Hatfield is a suburb in Pretoria

Pretoria

Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...

 with a high density of students and student accommodation due to hosting the University of Pretoria

University of Pretoria

The University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa...

's main campus. Its also the home of the football pitch of the lower division football team 'Hellenic Club of Pretoria', a rather old and established, but recently unlucky, team competing in the lower local divisions.

Night Life

Hatfield is most synonymous for its student night life which predominates around Hatfield Square(an open plaza surrounded by clubs and bars). The Plaza also hosts banking and other services.

Clubs and bars in the vicinity of Hatfield Square include: DropZone, Cheeky Monkey, Chilli's, Herr-Gunters, Aandklas, Oppi-Square, Rhapsody's and Oxford's amongst others. There is also a wide choice of restaurants in the Hatfield suburb catering for most international tastes.

Facilities

Hatfield Plaza is the local shopping center catering for the locals and students. The Local Pick 'n Pay being the major grocery and convenience store.