St George's Park is a large Victorian public park in the centre of the city, best known internationally as the site of the oldest cricket ground in South Africa — the St George's Park Cricket Ground, which hosted the first Test match ever played on African soil in March 1889. The ground is still active, hosting provincial and occasional international fixtures, and it sits inside the park with a grace that newer stadiums rarely manage.
The park itself is worth visiting on its own terms: good rose gardens, mature trees, a bowling green, a tea room, and the kind of unhurried pace that large city parks tend to develop over time. The Pearson Conservatory, a Victorian glasshouse at the eastern end, is one of the oldest conservatories in South Africa. The art museum is on the park's edge. On warm weekend mornings the park fills with joggers, dog walkers, and families — it's a good place to spend an hour between sightseeing, and the cricket ground is visible from the paths without needing to buy a ticket.