The Wilds | |
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![]() View of Johannesburg CBD from The Wilds municipal Nature Reserve | |
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Type | Inner city park |
Location | Houghton Drive, Houghton, Gauteng |
Nearest city | Johannesburg |
Coordinates | 26°10′27″S 28°3′10″E / 26.17417°S 28.05278°E |
Area | 16 hectares (40 acres) |
Created | 1937 |
Operated by | Johannesburg City Parks |
Open | All year |
Parking | Cnr of Houghton Drive and St. Patricks |
Website | www |
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]