Griqualand West, Kimberley

#12 among attractions in Kimberley

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Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km² that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people – a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, who established several states outside the expanding frontier of the Cape Colony. It was also inhabited by the pre-existing Tswana and Khoisan peoples. ()

Local name: Griekwaland-Wes Coordinates: 28°45'0"S, 24°46'0"E

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Griqualand West – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: McGregor Museum, William Humphreys Art Gallery, Duggan-Cronin Gallery, Big Hole.

0.8 miE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
McGregor Museum, Kimberley
20 min walk • The McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907.
0.5 miN
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
12 min walk • The William Humphreys Art Gallery, in Kimberley, South Africa, was opened in 1952 and named after its principal benefactor, William Benbow Humphreys.
0.9 miE
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Duggan-Cronin Gallery, Kimberley
24 min walk • The Duggan-Cronin Gallery, which is a satellite of the McGregor Museum in Kimberley, South Africa, houses in part the legacy in photographs and ethnographic artefacts of the photographer Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin. It occupies a former dwelling known as The Lodge.
0.9 miNW
Massive hand-dug diamond mine pit
Big Hole, Kimberley
24 min walk • The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the deepest hole excavated by hand, although this claim is disputed.
1 miN
Memorial
Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority, Kimberley
26 min walk • The Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority, previously called Ngwao Boswa jwa Kapa Bokone, and commonly known as 'Boswa', is a provincial heritage resources authority established in 2003 by the MEC for Sport, Arts and Culture in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa...
~980 ftSE
Memorial
Honoured Dead Memorial, Kimberley
5 min walk • The Honoured Dead Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the meeting point of five roads, and commemorates those who died defending the city during the Siege of Kimberley in the Anglo-Boer War.
0.6 miNE
Church
St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley
15 min walk • The Cathedral Church of St Cyprian the Martyr, Kimberley, is the seat of the Bishop of the Kimberley and Kuruman, Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The building was dedicated in 1908, becoming a Cathedral when the Synod of Bishops mandated formation of the new Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in October 1911.
~1780 ftNW
Museum, History museum
Sol Plaatje Museum, Kimberley
9 min walk • The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years at 32 Angel Street, Malay Camp. It was here that Plaatje wrote Mhudi.
0.7 miNE
28°44'36"S • 24°46'30"E
Queens Park Kimberley, Kimberley
18 min walk • Park
~1790 ftN
Universities and schools
Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley
9 min walk • The Sol Plaatje University, which had provisionally been referred to as the University of the Northern Cape, opened in Kimberley, South Africa, in 2014, accommodating a modest initial intake of 135 students. The student complement is expected to increase gradually towards a target of 7 500 students by 2024.
0.6 miSW
Sport, Sport venue, Arenas and stadiums
Griqua Park, Kimberley
16 min walk • Griqua Park is an 11,000-capacity multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, South Africa. It is mainly used for rugby union matches and it is the home stadium of provincial Currie Cup side Griquas. TheCheetahs Super Rugby side also played some matches at this ground.

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Which popular attractions are close to Griqualand West?

Nearby attractions include Honoured Dead Memorial, Kimberley (5 min walk), Sol Plaatje Museum, Kimberley (9 min walk), Sol Plaatje University, Kimberley (9 min walk), William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley (12 min walk).