Yellowwood Park

Yellowwood Park is a quiet suburb of the city of Durban, South Africa, established in 1960. It is 14 km southwest of central Durban.

Yellowwood Park
Yellowwood Park is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Yellowwood Park
Yellowwood Park
Yellowwood Park is located in South Africa
Yellowwood Park
Yellowwood Park
Coordinates: 29.91°S 30.91°E / -29.91; 30.91
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
MunicipalityeThekwini
Area
[1]
 • Total2.48 km2 (0.96 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total5,216
 • Density2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
4004
PO box
4011

The land was given to the city of Durban by Kenneth Stainbank,[2] who also established the Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve located in the suburb.[3] The Stainbank family home, Coedmore Castle, still stands in the reserve.[4]

Places of interest
  • The Centre for Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) is based in Yellowwood Park. School groups often visit the centre for the children to learn about how the need to protect wild animals and birds.
  • The Kenneth Stainbank Nature Reserve protects indigenous coastal riverine forest and bush clump grassland mosaic. It has some wonderful trails and picnic sites.
  • The Civic Centre is an attractive building built in the Cape Dutch style. It is often used for weddings.

Birdlife

Yellowwood Park is a green and leafy suburb that supports an impressive array of birdlife. Many of the roads – like Lark Lane, Kestrel Crescent, and Wren Way – are named after local birds. Notable birds to be found in the area include African goshawks, purple-crested turacos, white-eared barbets, black-headed orioles, golden-tailed woodpeckers, yellow-bellied greenbuls, African dusky flycatchers, spectacles weavers, black sparrowhawks, black cuckooshrikes, brown-hooded kingfishers and black-bellied starlings.[5]

References
  1. "Sub Place Yellowwood Park". Census 2011.
  2. "Durban's castle lite | IOL". Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  3. "Yellowwood Park". www.sa-venues.com. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  4. "Coedmore Castle, South Africa". www.encounter.co.za. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  5. KZN, BirdLife eThekwini (15 August 2020). "Birding at Kenneth Stainbank". BirdLife eThekwini KZN. Retrieved 7 September 2021.


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