West Hill
District of Grahamstown
in Cacadu District Municipality of Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- -33.304 and 26.533 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- S -33° 18' 15" and E 26° 31' 57"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Rand - ZAR
- Spoken languages:
- Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, English, Tswana, Southern Sotho, Tsonga, Swati, Venda, South Ndebele
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 02:37 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 3:58 am and 6:02 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- 21.701 and -157.972 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Marconi - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to South Africa.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning South Africa. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore West Hill
The district West Hill of Grahamstown in Cacadu District Municipality (Eastern Cape) is located in South Africa about 532 mi south of Pretoria, the country's capital.
If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Port Alfred, Fort Beaufort, Peddie, Adelaide and Bhisho. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 74 °F
| Morning Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Night Temperature | 14°C / 58 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 51% |
| Air Pressure | 1016 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 11 km/h (7 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 82% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
29°C (84 °F)
18°C (65 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
28°C (82 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
18°C (64 °F)
13°C (56 °F)
Light rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Pumba Private Game Reserve
Jenny's Guest House
11 Worcester-on-Durban
8A Grahamstown
Graham Hotel
Frontier Country Hotel
Bartholomew's Loft
A Stone's Throw
Videos from this area
These are videos related to the place based on their proximity to this place.
Soccer Samkelo Papu Grahamstown
Skybok: Prime (Grahamstown, South Africa)
63 New Street, Grahamstown.
Diamonds in Grahamstown - Scifest 2015
The first diamond in South Africa was identified in the Grahamstown. Basil Mills conducts a workshop at Scifest Africa called "Diamond in the Rough". He explores the story of the first diamond...
Grahamstown Field Band
perfomance of the band in the Rhodes University International day Parade.
Skybok: Albany Museum (Grahamstown, South Africa)
Somerset Road, Grahamstown. http://www.ru.ac.za/albanymuseum/
Human Chain crosses Grahamstown
Report by Lillian Magari & Noxolo Mafu, School of Journalsim and Media Studies, Rhodes University, South Africa The Grahamstown Human Chain started at Ncame street and carried through to...
Skybok: The 1820 Settlers National Monument (Grahamstown, South Africa)
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Grahamstown Owl (Uiltjie) on TV Kwela.mpg
Please vote (South Africa)
World Food Day - some Grahamstown responses
The 15th of October is World Food Day. Grocotts Mail finds what this means to local groups. We visit one of the Grahamstown Feeding Association's soup kitchens in town which feeds the hungry...
Blast at Grahamstown Kaolin mine
Report by Ally Christos, Shannon Sargent & Kelly Kilian.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Rhodes University
Rhodes University (RU or simply Rhodes) is a public research university located in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, established in 1904. It is the province’s oldest university, and is one of the four universities in the province.
Albany, South Africa
Albany, South Africa (also known as Cape Borders, Cape Frontier, Settler Country, and Western Region) was a district in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Grahamstown was traditionally the administrative capital, cultural centre and largest town of the Albany district. The area was previously known as the 'Zuurveld' by migrating Boer farmers in the late 18th century, and it lay near the boundary between the Cape Colony and the traditional Xhosa lands to the east.
Kingswood College (South Africa)
Kingswood College is a private, Methodist co-educational school in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa attended by boarding and day scholars. It was founded in 1894 by Daniel Knight, Mayor of Grahamstown at the time. Kingswood is a member of the Independent Schools Association of South Africa (ISASA) and registered with the Independent Examinations Board (IEB).
1820 Settlers National Monument
The 1820 Settlers National Monument, which honours the contribution to South African society made by the first big influx of English settlers, overlooks Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape. A living monument, it commemorates the English language as much as the Settlers themselves. It is a venue for performances of many types. The Monument is closely linked with the National Arts Festival, often known simply as the Grahamstown Festival.
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity
The South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), is involved in research, education and in applications of its knowledge and research to African fish fauna, for either economic or conservation benefit. The institute was formerly named the JLB Smith Institute of Ichthyology, in honour of Professor James Leonard Brierley Smith, who named and described the living coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae.
St. Michael and St. George Cathedral
The Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George is the home of the Anglican Diocese of Grahamstown in Grahamstown, South Africa in the Eastern Cape Province. It is the episcopal seat of the Bishop of Grahamstown. The cathedral is located on Church Square. It has the tallest spire in South Africa (53.6m/176 ft).
Bloukrans River (Grahamstown)
The Bloukrans River (Eastern Cape) is a tributary of the Kowie River, and is situated near Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
Ecca Pass
Ecca Pass, is situated in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, on the regional road R67, between Grahamstown and Fort Beaufort. It was the first pass built by Andrew Geddes Bain as part of the Queen's Road. Bain named the heights and the pass after the Ecca River, a Fish River tributary, which is believed to mean "salty" or "brackish" in the local Khoikhoi language.
Makana Local Municipality
Makana Local Municipality is the local municipality which governs the city of Grahamstown and surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It forms part of the Cacadu District Municipality. The municipality is named after a Xhosa prophet, Makana. In February 2011, Makana Municipality entered into a "Friendship Co-operation Agreement" with Raseborg Municipality in Finland.
Makana Botanical Gardens
The Makana Botanical Gardens is a botanical garden in South Africa operated by Rhodes University, located in Grahamstown.
Africa Media Matrix
The Africa Media Matrix is the headquarters of Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Construction of the building began in 2001 at a cost of R24 million through a grant from the Ford Foundation and was completed in 2006.
Eastern Cape High Court, Grahamstown
The Eastern Cape High Court, Grahamstown (formerly the Eastern Cape Provincial Division) is one of the High Courts of South Africa. It sits at Grahamstown and has general jurisdiction over the Eastern Cape province except for the areas of the former Transkei and Ciskei.
Fort England Psychiatric Hospital
Fort England Psychiatric Hospital is a government funded Psychiatric hospital and Rehabilitation Centre for the Makana Local Municipality area in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape in South Africa. The hospital departments include a Rehabilitation Centre, Pharmacy, Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV/AIDS, Post Trauma Counseling Services, Laundry Services and Kitchen Services.
Settlers Hospital
Settlers Hospitall is a Provincial government funded hospital for the Makana Local Municipality area in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape in South Africa.
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