Edgemead is a Northern Suburb of

Cape Town Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South Africa, second-largest ...

. It is one of several garden cities of South Africa, the first being Pinelands in the southern suburbs. Edgemead is mainly residential, and is known for its trees, gardens and generally pleasant environment. Other 'garden cities' that have followed are Pinehurst near

Durbanville Durbanville, previously called Pampoenkraal, is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater City of Cape Town, Cape Town metropolitan area. It is a semi-rural residential suburb on the north-eastern outskirts of the ...

on the northwestern outskirts of the Cape Metropole, still under construction but already occupied, and Sunningdale near

Milnerton Milnerton is a seaside town on Table Bay and is located north of Cape Town in South Africa. It is located 11 kilometres to the north of the city's centre. Geography Milnerton lies on the Western Seaboard of Cape Town, also known as the Blaau ...

. There are two schools in Edgemead: Edgemead Primary and Edgemead High School. Edgemead has the Edgemead Cricket Club (ECC), which has recently been promoted to the Premier league. And Edgemead Goodwood Peninsula Park Villa, an

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

club located in Edgemead that plays in the Premier Division of the Tygerberg Cape Town FA. The neighbourhood is also the location of the Goodwood Centre of Excellence, a medium security prison run by the South African Department of Correctional Services.

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Suburbs of Cape Town {{WesternCape-geo-stub