Street atlas

Herschel Walk, Cape Town

Mapped section in Cape Town, Western Cape. Nearest mapped place in the City of Cape Town OSM area: Kenilworth, 753 m from the selected point.

Mapped length
1.19 km
Connected street names in this directory
1

Street map

Herschel Walk
Outline of Herschel Walk, Cape Town, with nearby directory streets. North is up. Context outlines are from the same release.N ↑

Herschel Walk at a glance

For Herschel Walk in Cape Town, the road lines shown here total 1.19 km. This section connects to 1 street name in this directory.

Within 500 m of these lines, the snapshot contains 13 named place records, including 8 in sport & fitness and 4 in education.

Records within 500 m of the street
13Named source records; not a count of unique venues
Mapped park nearby
470 mWynberg Park
Mapped pitch nearby
100 mOude Wijnberg Field
Mapped school nearby
270 mSpringfield Convent of the Holy Rosary

Everyday places nearby

500 m from the street

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.

Education

4 records
  • Springfield Convent of the Holy RosarySchool
    270 m
  • Wynberg Boys' High SchoolSchool
    270 m
  • International School of Cape TownSchool
    310 m
Show all 4 education records
  • Springfield Convent of the Holy RosarySchoolosm:way:1294943590 · -34.00281, 18.45798
    270 m
  • Wynberg Boys' High SchoolSchoolosm:way:1425802290 · -33.99794, 18.46032
    270 m
  • International School of Cape TownSchoolosm:way:447308933 · -33.99266, 18.45617
    310 m
  • Herschel Girls' Preparatory SchoolSchoolosm:way:32607873 · -33.98882, 18.46362
    410 m

Parks & green spaces

1 record
  • Wynberg ParkPark
    470 m
Show all 1 parks & green spaces record
  • Wynberg ParkParkosm:way:17102744 · -34.00031, 18.45275
    470 m

Sport & fitness

8 records
  • Oude Wijnberg FieldSports pitch
    100 m
  • Hawthornden FieldSports pitch
    200 m
  • Jacques Kallis OvalSports pitch
    200 m
Show all 8 sport & fitness records
  • Oude Wijnberg FieldSports pitchosm:way:135717575 · -33.99981, 18.45906
    100 m
  • Hawthornden FieldSports pitchosm:way:17105559 · -33.99651, 18.45947
    200 m
  • Jacques Kallis OvalSports pitchosm:way:17105556 · -33.99931, 18.46000
    200 m
  • Silverhurst FieldsSports pitchosm:way:1425609620 · -33.99674, 18.46135
    350 m
  • Astro 2Sports pitchosm:way:931123008 · -34.00101, 18.46298
    450 m
  • Tasker FieldSports pitchosm:way:931125901 · -33.99980, 18.46310
    460 m
  • Astro 1Sports pitchosm:way:931123009 · -34.00148, 18.46329
    490 m
  • Douglas Murray FieldSports pitchosm:way:4915027 · -33.98882, 18.46492
    490 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
1.19 kmLength 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
Locality
Claremont (534 m, 45%), Kenilworth (451 m, 38%), Wynberg (668 m, 56%)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
-33.993006, 18.460303Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Nearest mapped place
Kenilworth · 753 mNamed OSM place point inside the City of Cape Town 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 directory

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.

Nearby streets

Shortest distance between mapped geometries, not a walking distance.

The road profile

Mapped road classification
Secondary road

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

Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,186 m of 1,186 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • highway=secondary

    Recorded on 12 of 12 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,186 m of 1,186 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

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

Road surface
Asphalt

Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,186 m of 1,186 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • surface=asphalt

    Recorded on 12 of 12 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,186 m of 1,186 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

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

Traffic direction
One-way

Tag coverage by geometry length: 244 m of 1,186 m (20.6%). Unknown: 942 m (79.4%).

Tag details and coverage
  • oneway=yes

    Recorded on 7 of 12 mapped segments; 5 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 244 m of 1,186 m (20.6%). Unknown: 942 m (79.4%).

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

Mapped speed limit
60 km/h

Speed-limit data is missing for 11 of 12 segments.

Tag coverage by geometry length: 90 m of 1,186 m (7.6%). Unknown: 1,096 m (92.4%).

Tag details and coverage
  • maxspeed=60

    Recorded on 1 of 12 mapped segments; 11 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 90 m of 1,186 m (7.6%). Unknown: 1,096 m (92.4%).

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

Pavements
Unknown

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.

Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,186 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,186 m (100.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • sidewalk

    No value in the source.

    Recorded on 0 of 12 mapped segments; 12 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,186 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,186 m (100.0%).

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

Other documented areas

Questions about this street

Which streets in this directory connect to Herschel Walk?

The Herschel Walk section shown in Cape Town shares mapped junctions with these streets in this directory: Newlands Road. Junctions with streets that are not in this directory are not listed. These are geographic connections, not driving directions.

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.
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.