Meadowridge is a small residential suburb in Cape Town surrounded by Plumstead, Diep River, Bergvliet and Constantia.
TRANSPORT
Travelling around the Southern Suburbs is relatively easy.
Download the mobile app TCT (Transport Cape Town) which is available for the following smartphones: Windows Phone, iPhone, Android and Blackberry and under the name ‘TCT’ (look for the red logo). The app incorporates MyCiti, Golden Arrow (private bus company and Metrorail.
MyCiti (Cape Town’s bus system) does not yet operate in the Southern Suburbs, but Golden Arrow does.
Taxis
There are plenty of good, safe and reliable taxi firms in Cape Town, taxis cannot be hailed in the street, a telephone call is required.
Mini-bus Taxis are shared taxis can be hailed in the street on busy routes. There is a lot of bad press about minibus taxis, to be safe stick to the busy routes during the day.
Uber operates in Cape Town.
Train
Metrorail operates short distance commuter trains to Simon’s Town through the southern suburbs (southern line), to the Northern Suburbs and outlying towns of Paarl, Wellington, Malmesbury and Worcester. For the map of the lines see Metrorail. There is also a Metrorail App available.
THINGS TO SEE
1) Meadowridge Common
Meadowridge Common is a small protected remnant of the Bergvliet Farm that is critically valuable for the endangered 'Cape Flats Sand Fynbos'. It contains as many as 137 different flowering plant species. The owner of the Bergvliet farm collected almost 600 species between 1914 and 1919. The collection be viewed in the Compton Herbarium at Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden. These remnants have the highest concentration of plant species threatened with extinction recorded in Africa. Guided walks are conducted around September and October each year when the floral displays are at their best.
THINGS TO DO:
1) African Pride Tours is located next to the local Woolworths in the Meadowridge Shopping Centre on Howard Drive. They offer tailored African Safaris, honeymoons, golf, luxury trains, bush & beach holidays, trips to Kruger National Park, Botswana, Okavango Delta and much more. Visit them at www.africanpride.co.za
2) Meadowridge is within short driving distance of various beaches along False Bay, Simon's Town, Silvermine Nature Reserve (hiking trails), from the V&A Waterfront and much more. It's a peaceful suburb centrally located.
- Visit the Meadowridge Common, one of the last areas housing the critically endangered 'Cape Flats Sand Fynbos". These remnants have the highest concentration of plant species threatened with extinction recorded in Africa
- African Pride Tours based in the local Meadowridge shopping centre offers all kinds of adventure tours around the country
- Close to beaches and shopping malls
- Close to nature reserves and incredible hiking trails, including the ones in Silvermine
- Close to Simon's Town, Kalk Bay and the stunning Cape Peninsula coastal drive
- Close to the V&A Waterfront and more
It was developed in 1955, prior to that the horse riding fraternity would gallop their horses through Meadowridge all the way to Kreuplebosch and to continue through the vineyards.
