University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast

Name: University of Cape Coast
Address: Cape Coast, Ghana

#8 among attractions in Cape Coast

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The University of Cape Coast is a public collegiate university located in the historic town of Cape Coast. The campus has a rare seafront and sits on a hill overlooking the wide Atlantic Ocean. It operates on two campuses: the Southern Campus and the Northern Campus. Two of the most important historical sites in Ghana, Elmina and Cape Coast Castle, are a few kilometres away from its campus. ()

Alternative names: Established: 1962 (62 years ago)Coordinates: 5°6'18"N, 1°16'58"W

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University of Cape Coast – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Elmina Castle, Cape Coast Castle, Fort Victoria, Dutch Cemetery.

4.7 miW
Landmark slave trading post and museum
Elmina Castle, Elmina
121 min walk • Elmina Castle, a haunting vestige of history, stands as a formidable structure in the coastal city of Elmina, Ghana. Built by the Portuguese in 1482, it is the oldest European building in existence south of the Sahara and was originally established as a trade...
2.9 miE
Museum of the trans-Atlantic slave trade
Cape Coast Castle, Cape Coast
74 min walk • Cape Coast Castle is a poignant historical landmark in the coastal city of Cape Coast, Ghana, serving as a stark reminder of the transatlantic slave trade. This white-washed fortress, originally built by the Swedish in the mid-17th century and later expanded by the...
2.3 miE
Forts and castles
Fort Victoria, Cape Coast
60 min walk • Fort Victoria is a structure in Cape Coast, Ghana. It was initially known as Phipps Tower, its name being later changed to Fort Victoria in honor of Queen Victoria.
5 miW
Cemetery
Dutch Cemetery, Elmina
128 min walk • The Dutch Cemetery of Elmina was constructed on the order of Governor of the Dutch Gold Coast Johannes Petrus Hoogenboom in 1806.
4.9 miW
, Forts and castles
Fort Coenraadsburg, Elmina
125 min walk • Fort Coenraadsburg or Conraadsburg, also Fort São Tiago da Mina, is a small Portuguese chapel built in honor of Saint Jago and it is situated opposite the Elmina Castle in the Central region of Ghana, to protect Fort Elmina from attacks.
5 miW
Church
St. Joseph's Minor Basilica Church, Elmina
128 min walk • St. Joseph's Minor Basilica Church is a Roman Catholic Church building in Elmina, in the Central Region of Ghana. Established in 1880, it was the first Roman Catholic church to have been established in Ghana.
4.4 miW
Museum
Elmina Java Museum, Elmina
113 min walk • The Elmina Java Museum is a museum in Elmina, Ghana, dedicated to the history of the so-called Belanda Hitam; soldiers recruited in the 19th century in the Dutch Gold Coast to serve in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army.
2.9 miE
Museum
Cape Coast Castle Museum, Cape Coast
73 min walk • The Cape Coast Castle Museum is an ethnography and archeological museum located in Cape Coast, Ghana. It was established in 1974.
2.7 miE
Colonial architecture
Fort McCarthy, Cape Coast
68 min walk • Fort McCarthy is a fort from the colonial British Gold Coast period in present-day Ghana. The fort is a ruin in Cape Coast, of the Central Region of Ghana.
2.7 miE
Forts and castles
Fort William, Cape Coast
68 min walk • Fort William Lighthouse is located on the Dawson's Hill in the old centre of Cape Coast, in Ghana's Central Region. The lighthouse is often called Cape Coast Castle Light, although it is not part of the Cape Coast Castle complex.
2.3 miE
Neighbourhood
Agona West Municipal District, Cape Coast
59 min walk • Agona West Municipal District is one of the twenty-two districts in Central Region, Ghana.