CallejearSouth Africa

Street atlas

Buuren Bastion in Foreshore, Cape Town

Buuren Bastion is a mapped street in Foreshore, Cape Town. The represented road geometry totals about 162 m. The nearest mapped passenger transport record is Castle of Good Hope (bus stop), approximately 160 m in a straight line from the nearest part of the street. Nearby mapped records include food & drink, shops & services, health services.

Mapped length
162 m

Street map

Buuren Bastion in Foreshore
Outline of Buuren Bastion, Cape Town, with nearby directory streets. North is up. Context outlines are from the same release.N ↑
© OpenStreetMap contributors
51/ 100

Recorded access nearby

Callejear Score

3 of 4 categories have usable records.

Everyday places59/100
59/100
Passenger transport67/100
67/100
Parks & green spacesNot recorded
Education & childcare69/100
69/100

Based on mapped records along this section. Sparse mapping can lower the score. How the score works

Buuren Bastion at a glance

Place records along this section
63 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Closest passenger transport point
160 mCastle of Good Hope · straight line from the nearest part of the section
Mapped pharmacy nearby
430 mLitekem Pharmacy
Mapped school nearby
390 mCurro Foreshore

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.

Food & drink

30 records
  • Dias TavernRestaurant · 330 m
  • De GoewerneurCafe · 10 m
  • Chicken LickenTakeaway · 350 m
Show all 30 food & drink records
  • De GoewerneurCafe · 10 m
  • Café SocietiCafe · 330 m
  • Dias TavernRestaurant · 330 m
  • Chicken LickenTakeaway · 350 m
  • KFCTakeaway · 360 m
  • Pie CityTakeaway · 360 m
  • Haas CoffeeCafe · 370 m
  • Texie's Fish & ChipsTakeaway · 380 m
  • KFCTakeaway · 410 m
  • Woolworths Now Now Cafe CTCCafe · 410 m
  • Bakers CityTakeaway · 420 m
  • Pizza CafeTakeaway · 430 m
  • New York BagelsCafe · 430 m
  • Café NUDE & Wild EateryRestaurant · 440 m
  • Your Lunch BoxTakeaway · 440 m
  • EscobarBar · 440 m
  • Lebanese BakeryCafe · 450 m
  • La MenaraRestaurant · 450 m
  • Castle Hotel BarRestaurant · 450 m
  • Eastern Food BazaarRestaurant · 460 m
  • HarrintonsBar · 470 m
  • Pie KingTakeaway · 470 m
  • Bootlegger Coffee CompanyCafe · 470 m
  • WimpyTakeaway · 470 m
  • RocoMamasRestaurant · 480 m
  • SurfaRosaBar · 480 m
  • The ElectricRestaurant · 480 m
  • Swan CafeCafe · 490 m
  • McDonald'sTakeaway · 490 m
  • RAW Espresso BarCafe · 500 m

Shops & services

16 records
  • SparSupermarket · 380 m
  • Nude FoodConvenience shop · 440 m
  • Sportmans WarehouseSports · 250 m
Show all 16 shops & services records
  • Sportmans WarehouseSports · 250 m
  • Safari 365Travel agency · 280 m
  • TransignalElectrical · 280 m
  • WoodheadsLeather · 330 m
  • SparSupermarket · 380 m
  • sportsceneClothing shop · 410 m
  • ImperialCar · 410 m
  • Mr PriceClothing shop · 410 m
  • AckermansClothing shop · 420 m
  • Charly's BakeryPastry · 420 m
  • Nude FoodConvenience shop · 440 m
  • PEPClothing shop · 450 m
  • FoschiniClothing shop · 450 m
  • Circle KConvenience shop · 460 m
  • ShopriteSupermarket · 480 m
  • East City CyclesBicycle · 480 m

Health services

2 records
  • Litekem PharmacyPharmacy · 430 m
  • District Six Community Day CentreClinic · 410 m
Show all 2 health services records
  • District Six Community Day CentreClinic · 410 m
  • Litekem PharmacyPharmacy · 430 m

Education

6 records
  • Curro ForeshoreSchool · 390 m
  • City Edge ResidenceUniversity · 470 m
  • College of Cape Town (City Campus)College · 340 m
Show all 6 education records
  • College of Cape Town (City Campus)College · 340 m
  • Pikkieland CrecheEarly learning · 380 m
  • Curro ForeshoreSchool · 390 m
  • Stepping Stones Children's CentreEarly learning · 440 m
  • City ResidenceCollege · 470 m
  • City Edge ResidenceUniversity · 470 m

Culture & places to visit

9 records
  • Castle Military MuseumMuseum · 40 m
  • Cape Town Central LibraryLibrary · 260 m
  • Star TheatreTheatre · 310 m
Show all 9 culture & places to visit records
  • Castle Military MuseumMuseum · 40 m
  • Cape Town Central LibraryLibrary · 260 m
  • Statue of Edward VllArtwork · 270 m
  • Star TheatreTheatre · 310 m
  • Avalon AuditoriumTheatre · 310 m
  • HCC: Homecoming CentreCommunity centre · 320 m
  • Table Mountain Yellow Frame (District Six)Attraction · 410 m
  • District Six MuseumMuseum · 440 m
  • The KnotArtwork · 470 m

Transport nearby

Along this mapped section · within 1 km

55 passenger transport records. Mapped access points and facilities, not a count of unique stops, routes or service frequency.

  • Castle of Good HopeBus stop · 160 m
Source record details
  • Castle of Good HopeBus stop · 160 m
  • CastleBus stop · 180 m
Source record details
  • CastleBus stop · 180 m
  • The CastleBus stop · 190 m
Source record details
  • The CastleBus stop · 190 m
  • CastleBus stop · 190 m
Source record details
  • CastleBus stop · 190 m
  • The CastleBus stop · 200 m
Source record details
  • The CastleBus stop · 200 m
  • Lower BuitenkantBus stop · 270 m
Source record details
  • Lower BuitenkantBus stop · 270 m
Show all 55 passenger transport records
  • Castle of Good HopeBus stop · 160 m
  • CastleBus stop · 180 m
  • The CastleBus stop · 190 m
  • CastleBus stop · 190 m
  • The CastleBus stop · 200 m
  • Lower BuitenkantBus stop · 270 m
  • Cape Town StationRailway station · 290 m
  • Lower BuitenkantBus stop · 290 m
  • Hanover StreetBus stop · 310 m
  • Hanover StreetBus stop · 320 m
  • Intercape Bus TerminalTransport station · 330 m
  • Lower PleinBus stop · 340 m
  • Lower PleinBus stop · 350 m
  • DarlingBus stop · 420 m
  • District Six MuseumBus stop · 430 m
  • DarlingBus stop · 490 m
  • CPUT Cape Town CampusBus stop · 500 m
  • Civic CentreBus stop · 510 m
  • AdderleyBus stop · 540 m
  • CPUTBus stop · 560 m
  • CPUTBus stop · 570 m
  • Groote KerkBus stop · 580 m
  • Groote KerkBus stop · 580 m
  • Artscape (Hertzog Blvd)Bus stop · 590 m
  • St George'sBus stop · 600 m
  • St George'sBus stop · 600 m
  • ArtscapeBus stop · 640 m
  • Cape Town TourismBus stop · 670 m
  • Thibault SquareBus stop · 740 m
  • Mid LongBus stop · 740 m
  • RusselBus stop · 750 m
  • RoelandBus stop · 760 m
  • Hop On - Hop Off Bus StopBus stop · 770 m
  • ForeshoreBus stop · 770 m
  • RoelandBus stop · 780 m
  • RusselBus stop · 780 m
  • Lower LongBus stop · 780 m
  • St. George's CathedralBus stop · 790 m
  • LongmarketBus stop · 810 m
  • RiebeekBus stop · 820 m
  • Mid LoopBus stop · 830 m
  • ForeshoreBus stop · 850 m
  • StrandBus stop · 860 m
  • Lower LoopBus stop · 870 m
  • StrandBus stop · 870 m
  • Convention CentreBus stop · 890 m
  • DorpBus stop · 900 m
  • ChurchBus stop · 910 m
  • District SixBus stop · 940 m
  • RiebeekBus stop · 950 m
  • City Sightseeing #4Bus stop · 960 m
  • Convention CentreBus stop · 960 m
  • Gold MuseumBus stop · 970 m
  • RoodehekBus stop · 980 m
  • District SixBus stop · 980 m
Source detail: 53 vehicle-position or technical records

Vehicle stopping positions describe where a vehicle stops, not necessarily where a passenger waits. The snapshot contains 108 transport objects in total; separate objects may belong to the same facility.

  • CastleVehicle stopping position · 180 m
  • CastleVehicle stopping position · 190 m
  • The CastleVehicle stopping position · 200 m
  • The CastleVehicle stopping position · 200 m
  • Lower BuitenkantVehicle stopping position · 270 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 290 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 290 m
  • Lower BuitenkantVehicle stopping position · 290 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 290 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 290 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 290 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 300 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 300 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 300 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 300 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 300 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 310 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 310 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 310 m
  • Hanover StreetVehicle stopping position · 320 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 320 m
  • Hanover StreetVehicle stopping position · 320 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 320 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 320 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 330 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 340 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 340 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 350 m
  • Lower PleinVehicle stopping position · 350 m
  • Lower PleinVehicle stopping position · 350 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 350 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 360 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 370 m
  • Cape TownVehicle stopping position · 380 m
  • DarlingVehicle stopping position · 420 m
  • DarlingVehicle stopping position · 490 m
  • CPUTVehicle stopping position · 560 m
  • Groote KerkVehicle stopping position · 580 m
  • CPUTVehicle stopping position · 580 m
  • Groote KerkVehicle stopping position · 580 m
  • Mid LongVehicle stopping position · 750 m
  • RusselVehicle stopping position · 750 m
  • RoelandVehicle stopping position · 760 m
  • RusselVehicle stopping position · 780 m
  • RoelandVehicle stopping position · 780 m
  • LongmarketVehicle stopping position · 810 m
  • RiebeekVehicle stopping position · 820 m
  • Mid LoopVehicle stopping position · 830 m
  • ChurchVehicle stopping position · 900 m
  • DorpVehicle stopping position · 910 m
  • District SixVehicle stopping position · 940 m
  • RoodehekVehicle stopping position · 970 m
  • District SixVehicle stopping position · 990 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
162 mLength of the represented lines, not a surveyed street length.
Municipal area in OSM
City of Cape TownThe complete displayed geometry lies inside the mapped municipal boundary. Not official municipal verification.
Coverage area
Cape Townpilot area
Province
Western CapeSource-backed territorial context
OSM locality polygon overlaps
Foreshore (162 m, 100%)Length 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
-33.925160, 18.427274Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality
ForeshorePredominant mapped locality polygon.
Nearest OSM place label
City Centre · 673 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 Cape Town OSM area.
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
View technical evidence

Source snapshot: geofabrik-za-2026-09-27

  • Segment 9384463d-08bd-5174-b43f-c8bcc5ca91e5 · OSM way 424906114
    highway
    pedestrian
    name
    Buuren Bastion

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.

Show 7 more nearby street names

The road profile

Mapped road classification
Pedestrian street100% of represented geometry

This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use.

View technical evidence
  • highway
    • highway=pedestrian · 1 segment · 162 m · ways 424906114

    Recorded on 1 of 1 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 162 m of 162 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
Cobblestone:flattened100% of represented geometry
View technical evidence
  • surface
    • surface=cobblestone:flattened · 1 segment · 162 m · ways 424906114

    Recorded on 1 of 1 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 162 m of 162 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Recorded on 1 of 1 mapped segments.

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
  • sidewalk

    No value in the source.

    Recorded on 0 of 1 mapped segments; 1 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 162 m (0.0%). Unknown: 162 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.

Mapped area overlaps

  • Foreshore

    162 m, 100% of the mapped length inside this OSM locality polygon.

Questions about this street

Where is Buuren Bastion?

The mapped section is in Foreshore, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

What is the closest mapped public transport to Buuren Bastion?

Castle of Good Hope is approximately 160 m in a straight line from the nearest part of the mapped street. This is a source record within the 1 km search radius, not a walking route or confirmation of operating services.

What is the postcode of Buuren Bastion?

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.