Street atlas

Repulse Road, Cape Town

Mapped section in Cape Town, Western Cape. Nearest mapped place in the City of Cape Town OSM area: Penlyn Estate, 432 m from the selected point.

Mapped length
1.79 km
Connected street names in this directory
4

Street map

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

Repulse Road at a glance

For Repulse Road in Cape Town, the road lines shown here total 1.79 km. This section connects to 4 street names in this directory.

Within 500 m of these lines, the snapshot contains 12 named place records, including 8 in education and 2 in shops & services.

Records within 500 m of the street
12Named source records; not a count of unique venues
Mapped clinic nearby
350 mPenlyn Medicentre
Mapped park nearby
160 mBelthorne Park
Mapped school nearby
30 mThornton Road Primary School

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.

Shops & services

2 records
  • Elite Cash n CarrySupermarket
    240 m
  • Vintage MoversBicycle
    430 m
Show all 2 shops & services records
  • Elite Cash n CarrySupermarketosm:node:1894221397 · -33.98124, 18.53236
    240 m
  • Vintage MoversBicycleosm:node:7692840212 · -33.98294, 18.51246
    430 m

Health services

1 record
  • Penlyn MedicentreClinic
    350 m
Show all 1 health services record
  • Penlyn MedicentreClinicosm:way:744973786 · -33.98395, 18.52456
    350 m

Education

8 records
  • Thornton Road Primary SchoolSchool
    30 m
  • Habibia International Peace CollegeCollege
    480 m
  • Habibia Junior MadressaEarly learning
    490 m
Show all 8 education records
  • Thornton Road Primary SchoolSchoolosm:way:12781283 · -33.97908, 18.51137
    30 m
  • Athlone Pre-primary SchoolSchoolosm:way:655461348 · -33.97998, 18.51487
    120 m
  • Starling Primary SchoolSchoolosm:way:22605672 · -33.98248, 18.52575
    160 m
  • Habibia Primary SchoolSchoolosm:way:655452073 · -33.97693, 18.52259
    300 m
  • Alexander Sinton Secondary SchoolSchoolosm:way:12781290 · -33.97606, 18.51246
    330 m
  • Habibia International Peace CollegeCollegeosm:way:724679510 · -33.97542, 18.52318
    480 m
  • Turfhall Primary SchoolSchoolosm:way:22632168 · -33.98331, 18.51883
    480 m
  • Habibia Junior MadressaEarly learningosm:relation:12882673 · -33.97558, 18.52408
    490 m

Parks & green spaces

1 record
  • Belthorne ParkPark
    160 m
Show all 1 parks & green spaces record
  • Belthorne ParkParkosm:way:1169909622 · -33.98034, 18.51476
    160 m

Transport nearby

1 km from the street

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: 1 vehicle-position or technical records

Vehicle stopping positions describe where a vehicle stops, not necessarily where a passenger waits. The snapshot contains 1 transport objects in total; separate objects may belong to the same facility.

  • CrawfordVehicle stopping positionosm:node:6628609249 · -33.97726, 18.50136
    980 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
1.79 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
Belgravia (344 m, 19%), Gatesville (456 m, 25%), Rylands (439 m, 25%), Belthorn Estate (384 m, 21%), Mountview (438 m, 24%), Penlyn Estate (666 m, 37%)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
-33.980256, 18.523691Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Nearest mapped place
Penlyn Estate · 432 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

4 street names 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
Residential / Tertiary road

This is an OpenStreetMap road classification, not a statement about land use. Values vary along the section.

Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,788 m of 1,788 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • highway=residential, tertiary

    Recorded on 7 of 7 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,788 m of 1,788 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: 1,788 m of 1,788 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • surface=asphalt

    Recorded on 7 of 7 mapped segments; 0 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 1,788 m of 1,788 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

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 6 of 7 segments.

Tag coverage by geometry length: 44 m of 1,788 m (2.5%). Unknown: 1,743 m (97.5%).

Tag details and coverage
  • maxspeed=60

    Recorded on 1 of 7 mapped segments; 6 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 44 m of 1,788 m (2.5%). Unknown: 1,743 m (97.5%).

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 1,788 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,788 m (100.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • sidewalk

    No value in the source.

    Recorded on 0 of 7 mapped segments; 7 without this tag.

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 0 m of 1,788 m (0.0%). Unknown: 1,788 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 Repulse Road?

The Repulse Road section shown in Cape Town shares mapped junctions with these streets in this directory: Belgravia Road, Bellmore Avenue, Johnston Road and Mohan Avenue. Junctions with streets that are not in this directory are not listed. These are geographic connections, not driving directions.

Which shops are near Repulse Road in Cape Town?

The snapshot contains 2 named shopping points within 500 m of the Repulse Road section shown in Cape Town. Nearby examples include Elite Cash n Carry and Vintage Movers. Distances are measured in a straight line from the street geometry; these listings do not confirm opening hours or every business in the area.

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.