WELCOME to the Upper Houghton Website
If you are a resident or interested in the area we hope that you will find this site to be a useful source of community information and news.
Find useful contacts, read about the Upper Houghton Heritage foundation’s initiatives, get the latest neighbourhood news and find out about improvement projects like our Pavement Project initiative that is keeping many of the pavements in our lovely area looking beautiful! Ever wondered who looks after Munro Drive, pavements around the schools and the Sasol garage plus rockeries in Young avenue and more? – It’s Brenda and her team of gardeners – so why not join the community drive? Find out how you too can make a difference and support the pavement project.
Also, the Upper Houghton Residents’ Association (UHRA) has various projects and initiatives on the go. Community participation is the secret to maintaining and improving the character of our suburb, so if you are a resident and have not yet joined, please click here to find out more about the benefits of joining the UHRA.
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Munro Drive Centenary
Munro Drive was completed in 1918 – 100 Years Ago.
Join UHRA
Your contribution allows us to do the following:
- Protect Upper Houghton’s unique character of the area and Heritage.
- Maintenance of the aesthetics of the area and heritage issues e.g. repairing Munro Drive stonework.
- We follow up on reported maintenance issues to the council.
- We run various cleaning projects to keep the neighborhood clean and neat.
- Members receive security updates.
- We provide feedback to councillors.
- Admin and catering at annual AGM.
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Latest News
Munro Drive Centenary
The Munro Drive Article Author: Kathy Munro Saturday, February 6, 2016 - 19:33 The Munro Drive, or the Munro as it is sometimes called, is a short pass
Remembering Upper Houghton Resident Malcolm Freeland
Delight after Upper Houghton is declared a national heritage area Upper Houghton has been declared a national heritage area. The suburb abuts the north-eastern fringe of the Joburg
BUS TOUR ‘REVOLUTION ON THE RAND – THE TUMULTUOUS EVENTS OF 1922’ – SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST
SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST In Fordsburg, passersby hurry through a nondescript market square bordered by Albertina Sisulu, Dolly Radebe, Mint and Central Roads, quite unaware it marks the final