The Wilds (Johannesburg)

The Wilds
View of Johannesburg CBD from The Wilds municipal Nature Reserve
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TypeInner city park
LocationHoughton Drive, Houghton, Gauteng
Nearest cityJohannesburg
Coordinates26°10′27″S 28°3′10″E / 26.17417°S 28.05278°E / -26.17417; 28.05278
Area16 hectares (40 acres)
Created1937
Operated byJohannesburg City Parks
OpenAll year
ParkingCnr of Houghton Drive and St. Patricks
Websitewww.jhbcityparks.com

The Wilds is an inner city park and nature reserve in the suburb of Houghton, in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. The park consists of 16 hectares of indigenous vegetation on the sides of two rocky koppies or hills with views of the city of Johannesburg and its suburbs. Through the 1990s the park gained a reputation for being highly dangerous and crime ridden, however, it has since become "rejuvenated" due to the efforts of volunteers.[1]

  1. ^ Mabena, Sipho (25 January 2019). "Joburg's rejuvenated The Wilds gets coveted Blue Plaque". citizen.co.za. The Citizen. Retrieved 10 July 2019.