Ottery is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa. It is on the edge of the Southern Suburbs. The Youngsfield Military Base, Royal Cape Golf Club and Cape Town's 'official' China Town are located in the suburb. Every year the Youngsfield Military Base in Ottery hosts the Cape Argus Junior Cycle Tour on 12 March.^[2] The name was derived off the Otter sanctuary which was opened here in the early 1900's, but sadly was closed down as the neighbourhood rapidly expanded later in the century.

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Ottery
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Coordinates: 34°00′53″S 18°30′16″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Municipality	City of Cape Town
Main Place	Cape Town
Government
• Councillor	Montgomery Oliver (Ward 63) (DA) George March (Ward 66) (ID)
Area [1]
• Total	1.99 km2 (0.77 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[1]
• Total	5,089
• Density	2,600/km2 (6,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011) [1]
• Black African	5.4%
• Coloured	66.3%
• Indian/Asian	3.8%
• White	12.2%
• Other	12.3%
First languages (2011) [1]
• English	82.5%
• Afrikaans	12.8%
• Xhosa	2.2%
• Other	2.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	7808
PO box	7800
Area code	021

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There is an Ottery train station present and is on the Cape Flats line, which connects Heathfield to Cape Town via Athlone. The Ottery station was built in 1904 (finished on 1 February). The line was built for private use and was acquired as government property on 1 July 1908.^[3] The Golden Arrow busses pass the Ottery centre as well, part of the Wynberg to Khayelitsha route.^[4] Minibus taxi's pass through Ottery on Ottery Road, en route to Wynberg from Lotus River and Mitchells Plain respectively. More information can be found on the City's website.^[5]

Ottery is bordered by Plumstead to the west, Philippi to the east and Kenilworth to the north west. The suburb can be accessed from the M5 freeway to the west of the suburb.

• Jafmed Pharmacy
• The Good Hope Medical Centre

• The Ottery Traffic Department is one of Cape Town's major traffic control and testing centres.
• Ottery Library is available on the corner of Bruce and Edwards Roads, contact: Patrick de Stadler - Tel: 021 400 4412^[11]