370, 27.951999Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
- Nearest mapped place
- Kya Sands Informal Settlement · 657 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
1 street name in this directoryConnected sections in this directory share source nodes at compatible levels. Junctions with streets outside this directory are not listed. Names appear once here; nearby sections are listed separately below.
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 30% · Unclassified road 70%
This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use. Values vary along the section.
Tag details and coverage
highwayhighway=residential · 2 segments · 424 mhighway=unclassified · 2 segments · 976 m
Recorded on 4 of 4 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,400 m of 1,400 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Road surface
- Asphalt 79% · Unpaved 21%
Values vary along the section.
Tag details and coverage
surfacesurface=asphalt · 3 segments · 1,112 msurface=unpaved · 1 segment · 288 m
Recorded on 4 of 4 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,400 m of 1,400 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Pavements
- Unknown
Tag details and coverage
sidewalkNo value in the source.
Recorded on 0 of 4 mapped segments; 4 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,400 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,400 m (100.0%).
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 Elsecar Street?
It shows the mapped section in this directory: 1.40 km 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.