Street atlas

Shepherd Road, Cape Town

Mapped section in Cape Town, Western Cape. Nearest mapped place in the City of Cape Town OSM area: Lavender Hill, 385 m from the selected point.

Mapped length
344 m
Connected street names in this directory
1

Street map

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

Shepherd Road at a glance

For Shepherd Road in Cape Town, the road lines shown here total 344 m. This section connects to 1 street name in this directory.

Within 500 m of these lines, the snapshot contains 5 named place records, including 3 in education and 1 in health services.

Records within 500 m of the street
5Named source records; not a count of unique venues
Mapped clinic nearby
210 mLavender Hill Clinic
Mapped school nearby
270 mLevana Primary School
Mapped supermarket nearby
250 mRite Price Supermarket

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

1 record
  • Rite Price SupermarketSupermarket
    250 m
Show all 1 shops & services record
  • Rite Price SupermarketSupermarketosm:node:7908668807 · -34.06826, 18.48682
    250 m

Health services

1 record
  • Lavender Hill ClinicClinic
    210 m
Show all 1 health services record
  • Lavender Hill ClinicClinicosm:way:847525211 · -34.06846, 18.48613
    210 m

Education

3 records
  • Levana Primary SchoolSchool
    270 m
  • Hillwood Primary SchoolSchool
    310 m
  • Lavender Hill High SchoolSchool
    420 m
Show all 3 education records
  • Levana Primary SchoolSchoolosm:way:750261586 · -34.06963, 18.48880
    270 m
  • Hillwood Primary SchoolSchoolosm:way:750261585 · -34.07184, 18.48897
    310 m
  • Lavender Hill High SchoolSchoolosm:way:746574114 · -34.06702, 18.48802
    420 m

Street facts

Mapped geometry length
344 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
Locality
Lavender Hill (344 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
-34.070835, 18.485832Latitude, longitude; on the mapped line, not an address or entrance.
Nearest mapped place
Lavender Hill · 385 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.

Show 4 more nearby street names

The road profile

Mapped road classification
Residential

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

Tag coverage by geometry length: 343 m of 343 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • highway=residential

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

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 343 m of 343 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

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

Road surface
Concrete / Paved

Values vary along the section.

Tag coverage by geometry length: 343 m of 343 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • surface=concrete, paved

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

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 343 m of 343 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 0 of 7 segments.

Tag coverage by geometry length: 343 m of 343 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

Tag details and coverage
  • maxspeed=60

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

    Tag coverage by geometry length: 343 m of 343 m (100.0%). Unknown: 0 m (0.0%).

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 343 m (0.0%). Unknown: 343 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 343 m (0.0%). Unknown: 343 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 Shepherd Road?

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

Which shops are near Shepherd Road in Cape Town?

The snapshot contains 1 named shopping point within 500 m of the Shepherd Road section shown in Cape Town. Nearby examples include Rite Price Supermarket. 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.