Street atlas

Cowrie Crescent in Milnerton, Cape Town

Cowrie Crescent is a mapped street in Milnerton, Cape Town. The represented road geometry totals about 599 m. Nearby mapped records include food & drink, shops & services.

Mapped length
599 m
Connected street names in this directory
1

Street map

Cowrie Crescent in Milnerton
Outline of Cowrie Crescent, Cape Town, with nearby directory streets. North is up. Context outlines are from the same release.N ↑

Cowrie Crescent at a glance

Place records along this section
5 recordsNamed source records within 500 m of any part of the mapped lines; not unique venues
Mapped supermarket nearby
490 mWoolworths Food

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

2 records
  • Hong Kong KitchenRestaurant · 490 m
  • Bak MeiTakeaway · 490 m
Show all 2 food & drink records
  • Hong Kong KitchenRestaurant · 490 mSource type: restaurantosm:node:5915845385 · object edited 2023-08-09 · -33.85458, 18.49515
  • Bak MeiTakeaway · 490 mSource type: fast_foodosm:node:2291483861 · object edited 2019-05-15 · -33.85458, 18.49520

Shops & services

3 records
  • Woolworths FoodSupermarket · 490 m
  • Vee's VideoVideo · 490 m
  • Sunset Beach Wine & LiquorAlcohol shop · 490 m
Show all 3 shops & services records
  • Vee's VideoVideo · 490 mSource type: videoosm:node:2291484462 · object edited 2019-05-15 · -33.85458, 18.49509
  • Sunset Beach Wine & LiquorAlcohol shop · 490 mSource type: alcoholosm:node:2291484454 · object edited 2013-05-04 · -33.85461, 18.49503
  • Woolworths FoodSupermarket · 490 mSource type: supermarketosm:node:5964499319 · object edited 2019-05-15 · -33.85451, 18.49534

Transport nearby

Along this mapped section · within 1 km

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

No named passenger access records are available in this snapshot.

Source detail: 2 vehicle-position or technical records

Vehicle stopping positions describe where a vehicle stops, not necessarily where a passenger waits. The snapshot contains 2 transport objects in total; separate objects may belong to the same facility.

  • Sunset BeachVehicle stopping position · 510 mSource type: public_transport_stop_positionosm:node:7484435353 · object edited 2024-04-13 · -33.85410, 18.49642
  • Sunset BeachVehicle stopping position · 520 mSource type: public_transport_stop_positionosm:node:11782209727 · object edited 2024-04-13 · -33.85409, 18.49653

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
599 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
Milnerton (599 m, 100%), Milnerton (alternative OSM outline) (599 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
-33.850539, 18.492896Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Suburb / locality
MilnertonPredominant mapped locality polygon.
Nearest OSM place label
Sunset Beach · 379 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 3a2def1b-2c85-5478-9c25-3d50f20aa90b · OSM way 24562074
    highway
    residential
    name
    Cowrie Crescent
  • Segment f64eb70c-00e9-5fb1-8fac-172a7de67f00 · OSM way 24562076
    highway
    residential
    name
    Cowrie Crescent
  • Segment 89f36080-24f7-5b56-98d2-399d514fbd1b · OSM way 701442166
    highway
    residential
    name
    Cowrie Crescent

Connections

1 street name in this directory

Mapped topology

Connected 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.

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
Residential100% of represented geometry

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

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  • highway
    • highway=residential · 3 segments · 599 m · ways 24562074, 24562076, 701442166

    Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 599 m of 599 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
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  • surface
    • surface=asphalt · 3 segments · 599 m · ways 24562074, 24562076, 701442166

    Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 599 m of 599 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Recorded on 3 of 3 mapped segments.

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

Lengths refer to the represented road lines, not surveyed road or pavement lengths.

Mapped speed limit
60 km/h on 41% of the mapped length; 59% not recorded41% of represented geometry

Mapped value — not live traffic guidance

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  • maxspeed
    • maxspeed=60 · 1 segment · 244 m · ways 24562076

    Recorded on 1 of 3 mapped segments; 2 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 244 m of 599 m (40.7%). Unknown: 356 m (59.3%).

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 3 mapped segments; 3 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 599 m (0.0%). Unknown: 599 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

Questions about this street

Where is Cowrie Crescent?

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

What is the postcode of Cowrie Crescent?

A street-wide delivery postcode has not been independently verified in the current dataset.

What roads connect with Cowrie Crescent?

Mapped topology: Bay Beach Avenue.

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.

Author, data sources & methodology

Edited by Yoel Castaño Peón for Callejear South Africa. Methodology · Sources & licences.

Map and geographic data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL). Extracts provided by Geofabrik.

Data snapshot: September 2026. Snapshot details.

Name, outline & road tags
Recorded in OpenStreetMapSource records, not an on-site survey by Callejear.
Length, proximity & localities
CalculatedMeasurements and spatial relationships from the source geometry.
Street identity
Source-supportedSegments grouped by name, city, shared nodes and compatible level.
Municipal corroboration
Not verifiedNot cross-checked against municipal street data.
Page text
Template-generatedAssembled by templates from source records and automated checks; individual human review of this page is pending.
Coverage notes
  • This outline describes recorded map geometry, not current access, safety or navigation conditions.
  • Missing places and connections may be absent from this selected sample. No completeness is claimed.