Distance from A 8 to Black River Parkway

N A 8 → Black River Parkway
Road distance
20.7 km
Metro routes · M3 / M41 / M5
A 8 to Black River Parkway is a short everyday drive, covering about 20.7 km in roughly 25 min.
Geodesic Direct point-to-point reference
18.0 km
Road multiplier Route-to-direct distance ratio
1.15×
Navigation steps Instruction count in route set
20
Info Travel board
Travel time
25 min
End point
Black River Parkway
Return: 51 min
Rolling runtime Engine-calculated drive duration
25 min
Average velocity Distance over route runtime
47.9 km/h
Stop-adjusted ETA 0 planned rest stops
25 min
Fuel Service sign
Estimated fuel cost - 7.2 L/100km
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R39.56
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R39.73
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R48.18
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R48.48
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R52.20
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R52.42
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R63.58
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R63.97
93 Petrol R26.52 / litre
R68.68
95 Petrol R26.63 / litre
R68.97
Diesel 500ppm R32.30 / litre
R83.65
Diesel 50ppm R32.50 / litre
R84.17
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Compass bearing
13° NNE
Forward azimuth heading
Return heading Reverse azimuth
193° SSW
Coordinate delta Lat / Lon shift
North-East
Start coords Origin point
-34.1032, 18.4395
End coords Destination point
-33.9462, 18.4847
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Route class Operational trip category
Local shared
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Travel modes
A 8 → Black River Parkway
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Car
20.7 km
25 min
Road route
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Two-wheeler
20.7 km
~24 min
52 km/h avg
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Places in Black River Parkway

Fuel stops, shops, restaurants and services in and around A 8 and Black River Parkway.

🔧
Car services 0.6 km

Symonds Autos

74 Durban Road, Mowbray, 7700
🛒
Supermarkets 0.7 km

Back Area Garden Deli

U1 Alexandra Road, Pinelands, Cape Town
🏛️
Government offices 0.7 km

Pedal Power Association

9 Hill Park Lane, Cape Town
🏫
Schools & education 0.8 km

Gaia Waldorf School

H3
🏫
College 0.8 km

Damelin College Mowbray

12 Liesbeek Parkway, Mowbray, Cape Town, 7705, Western Cape
🏫
Schools & education 1.0 km

Pinelands Montessori

C1 Alexandra Road, Cape Town
💼
Professional services 1.0 km

Urban Harvest Edible Gardens

34 Low Street, Observatory, Cape Town
🏠
Home & garden 1.1 km

Starke Ayres Garden Centre

21 Liesbeek Parkway, Rosebank, 7700
🏛️
Government offices 1.2 km

Arepp Theatre For Life

16 John Street, Mowbray, Cape Town
🏫
University 1.2 km

Cape Peninsula University of Technology (Mowbray Campus)

Highbury Road, Cape Town, 7700
🏛️
Government offices 1.2 km

Help a Rural Child Charity Trust

6 Victoria Road, Cape Town
👔
Clothing & fashion 1.2 km

Outdoor Warehouse

34 Klipfontein Road, Cape Town, 7700
🏫
Schools & education 1.3 km

Rustenburg Girls' High School

44 Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town
💪
Gym & fitness 1.3 km

Sportsman's Warehouse

32 Klipfontein Road, Cape Town, 7700
🛒
Convenience store 1.3 km

The Alma Cafe

20 Alma Road, Rosebank, 7700
💼
Professional services 1.3 km

Research Contracts & Innovation

2 Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray, Cape Town
🏛️
Government offices 1.3 km

Paediatric-Adolescent Treatment Africa (PATA)

Wyecroft Road
🏫
Schools & education 1.3 km

Rosebank Progress Private College

20 Main Road, Rosebank, 7700
🏠
Home & garden 1.3 km

Groote Schuur Community Improvement District

93 Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Town
🏛️
Government offices 1.3 km

Rags2Riches

93 Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Town
🛒
Convenience store 1.4 km

KwikSpar

1 Central Square, Pinelands, 7405
🏫
Schools & education 1.4 km

Lea Pre-Primary

2 Arcadia Road, Rosebank, 7700
🛒
Convenience store 1.5 km

Pick n Pay Express

52 Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch, 7700, Western Cape
🏫
College 1.5 km

Design Time

63 Trill Road, Observatory, Cape Town
🛒
Convenience store 1.5 km

Pick n Pay Express

Pinelands, 7405, Western Cape
👔
Clothing & fashion 1.5 km

Voom Voom

15 Lower Main Road, Observatory
👔
Clothing & fashion 1.6 km

Voom Voom

61 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 1.6 km

Revolution Records

73 Lower Main Road, Cape Town, 7925
💼
Professional services 1.6 km

EcoAfrica

1 Herschel Road, Observatory, Cape Town
🏛️
Government offices 1.6 km

National Geo-spatial Information

Rhodes Avenue, Mowbray, Cape Town
🏛️
Government offices 1.6 km

The Development Action Group

101 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town
🛒
Supermarkets 1.6 km

Komati Foods

74 Lower Main Road, Cape Town, 7925
🏛️
Government offices 1.6 km

Sex Workers Education & Advocacy Taskforce

19 Anson Street, Cape Town, 7925
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 1.7 km

Tops at Spar

67 Station Road, Southern Peninsula, Western Cape
🛒
Supermarkets 1.7 km

Pick n Pay

423 Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925, Western Cape
💼
Professional services 1.7 km

Capago

2 Fir Street
🏬
Shopping malls 1.7 km

Saint Peters Square

423 Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town, 7925
🏠
Home & garden 1.7 km

Hawkes & Findlay Hardware Store

57 Station Road, Observatory, Cape Town
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Clothing & fashion 1.7 km

Mnandi Textiles & Design

90 Station Road, 7925
Convenience store 1.8 km

Shell Select

7925, Western Cape
💼
Professional services 1.8 km

Performance Brands South Africa

1 Fir Street, Cape Town, 7925
💼
Professional services 1.8 km

First Ascent Head Office

1 Fir Street, Cape Town, 7925
Convenience store 1.8 km

Shell Select

7700, Western Cape
🏠
Home & garden 1.9 km

Observatory Improvement District

7 Saint Michael's Road, Cape Town
💼
Professional services 1.9 km

Tractor Outdoor

28 Wesley Street, Observatory, Cape Town
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Car services 1.9 km

Jan Kriel Garage & Panel Shop

192 Lower Main Road, Cape Town, 7925
🛒
Convenience store 2.0 km

Bonjour

341 Main Road, Cape Town, 7925
💼
Professional services 2.0 km

Teleperformance

21 Howe Street, Observatory, Cape Town
🔧
Car services 2.0 km

MQ's Workshop

27 Golf Course Road, Sybrand Park, 7700
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Laundry & repairs 2.0 km

Rondewash Laundry

47 Main Road, Cape Town, 7700
Fuel stations 2.0 km

Shell

Berkley Road, Maitland, 7405, Western Cape
🧺
Laundry & repairs 2.2 km

My Laundry Lounge

289 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town
🏦
Banks 2.2 km

ABSA

Main Road
🏦
Banks 2.2 km

Standard Bank

Main Road
🍽️
Food & drink 2.2 km

The Local Baker

178 Lower Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town
🏬
Shopping malls 2.2 km

Riverside Centre

Main Road
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.2 km

LiquorShop Checkers

Cape Town, 7700, Western Cape
Convenience store 2.3 km

Astron Energy

307 Main Road, Observatory, Cape Town
🏠
Home & garden 2.3 km

All Office

9 Browning Road, Salt River, Cape Town, 7925
🐾
Pet services 2.4 km

Dogz at Home Dog Training Centre

Willow Way
🏠
Home & garden 2.5 km

Quality Office Furniture

184 Voortrekker Road
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Car services 2.6 km

Driveshafts Centre Maitland

5 Koeberg Road, Maitland, Cape Town, 7405
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.6 km

Cape of Storms Distilling Company

100 Voortrekker Road, 7925
🔧
Car services 2.6 km

Modern Auto Midas

135 Voortrekker Road
🏠
Home & garden 2.7 km

SIXLOVE Studio

Coleridge Road
🔧
Car services 2.8 km

Cannings Automotive Refinishing Specialist

10 Brickfield Road, Cape Town
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Gifts & hobbies 2.9 km

Cultivate

Yew Street
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 2.9 km

One-Juice

Yew Street
Fuel stations 2.9 km

Shell

400 Albert Road, 7925, Western Cape
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Car services 3.1 km

Fantasy Cars CC

5 Voortrekker Road
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Butcheries 3.1 km

Good Hope Meat Hyper

443 Albert Road, Salt River, Cape Town, 7925
👔
Clothing & fashion 3.1 km

Academic Apparel Gowns & Robes

48 Salt River Road, Salt River Cape Town, 7925
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Car services 3.1 km

Marine Equipment Supplies

57 Salt River Road, Salt River, Cape Town
🏠
Home & garden 3.1 km

eldc

310 Victoria Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 3.3 km

Paper Moon Book Shop

105 Roodebloem Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925
🐾
Pet services 3.3 km

Better Pets

77 Roodebloem Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
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Beauty & wellness 3.4 km

Good Things

304 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
🎁
Gifts & hobbies 3.4 km

SurPlus Bookshop

302 Albert Road, Woodstock, Cape Town
🍽️
Food & drink 3.4 km

Fish4Africa

230 Victoria Road, Woodstock, 7915
🏦
Banks 3.4 km

Standard Bank

Victoria Road
🏦
Banks 3.5 km

FNB

222 Victoria Road, Cape Town
🍽️
Food & drink 3.5 km

Bootlegger Coffee Company

1 Koeberg Road, Brooklyn, Cape Town, 7405
Convenience store 3.5 km

Shell Select

7780, Western Cape
💊
Pharmacies 3.6 km

Clicks

1 Koeberg Road, Brooklyn, Cape Town, 7405
🏦
Banks 3.7 km

Capitec Woodstock

172 Victoria Road, Woodstock Cape Town, 7925
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Electronics 3.8 km

Maker Station

9 Plein Street, Cape Town
Convenience store 3.9 km

Shell Select

7405, Western Cape
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Laundry & repairs 3.9 km

Al Sams Lock and Key

46 Church Street, Woodstock, Cape Town
🍽️
Food & drink 4.1 km

Kristen's Kick-Ass Ice Cream

60 Main Street, Newlands, 7700
🍽️
Food & drink 4.2 km

Lebanese Bakery

Imam Haron Road
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Clothing & fashion 4.2 km

Anna Rosholt Jewellery

7 Ravenscraig Road
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Electronics 4.3 km

Claremont Home Appliance Doctor

18-20, 7700
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Beauty & wellness 4.3 km

NXTCUT

5 Pearce Road
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Laundry & repairs 4.3 km

Olympic Locksmiths

75 Imam Haron Road, Claremont, 7708
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Pet services 4.4 km

Bow Wow

21 Barron Street, Woodstock, Cape Town
👔
Clothing & fashion 4.4 km

Canvasland

Unit 3C 13 th Avenue
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Shopping malls 4.6 km

145 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7925
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Butcheries 4.7 km

Frankie Fenner Meat Merchants

143 Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, Cape Town, 7929
Convenience store 4.7 km

Shell Select

7700, Western Cape
💪
Gym & fitness 4.7 km

Baseline

68 Auckland Street, Paarden Eiland
💊
Pharmacies 4.8 km

Microchem Lab Services

176 Sir Lowry Road, Cape Town, 8001
🏦
Banks 4.8 km

Nedbank

7708
🏬
Department store 4.8 km

Michael Stevenson Gallery

160 Sir Lowry Road, 7925
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Electronics 5.0 km

Osmans

Imam Haron Road, Lansdowne
🏬
Shopping malls 5.2 km

Vangate Mall

Jakes Gerwel Drive, Cape Rown, 7764
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Clothing & fashion 5.5 km

The Diamond Works

10 Christiaan Barnard Street, Cape Town, 8000
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Butcheries 5.7 km

Chris & Harry's Butcher

Sipres Avenue, 7460
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Gym & fitness 5.8 km

Sportmans Warehouse

Sportmans Warehouse, 1, Canterbury Street, Cape Town Ward 115, Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, 7925, South Africa
🥩
Butcheries 5.8 km

Settler's Moslem Butchery

Bonteheuwel Avenue
🏬
Department store 6.2 km

Cape Union Mart Head Office

34 Barrack Street
📱
Electronics 6.3 km

Cell Zone

Cell Zone, Plein Street, Cape Town Ward 115, Cape Town, City of Cape Town, Western Cape, 8001, South Africa
🏦
Banks 6.3 km

Standard Bank

Adderley Street
👓
Opticians 6.3 km

Muller's Optometerists

104 Longmarket Street, Cape Town, 8001
🏦
Banks 6.3 km

African Bank

Riebeek Street
🏬
Shopping malls 6.5 km

Matador Centre

62 Strand Street, Cape Town
🏬
Department store 6.5 km

Edgars

Century Boulevard, Cape Town, 7446
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20.7 km 25 min
Start A 8
Finish Black River Parkway
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Turn-by-turn directions

Route directions
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Directions from A 8 to Black River Parkway via M3 and M41 and M5
Metro arterial routes M3 M41 M5
  1. Start your journey
    1.1 km
  2. At the end of the road, turn left onto Sonneblom Road
    0.1 km
  3. Turn right onto Ou Kaapse Weg
    0.3 km
  4. Turn right onto Steenberg Road
    1.3 km
  5. Take the ramp slight left towards M3: Cape Town
    0.6 km
  6. Merge slight right onto Simon van der Stel Freeway
    6.4 km
  7. Take the exit ramp slight left towards M41: Constantia Main Road
    0.5 km
  8. Turn right onto Constantia Main Road towards M41: Wynberg
    0.6 km
  9. Keep slight left at the fork onto Alphen Hill Road
    0.6 km
  10. Continue straight onto Waterloo Road
    0.1 km
  11. Turn right onto Wolfe Street
    0.6 km
  12. Continue straight onto Aliwal Road
    0.7 km
  13. At the end of the road, turn left onto Main Road
    0.5 km
  14. Turn right onto Kenilworth Road
    0.9 km
  15. Continue straight onto Doncaster Road
    1.1 km
  16. Turn right onto Doncaster Road
    0.2 km
  17. Take the ramp slight left towards M5: Milnerton
    0.5 km
  18. Merge slight right onto Kromboom Parkway
    4.5 km
  19. Continue straight onto Black River Parkway
    0.1 km
  20. You have arrived at your destination
    0.0 km
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Tolls on this route

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Main toll road M5 - Dumisani Makhaye Drive
We found matching toll-road records for this route, but no tollgate point was close enough to the route line to display as a confirmed route toll.
M5 - Dumisani Makhaye Drive M5 - Dumisani Makhaye Drive M5 - Dumisani Makhaye Drive M5 - Dumisani Makhaye Drive
Stop Stopover sign
Halfway point
10.4 km
Western Cape
Mid-route position Road corridor partition
50 / 50
Time partition Start / finish split
12 min • 12 min
Waypoint reference Nearest route marker
Western Cape
Vec Consumption & emissions
Consumption & emissions profile
1.5 L needed
Highly direct • 7.2 L/100km baseline
CO2 emitted Estimated tailpipe output
3.4 kg
Fuel mass Approximate tank weight
1.1 kg
Cost per km Based on 95 Petrol
R1.92
Directness index As-the-crow-flies ratio
86.7%
Solar data
Daylight window at Black River Parkway
07:36 – 17:48
Active daylight
Solar noonHighest sun position
Total daylightUsable driving light
10 hrs 11 min
Light remainingUntil sunset
37 min
SunriseDawn break
07:36
Fin Tax & wear
Wear & SARS deduction
R86.61
Single trip SARS allowance
SARS rate R4.18/km fixed rate
R4.18/km
Tyre wear Estimated tread cost
R0.41
Service wear Oil & filter allocation
R4.14
Total trip wear Excludes fuel & tolls
R91.16
Nav Maneuver index
Navigation complexity
Moderate (7)
Turn difficulty rating
Roundabouts Multi-path navigation
0
Lane merges Yield required
2
Complex forks Path selection
1
Highway exits Deceleration zones
1
Route atlas

Atlas Route Specification

Route sheet

ZA-ATLAS
Origin A 8 -34.10324, 18.43953
Midpoint
10.4 km
Total: 20.7 km
Midpoint 10.4 km
20.7 km 25 min
Destination Black River Parkway End: Black River Parkway -33.94617, 18.48470

Route sheet

Route class Intraprovincial corridor
Province span Western Cape
One-way road span 20.7 km
Return-cycle span 41.4 km
Traversal time 25 min
Maneuver count 20
Maneuver density 96.5 /100 km
Midpoint chainage 10.4 km

Coordinate frame

Start -34.10324, 18.43953
Midpoint -34.01465, 18.45145
End -33.94617, 18.48470
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Questions 8
How far is A 8 from Black River Parkway? +
A 8 is about 20.7 km from Black River Parkway by road.
How long does it take from A 8 to Black River Parkway? +
The drive usually takes about 25 min depending on traffic, stops, and road conditions.
Is it possible to drive from A 8 to Black River Parkway in one day? +
Yes, for many drivers this can be done in one day.
Is taxi available from A 8 to Black River Parkway? +
Taxi may be available, but for this route it is better to confirm the latest fare at the local taxi rank.
What's the estimated fuel amount from A 8 to Black River Parkway? +
Using an estimated consumption of 7.2 L/100km for this route, 93 Petrol is about R39.56 (R26.52 / litre), 95 Petrol is about R39.73 (R26.63 / litre), Diesel 500ppm is about R48.18 (R32.30 / litre), Diesel 50ppm is about R48.48 (R32.50 / litre). Actual fuel spend can vary by vehicle, traffic and driving style.
Are there any tollgates from A 8 to Black River Parkway? +
No tollgates are currently matched for this route.
What is the route verdict for this trip? +
Easy local trip: This looks like a short and simple trip for most drivers.
Is there a road note for this route? +
This is mostly a short local route. This route looks more local or regional, but always check signs and road conditions on the day.
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Route Locations

Start area
A 8, Western Cape
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available
Destination area
Black River Parkway, Western Cape
Suburb: Not available
Road: Not available
Postal code: Not available

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