Durbanville

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Durbanville is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, part of the greater City of Cape Town metropolitan area. Durbanville is a semi-rural residential suburb on the northern outskirts of the metropolis and is surrounded by farms producing wine and wheat. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 33°49'57"S, 18°38'52"E

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Western CapeSouth Africa

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Durbanville – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jack Muller Danie Uys Park, Bellville historical clay and stone quarry and adjacent jail, Parow Centre, Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre.

4.2 miS
Park
Jack Muller Danie Uys Park, Cape Town
106 min walk • The Jack Muller Danie Uys Park is a municipal park situated in Boston, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
3.2 miS
Museum
Bellville historical clay and stone quarry and adjacent jail, Cape Town
83 min walk • In 1930 the owners of the land started mining activities on a 260 hectare piece of land situated in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. In 1936 a Jail was built next to the Quarry. Today very little of the Quarry and Jail is left and it was replaced with modern city infrastructure.
5.8 miSW
33°54'21"S • 18°35'57"E
Parow Centre, Cape Town
148 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre, Shop
6.2 miSW
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre, Cape Town
158 min walk • Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre is a dedicated centre for the study of classical music for school-going pupils. Established in 1986, it is housed in one of the oldest school buildings in the northern suburbs of Cape Town.
1.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Uitkamp Wetlands
31 min walk • Uitkamp Wetland Nature Reserve is a 32-hectare wetland reserve located in Durbanville in the Western Cape province of South Africa. A wetland valley that was proclaimed a nature reserve in 2001, this park lies within a region of Swartland Shale Renosterveld. It protects over 140 species of plants, many of which are very rare.
5.5 miW
33°50'34"S • 18°33'10"E
Royal Burgundy Mashie Golf Course, Cape Town
140 min walk • Golf, Restaurant
4.5 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Tygerberg Nature Reserve
116 min walk • Tygerberg Nature Reserve is a 300-hectare nature reserve on the Tygerberg Hills in the northern suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa. This nature reserve one of the few surviving pockets of the highly threatened Swartland Shale Renosterveld vegetation type. The 300 ha reserve has an exceptional number of species.
0.6 miS
National park
Durbanville Nature Reserve
17 min walk • Durbanville Nature Reserve is a 6-hectare piece of protected land, located next to the Durbanville Racecourse in the Western Cape, South Africa.
5.9 miNE
Zoo
Tygerberg Zoo
152 min walk • Tygerberg Zoo was a 24-hectare zoo near Stellenbosch, South Africa, which was the only zoo in the Western Cape province and the closest to Cape Town. Established in 1979, it was privately run, operated for 33 years, and closed in 2012.
5 miSE
National park
Bracken Nature Reserve
127 min walk • Bracken Nature Reserve is a 36-hectare piece of protected land in Brackenfell in the Western Cape, South Africa. This park preserves badly threatened Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Swartland Granite Renosterveld vegetation.
3.4 miS
Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Sport venue
Bellville Velodrome
87 min walk • The Techtonic Velodrome is a 250-meter, multi-purpose indoor velodrome located in Bellville, South Africa. The venue has served as Cape Town's main concert venue and has now been replaced by the Cape Town Stadium.

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Durbanville – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)