Umhlanga Avenue at a glance
- Place records along this section
- 26 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
- Mapped pharmacy nearby
- 290 mCambridge Crossing Pharmacy
- Mapped supermarket nearby
- 280 mWoolworths
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 12 food & drink records
KauaiRestaurant · 270 m
Nando'sRestaurant · 270 m
Mugg & BeanCafe · 310 m
Simply AsiaRestaurant · 310 m
Golden RoseRestaurant · 330 m
O'HagansPub · 350 m
AdegaRestaurant · 350 m
The Old RosePub · 460 m
Tony's Chinese Takeaway and SushiTakeaway · 460 m
New ChefRestaurant · 470 m
Braai BlockTakeaway · 470 m
Pizza PerfectTakeaway · 470 m
Shops & services
11 records
WoolworthsSupermarket · 280 m
QuickshopConvenience shop · 460 m
Pressed in TimeLaundry · 470 m
Everyday-service highlights exclude 1 specialist record. The total and full list retain them.
Show all 11 shops & services records
WoolworthsSupermarket · 280 m
Revive Autobody Repair CentreCar repair · 290 m
FordCar repair · 320 m
Fritz PienaarBicycle · 380 m
Pick n Pay LiquorAlcohol shop · 450 m
Pick n PaySupermarket · 460 m
QuickshopConvenience shop · 460 m
Petervale CentreShopping centre · 460 m
Bud BoxCannabis shop · 470 m
Bryanston Hair StudioHairdresser · 470 m
Pressed in TimeLaundry · 470 m
Cambridge Crossing PharmacyPharmacy · 290 m
Petervale ClinicClinic · 180 m
Medicine Planet PharmacyPharmacy · 470 m
Show all 3 health services records
Petervale ClinicClinic · 180 m
Cambridge Crossing PharmacyPharmacy · 290 m
Medicine Planet PharmacyPharmacy · 470 m
Street facts
- Mapped geometry length
- 1.36 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
- OSM locality polygon overlaps
- 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
- -26.030227, 28.047737Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
- Suburb / locality
- Not verifiedNo sufficiently supported locality assignment.
- Nearest OSM place label
- Paulshof · 148 mThis is the nearest mapped OSM place label and does not determine suburb or administrative membership. Measured from the representative point inside the City of Johannesburg OSM area.
- Section scope
- May continue beyond this mapped sectionOther OSM ways named Umhlanga Avenue lie against this outline in the snapshot road context. Shared nodes and levels are not verified, so continuity is not asserted. No completeness is claimed.
- Street-delivery postal code
- Not verifiedStreet delivery and PO Box codes require separate evidence. Evidence details
View technical evidence
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
- Segment ca8cede1-fcef-5bbd-972c-66bb6d6656af · OSM way 545223873
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
- Segment 16097997-d7cb-5fcd-b092-5675c9fb7ebe · OSM way 545223875
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 0aa8a361-8eb8-5e3a-8cf4-b21e4c75a50f · OSM way 545223876
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 4e2c607f-811a-59b8-bf28-00013e0dd5f2 · OSM way 630678403
foot- no
highway- tertiary
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 197b0766-6d2f-59ca-969b-1f26720bad42 · OSM way 630678404
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 288dfafc-b639-5005-acb3-30c4c92cdd7b · OSM way 630678406
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment d32305ca-677f-5112-a4de-58b2426bfb97 · OSM way 630678408
foot- no
highway- tertiary
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment c5daff40-9afd-5c5e-82d0-7ff7708c4fbe · OSM way 639827385
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment ed47e4de-6337-579f-8016-d26a3433cf2c · OSM way 766317564
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 73032f10-8dc9-5b4b-9505-65162ce9b3e0 · OSM way 766317565
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 39afd668-a5d5-51f7-8fdd-3f44dfd2d565 · OSM way 766317566
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
- Segment 743fb915-9765-5ef1-bd32-82d734d86e51 · OSM way 766317567
highway- residential
name- Umhlanga Avenue
oneway- yes
Connections
Mapped topology
No road connections are verified from the mapped topology in the current dataset.
Documented connections
No documented connections have been added from official sources.
Nearby streets
Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.
The road profile
- Mapped road classification
- Residential 99% · Tertiary road 1%100% of represented geometry
This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use. Values vary along the section.
View technical evidence
highwayhighway=residential · 10 segments · 1,341 m · ways 545223873, 545223875, 545223876, 630678404, 630678406, 639827385, 766317564, 766317565, 766317566, 766317567highway=tertiary · 2 segments · 19 m · ways 630678403, 630678408
Recorded on 12 of 12 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,360 m of 1,360 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Road surface
- Asphalt100% of represented geometry
View technical evidence
surfacesurface=asphalt · 12 segments · 1,360 m · ways 545223873, 545223875, 545223876, 630678403, 630678404, 630678406, 630678408, 639827385, 766317564, 766317565, 766317566, 766317567
Recorded on 12 of 12 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,360 m of 1,360 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).
Recorded on 12 of 12 mapped segments.
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Traffic direction
- One-way tag on 43% of the mapped length; 57% not recorded43% of represented geometry
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.
View technical evidence
onewayoneway=yes · 11 segments · 579 m · ways 545223875, 545223876, 630678403, 630678404, 630678406, 630678408, 639827385, 766317564, 766317565, 766317566, 766317567
Recorded on 11 of 12 mapped segments; 1 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 579 m of 1,360 m (42.6%). Unknown: 781 m (57.4%).
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
- Pavements
- Unknown
No sidewalk tag recorded
View technical evidence
sidewalkNo value in the source.
Recorded on 0 of 12 mapped segments; 12 without this tag.
Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,360 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,360 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.
Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27
Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.
Questions about this street
Where is Umhlanga Avenue?
The mapped section is in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
What is the postcode of Umhlanga Avenue?
A street-wide delivery postcode has not been independently verified in the current dataset.
Where are nearby distances measured from?
Page lists measure a straight line from the nearest part of the whole mapped geometry: 500 m for places and 1 km for passenger transport. The interactive map measures from one selected point, so its counts differ. Neither is a walking distance.