Sorrento Avenue at a glance
For Sorrento Avenue in Johannesburg, the road lines shown here total 279 m. This section connects to 1 street name in this directory.
Within 500 m of these lines, the snapshot contains 13 named place records, including 4 in food & drink and 4 in health services.
- Place records along this section
- 13 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
- Mapped pharmacy nearby
- 280 mDis-Chem Verdi Centre
- Mapped park nearby
- 190 mEmma Park
- Mapped school nearby
- 310 mRisidale Primary School
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 4 food & drink records
Irish PubRestaurantosm:way:925651664 · object edited 2021-04-03 · -26.13893, 27.98472 160 mFarina Caffè and CucinaRestaurantosm:node:13208386747 · object edited 2025-10-11 · -26.14090, 27.98585 260 m- 280 m
- 320 m
Shops & services
3 records
WoolworthsSupermarket
290 mNorthcliff SquareMall
490 mPick n PaySupermarket
480 m
Show all 3 shops & services records
- 290 m
- 480 m
Northcliff SquareMallosm:way:151483924 · object edited 2026-07-02 · -26.14435, 27.98413 490 m
Dis-Chem Verdi CentrePharmacy
280 mGeneral Practitioners - Northcliff Medical CenterClinic
410 mJohannesburg Surgical HospitalHospital
460 m
Show all 4 health services records
Dis-Chem Verdi CentrePharmacyosm:node:1684526397 · object edited 2026-06-21 · -26.13960, 27.97895 280 mGeneral Practitioners - Northcliff Medical CenterClinicosm:way:639201275 · object edited 2024-11-30 · -26.14019, 27.97783 410 mJohannesburg Surgical HospitalHospitalosm:relation:18698024 · object edited 2025-05-01 · -26.13862, 27.97684 460 m- 490 m
Show all 1 education record
Risidale Primary SchoolSchoolosm:way:47063965 · object edited 2024-11-22 · -26.13573, 27.98053 310 m
Parks & green spaces
1 record
Show all 1 parks & green spaces record
Street facts
- Mapped geometry length
- 279 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
- -26.139016, 27.982411Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
- Nearest mapped place
- Risidale · 317 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
Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.
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.
- Traffic direction
- One-way tag on 11% of the mapped length; 89% not recorded
Tags describe individual mapped segments. They do not establish one traffic direction for the whole street: separate carriageways can be mapped as separate one-way lines, and untagged lines are unknown, not two-way.
Tag details and coverage
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
Is Sorrento Avenue a one-way street?
This map data does not establish a single traffic direction for the Sorrento Avenue section shown in Johannesburg. Recorded tags: One-way tag on 11% of the mapped length; 89% not recorded. Tags describe individual mapped segments. They do not establish one traffic direction for the whole street: separate carriageways can be mapped as separate one-way lines, and untagged lines are unknown, not two-way. Check road signs on site before driving.
Does the map show the whole of Sorrento Avenue?
It shows the mapped section in this directory: 279 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.