Fairland is a residential suburb in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

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, Gauteng, South Africa

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. The area originates from a farm called Weltenvrede.

Currently, statistics show that Fairland has the lowest crime compared to other suburbs within Johannesburg.

Major shopping centres around Fairland include: Cresta Shopping Centre

Cresta Shopping Centre

Cresta Shopping Centre is a shopping centre in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located on the border of Northcliff and Cresta. It has gone through eight recent extensions and refurbishments....

, Clearwater Shopping Centre, EL Corro Shopping Centre, WorldWear Shopping Centre, Trade Centre, Makro etc.

There are a number of schools in the area, namely Laerskool Fairland, and Cliffview Primary School.

The N1 highway passes Fairland on the North-Westerly side with two offramps. 14th Avenue/ N1 and newly upgraded spaghetti offramp Beyers Naude/ N1.

Johannesburg City Centre is in close proximately (10km) with direct access to Beyers Naude drive.