| Craighall | |
| Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
| Coordinates: | -26.1143°N 28.0256°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name3: | City of Johannesburg |
| Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
| Subdivision Name4: | Randburg |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1902 |
| Leader Title: | Councillor |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.37 |
| Population Total: | 2639 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
| Demographics1 Info1: | 29.9% |
| Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
| Demographics1 Info2: | 1.8% |
| Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
| Demographics1 Info3: | 2.5% |
| Demographics1 Title4: | White |
| Demographics1 Info4: | 63.7% |
| Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics1 Info5: | 2.0% |
| Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
| Demographics2 Title1: | English |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 70.8% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Afrikaans |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 7.6% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Zulu |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 5.6% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Northern Sotho |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 3.0% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 12.9% |
| Timezone1: | SAST |
| Utc Offset1: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
| Postal Code: | 2196 |
| Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
| Postal2 Code: | 2024 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
Craighall is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa and is bordered by Hyde Park, Dunkeld and Parkhurst. It sits in between the busy arterial routes of Jan Smuts Avenue and Winnie Mandela Drive and is located in Region B of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality.
Craighall was established in 1902 by the Scot, William Rattray,[2] the owner of a large farm, Klipfontein, which at the time was an hour's journey by horse-carriage to the north of the bustling mining town of Johannesburg. He divided the farm into a residential development, which he named Craighall after his birthplace in Blairgowrie, Scotland,[2] and a recreational development of lakes and parkland, much of which still exists as the open land of Delta Park. Craighall was an attractive, fertile piece of land on a gentle west/north facing slope.
The main natural feature of Craighall is the cascading rocky waterfall on the Braamfontein Spruit at the north-west corner of the suburb. It flows year-round but becomes a particularly dramatic spectacle during heavy rain-storms. Waterfall Avenue, the original centre-piece avenue of the suburb, was named after it.
Craighall was originally planned with erven (stand) sizes at just under an acre (3,850 square metres, known as a "Craighall Acre"), although more than half have since been sub-divided into smaller stand sizes. It remains a spacious, treed residential suburb with abundant bird-life, yet located within 6 minutes drive of Sandton.