Bellville historical clay and stone quarry and adjacent jail, Cape Town

#63 among attractions in Cape Town

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Bellville historical clay and stone quarry and adjacent jail

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Bellville historical clay and stone quarry and adjacent jail, Cape Town

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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. ()

Coordinates: 33°52'35"S, 18°37'42"E

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WelgemoedCape Town South Africa

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Bellville historical clay and stone quarry and adjacent jail – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Jack Muller Danie Uys Park, Parow Centre, Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre, Uitkamp Wetlands.

0.9 miS
Park
Jack Muller Danie Uys Park, Cape Town
25 min walk • The Jack Muller Danie Uys Park is a municipal park situated in Boston, Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa.
2.6 miSW
33°54'21"S • 18°35'57"E
Parow Centre, Cape Town
68 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre, Shop
3.1 miSW
Concerts and shows, Concert hall, Theater
Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre, Cape Town
80 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.
4.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Uitkamp Wetlands
108 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.
4.9 miNW
33°50'34"S • 18°33'10"E
Royal Burgundy Mashie Golf Course, Cape Town
126 min walk • Golf, Restaurant
2.1 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Tygerberg Nature Reserve
54 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.
2.6 miN
National park
Durbanville Nature Reserve
67 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.
3.2 miN
Town
Durbanville
83 min walk • 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.
4.9 miE
National park
Bracken Nature Reserve
125 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.
4.7 miW
33°52'14"S • 18°32'47"E
Edgemead Village Centre, Cape Town
121 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
5.2 miSW
Neighbourhood
Ruyterwacht, Cape Town
133 min walk • Ruyterwacht is a northern suburb of Cape Town, South Africa, bordering the industrial area of Epping and the formerly Cape Coloured neighborhood of Elsie's River as well as the GrandWest Casino.