Florida Glen
Florida Glen is a small, primarily residential suburb on the eastern edge of the city of Roodepoort.
Florida Glen is a small, primarily residential suburb on the eastern edge of the city of Roodepoort.
The N1 freeway runs through Florida Glen, and intersects at the Gordon Road offramp. The main road through Florida Glen was Lange Ave, until the building of the N1 Western Bypass in the 1980s, which diverted traffic onto the busy Gordon Road. Florida Glen is flanked by Quellerina to the north and Delarey to the south, Bergbron and Northcliff to the east, and Florida Hills, and Newlands to the west. For many years its residents were Afrikaans- and English-speaking white middle-class families. In the 1990s and following it became an attractive suburb for black, coloured and indian middle-class families from nearby Coronation, Newlands, Soweto and Lenasia, as it is easily accessible from the city and the N1 Western Bypass. Florida Glen has no schools of its own, and there are few churches and community centres - notably the NG Kerk Florida Glen which is visible from the Western Bypass, with its large steel spire.
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Worth seeing in and around Florida Glen
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Cecil Payne Stadium
Cecil Payne Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Roodepoort, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches and was utilized as a training field for teams participating in the 2010 FIFA World Cup after being brought up to FIFA standards.
2.2 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Florida Glen
- Airports
- Lanseria (HLA), 25 km · O.R. Tambo (JNB), 30 km · Sir Seretse Khama (GBE), 271 km
- Polokwane → Florida Glen295 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · R290–390
- Mbombela → Florida Glen313 km · quickest by road, 5h 10m · R320–425
- Bloemfontein → Florida Glen370 km · quickest by road, 5h 22m · R355–470
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Florida Glen
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Florida Glen. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundSeveral tour operators are available: Imbizo Tours.
- Get aroundProfessional tour guides using luxury minivans.
- Get aroundSoweto-based tour operator offering fully guided day and night tours of this chaotic but otherwise energetic and vibrant place.
- Get aroundTours use private cars and minibuses and include visits to many cultural, heritage and historical places including buffet lunch/ dinner/ supper.
From Wikivoyage: Johannesburg/Soweto, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Florida Glen
Florida Glen is 7 km from Roodepoort, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Northcliffwealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa3.4 km