Craighall is one of Johannesburg's oldest suburbs and is situated in the western side of the city along the northern side of Jan Smuts Avenue. Craighall sits alongside the Old Parktonian Sports Club and is also very handy for the River Club Golf Club and the Sandton Sports Club. Situated just a few blocks away is the Hyde Park Corner shopping mall and the Hyde Square shopping centre. Craighall has a very active residents association, the Craigpark Residents' Association. Craighall's origins go back to 1902 when plots were offered for sale in the area.

Just to the West of Craigpark runs the Braamfontein Spruit, home to several sports clubs, and here the visitor can walk alongside the spruit on a public footpath. This takes you past old mine diggings and the Florence Bloom Bird Sanctuary which is situated in Delta Park on the spruit. Over 200 species of birds have been witnessed here.