Rosebank
Worth seeing in and around Rosebank
10 places 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.
- 01University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university status in 1918, making it the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest university in Sub-Saharan Africa in continuous operation.
1.3 km · public university in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 02Athlone Stadium
The Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer matches, but is sometimes used for Currie Cup rugby matches.
4 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 03Table Mountain Fire (2021)
The 2021 Table Mountain fire was a major fire that started on 18 April 2021 in and around Table Mountain National Park and the neighbourhoods of Newlands, Rosebank, Mowbray and Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. The damage to sites in the Table Mountain area included the Rhodes Memorial, where a restaurant burned down; the upper campus of the University of Cape Town, where the Special Collections library was gutted; and Mostert's Mill, a historic windmill that burned down.
1.4 km · Wildfires in Table Mountain · Wikipedia - 04Newlands Cricket Ground
Newlands Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in Newlands, Cape Town. One of the oldest sporting stadiums in South Africa, the ground is owned by the Western Province Cricket Association and is the home of Western Province and MI Cape Town.
2.1 km · cricket ground in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 05Devil's Peak
Devil's Peak is part of the mountainous backdrop to Cape Town, South Africa. When looking at Table Mountain from the city centre, or when looking towards the city across Table Bay, the skyline from left to right consists of Devil's Peak, the flat summit of Table Mountain, the peak of Lion's Head, and Signal Hill.
3.2 km · mountain · Wikipedia - 06Jagger Library
The Jagger Library was the main reading room of the University of Cape Town Libraries. The building was constructed in the 1930s, named after John William Jagger, a major benefactor of the University of Cape Town Libraries.
1.3 km · library in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 07African Gender Institute
The African Gender Institute is a feminist research and teaching group that studies issues related to gender in Africa. It has become a department at the University of Cape Town, administered within the School of African and Gender Studies, Social Anthropology and Linguistics.
1.4 km · research institute · Wikipedia - 08Rondebosch Fountain
Rondebosch Fountain is an ornamental Victorian drinking trough for horses, standing on a traffic island on the intersection between Belmont Road and Main Road in the centre of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. It was declared a National Monument on 10 April 1964.
800 m · historic site in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 09MTN Sciencentre
The Cape Town Science Centre is a not-for-profit science centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It forms part of a wide range of non-classroom initiatives to improve the quality of science understanding and science literacy in South Africa.
2.1 km · science museum in Observatory, Cape Town · Wikipedia - 10South African College of Music
The South African College of Music, abbreviated as SACM, is a department of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town. It is located on the university's Lower Campus in Rondebosch, Cape Town.
400 m · department of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Cape Town · Wikipedia
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Getting to Rosebank
- Airports
- Cape Town (CPT), 12 km
- Stations
- Salt River railway station, 3.3 km · Claremont railway station, 3 km
- George → Rosebank368 km · quickest by road, 6h 15m · R380–510
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) → Rosebank659 km · quickest by air, 4h 24m · R1,220–1,900
- Kimberley → Rosebank833 km · quickest by air, 4h 53m · R1,430–2,220
- 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 Rosebank
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 Rosebank. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMinibus taxis are used widely by locals but tourists are usually discouraged from using them, except for the Green Point - Sea Point - Clifton - Camps Bay route that is frequently used by tourists.
- Get aroundSome minibus taxi operators have noticed the upsurge in the tourist market and are starting to provide safe and legal alternatives to the traditional minibus taxis.
- Get aroundThey are more expensive than traditional minibus taxis, but still far cheaper than metered taxis.
- Go nextCape Town is perfectly placed for many one or two day trips, which offer a variety in experiencing fresh landscapes and cultures.
- Go nextThe tour takes 3½ hours including the ferry ride to and from the island.
From Wikivoyage: Cape Town, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in Rosebank – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Rosebank
Rosebank is 6 km from Cape Town, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Newlands Stadiumsports venue in Cape Town, South Africa1.7 km
- Claremontsuburb of Cape Town, South Africa2.9 km
- Rondeboschsuburb of Cape Town, South Africa900 m
- Observatorysuburb of Cape Town, South Africa2 km
- Newlandssuburb of Cape Town, South Africa3.4 km
- Salt Riversuburb of Cape Town3 km