Meadowridge, Cape Town

Meadowridge was designed from the start to be a garden suburb and was carefully laid out to include wide pavements with pathways, grass verges and trees. The two shopping centres in Meadowridge are just across the road from the sports clubs and Meadowridge Common. The Common is a welcome "green lung" in the heart of the suburb. In the more open areas, away from the pine trees on the commonage, efforts are being made to preserve one of the last remaining areas of highly threatened Sand Plain Fynbos.
 
Welcome to Meadowridge Common
Welcome to Meadowridge Common
  Bollards help to keep most parts of Meadowridge Common car free.

Bordering the Meadowridge Common are a number of sports clubs, a scout hall, a guide hall, two nursery schools / kindergartens and the Meadowridge Library. There are also two shopping centres in the centre of Meadowridge.

Meadowridge is situated in an area known as the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town. The Southern Suburbs start (depending upon whom you ask) from approximately the suburb of Observatory and then, going south, include all the old suburbs as far as Lakeside. Generally the part of Cape Town from Muizenberg and further south is known as the South Peninsula (and includes towns such as Fish Hoek and Simonstown).

Meadowridge is located within the well known Constantia Valley. The Constantia Valley is bounded on three sides by mountains. To the west the valley is flanked by the eastern side of the world famous Table Mountain and a little further south rises the prominent Constantiaberg ("Constantia Mountain"). To the North, Wynberg Hill separates The Constantia Valley from other suburbs closer to the centre of Cape Town. To the south, The Muizenberg Mountains are the dominant feature on the horizon. Towards the east lies The Main Road (M4), the Southern Suburbs / Simonstown railway line and the suburbs in the direction of The Cape Flats. Meadowridge has very good road access to other parts of Cape Town and the Cape Peninsula.

For self-catering and bed & breakfast accommodation in Meadowridge, view Sunbird Hideaway
For bed & breakfast accommodation just minutes  from  Meadowridge, view Orchard House in Bergvliet
For  self-catering  accommodation  only  minutes  from   Meadowridge, view Calow Cottage in Constantia

Below are photographs of some of the facilities in Meadowridge.

 

     
Fields of The Meadowridge Football Club   The Meadowridge Bowls Club
The Meadowridge Football Club field with Muizenberg Mountain in the background   The Meadowridge Bowls Club
     
The Meadowridge Shopping Centre   Part of the larger Park 'n Shop Shopping Centre
The Meadowridge Shopping Centre   Part of the larger Park 'n Shop Shopping Centre
     
A service / petrol station in Meadowridge, Cape Town   Howard Drive, leading past the Meadowridge Library and shopping centres
A service / petrol station in Meadowridge   Howard Drive, leading past the Meadowridge Library and shops
     
  An Egyptian goose trying to understand the complexities of football  
  An Egyptian goose trying to understand the complexities of football ?