De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley

#18 among attractions in Kimberley

Sport, Sport venue, Arenas and stadiums

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The De Beers Diamond Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 11,000. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home venue of both the VKB Knights, in the Sunfoil Series, and Northern Cape, in the CSA Provincial Competitions. Griqualand West left the old De Beers Stadium ahead of the 1973–74 season and have been resident at the Diamond Oval since then. ()

Coordinates: 28°44'33"S, 24°47'52"E

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Day trips

De Beers Diamond Oval – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

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

1.2 miSW
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
McGregor Museum, Kimberley
31 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.
1.7 miW
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
William Humphreys Art Gallery, Kimberley
45 min walk • The William Humphreys Art Gallery, in Kimberley, South Africa, was opened in 1952 and named after its principal benefactor, William Benbow Humphreys.
1 miW
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Duggan-Cronin Gallery, Kimberley
27 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.
2.4 miW
Massive hand-dug diamond mine pit
Big Hole, Kimberley
61 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.
2 miW
Memorial
Northern Cape Heritage Resources Authority, Kimberley
51 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...
1.8 miW
Memorial
Honoured Dead Memorial, Kimberley
47 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.
1.6 miW
Church
St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley
42 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.
5.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Kamfers Dam
132 min walk • Kamfers Dam is a privately owned permanent water body of 400 ha, situated to the immediate north of Kimberley, South Africa. The wetland was originally an ephemeral pan, often dry and dependent on rain water.
2.1 miW
Museum, History museum
Sol Plaatje Museum, Kimberley
54 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.
1.4 miW
28°44'36"S • 24°46'30"E
Queens Park Kimberley, Kimberley
35 min walk • Park
1.7 miNW
Sport, Sport venue
De Beers Stadium, Kimberley
43 min walk • The De Beers Stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa was the home ground of the Griqualand West cricket team from 1927 to 1973. It staged a total of 88 first-class matches, in all of which Griqualand West was the home team.