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Delve into Lavender Hill
The district Lavender Hill of Retreat in City of Cape Town (Western Cape) is a subburb in South Africa about 817 mi south-west of Pretoria, the country's capital town.
If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Malmesbury and Hermanus. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 69 °F
Morning Temperature | 16°C / 61 °F |
Evening Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
Night Temperature | 16°C / 62 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 59% |
Air Pressure | 1017 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 13 km/h (8 mph) from North |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 3% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Tuesday, 19th of November 2024
20°C (68 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Sky is clear, fresh breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 20th of November 2024
23°C (74 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Moderate rain, strong breeze, broken clouds.
Thursday, 21st of November 2024
20°C (67 °F)
18°C (64 °F)
Light rain, moderate breeze, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Colona Castle Manor House
ALPHEN HOTEL
Alphen Boutique
14 on Klein Constantia
The Last Word Constantia
Rodwell House
Glen Avon Lodge
St James Manor
Steenberg Hotel
Capeblue Manor House
Videos from this area
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City Smoking - Bro rcSurfer
In the midst of fire devastation and the hottest recorded day in 100 years in Cape Town .42 degrees Celsius..we just had to find time for an rc Surf session to cool down ...the City is feeling...
Perfect Beat Boy - Bro rcSurfer
a well deserved session after a week in the workshop ! ,,,Cemetery Beach - Cape Town Bro rc Surfer - 700mm X 200mm X 30mm. YPC's Custom design. Authentic glass over foam hand built ...
Triple overhead surf : Bro rcSurfer shredding Cemetery beach Winter swell
Cemetery Beach - Cape Town - South Africa Bro rc Surfer - float'er model -700mm X 2i0mm X 30mm. YPC's Custom design. 4s battery set up......... Authentic glass over foam hand built construction....
Paddling Time Trial with Motion M01-1 and HD video
Motion M01-1 being used to record a paddling time trial with an HD Video Overlay at the Peninsula Canoe Club (Zandvlei, Muizenberg, Cape Town)
Surfing Muizenberg 2014 - Bro rcSurfer
Another classic surf session down at the berg - what a way to end the day !............. float'er model Bro rc surf board Bro rc Surfer - 700mm X 200mm X 30mm. YPC's Custom design. Authentic...
Muizenberg's latest HOT surf spot: Bro rcSurfer enjoying a Mexican wave.
Sharing the Stoke !...between sessions, whilst enjoying the great food and vibe with all the local gringo's at 'Dos Vacas' sure makes the day that much more fun !....... Bro rc Surfer -...
SUP - flat water test -Snow White - Bro rcSurfer
Testing clients custom SUP rc board on flat water Bro rc Surfer - 700mm X 200mm X 30mm. YPC's Custom design. Authentic glass over foam hand built construction. Visit - BrorcSurfer.com for more info.
Building a rc Surfer - Part 8 Continued - Hollowing the POD - Bro rcSurfer
Continuing with the housing construction - hollowing out the POD and coating the entire interior with a top coat ..... Bro rc Surfer - 700mm X 200mm X 30mm. YPC's Custom design. Authentic...
Building a rc Surfer Part 8 - Creating the Housing - Phase 1 - Bro rcSurfer
Phase 1 - Creating the housing to accommodate the electrics Phase 2 will be hollowing out the POD and applying the finishing coat within. Bro rc Surfer - 700mm X 200mm X 30mm. YPC's Custom...
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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.
African Institute for Mathematical Sciences
The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) is a tertiary education and research institute in Muizenberg, South Africa, established in September 2003. AIMS was formed as a partnership between the following universities: University of Stellenbosch, University of Cambridge, University of Cape Town, University of Oxford, University of Paris-Sud, and University of the Western Cape.
Pollsmoor Prison
Pollsmoor Prison, officially, Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison is a prison in the Cape Town suburb of Tokai in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was the most famous inmate of the prison. He describes Pollsmoor Prison as "the truth of Oscar Wilde's haunting line about the tent of blue that prisoners call the sky. " Pollsmoor is a maximum security prison with little means in the way of escape. Some of South Africa's most dangerous criminals and roughest gangsters are held in Pollsmoor Prison.
Bible Institute of South Africa
The Bible Institute of South Africa is an evangelical Bible college located in Kalk Bay, a suburb of Cape Town on the False Bay coast of the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. The school is non-denominational and has students from all over Africa, as well as from Europe, Asia and North America. It is accredited by North-West University and has a missions focus with many of the faculty having previous on-field missionary experience. The Acting Principal is Dr.
False Bay College
False Bay College is located in Cape Town, South Africa. False Bay College forms part of the band of education known as further education and training (FET). They offer FET courses from NQF levels 2 to 4. Eighty per cent of courses are in this band, and 20 per cent are on higher education and adult basic education and training (ABET).
Saint James Church massacre
The Saint James Church massacre was a massacre perpetrated on St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town on 25 July 1993 by four cadres of the Azanian People's Liberation Army (APLA). 11 members of the congregation were killed and 58 wounded. In 1998 the attackers were granted amnesty for their participation by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
Bergvliet High School
Bergvliet High School is a public high school in the suburb of Bergvliet in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Groot Constantia
Groot Constantia is the oldest wine estate in South Africa and provincial heritage site in the suburb of Constantia in Cape Town, South Africa. "Groot" in Dutch and Afrikaans translates as "great" (as in large) in English.
Grove Primary School (South Africa)
The Grove Primary school is a school from pre-primary to grade 7 in Claremont, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Herschel Girls' School
Herschel Girls' School is a private, boarding and day school for girls, located in Claremont, a southern suburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Southern Suburbs, Cape Town
The Southern Suburbs are a group of suburbs in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. This group includes Rondebosch, Claremont, Plumstead, Ottery, Wynberg, Newlands, Constantia and Bishopscourt, and to some aspects Pinelands and Observatory too.
Wynberg Boys' High School
Wynberg Boys' High School is a traditional boys school in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, founded in 1841.
Alexander Sinton Secondary School
Alexander Sinton Secondary School, also known as Alexander Sinton High School is an English-medium school in Athlone, South Africa, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. As of 2006 it had some 1,113 students and was staffed by 35 educators. http://www. khanya. co. za/schools/khanyaschool. php?emisno=0105483311. In 2006 the Western Cape Education Department designated it one of 10 "Arts and Culture focus schools" to be set up over the following three years. http://curriculum. wcape. school.
South Peninsula High School
South Peninsula High School is a secondary school in Diep River, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. As of 2010 it had 999 students. The school celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2010, after opening in 1950. The school is twinned with Great Sankey High School, in Warrington, England and co-runs an exchange programme for staff and students with GSHS each year.
Bergvliet Primary School
Bergvliet Primary School is a co-educational primary school located in Bergvliet, Cape Town, South Africa. Founded in 1950, the school currently has over 700 students enrolled, offering education from Reception Grade to Grade 7.
Wynberg Girls' High School
Wynberg Girls' High School is a public school for girls in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Founded in 1884, Wynberg Girls High School is one of the oldest all-girls schools in South Africa. The first headmistress, Miss Margaret Stewart, was supported by two teachers and catered to 27 pupils. Initially a co-educational school, WGHS soon became an all-girls school and was known as Ladies' Seminary.
Kenwyn, Cape Town
Kenwyn is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.
Maynardville Open-Air Theatre
The Maynardville Open-Air Theater is an outdoor theater in Maynardville Park, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. It seats 720 people and is most well known for its annual Shakespeare in the Park plays.
Retreat railway station
Retreat railway station is a Metrorail station in Retreat, a suburb of Cape Town. It is a stop on the Southern Line, and the terminus of the Cape Flats Line. The station is located next to a terminus of Golden Arrow Bus Services and a large minibus taxi rank, forming a major transport interchange for the South Peninsula region. The station building is on the western side of the line, attached to Platform 1. Platforms 2 and 3 are on an island.
Christel House South Africa
Christel House South Africa is a school located in Cape Town, South Africa. The school was opened in January 2002. A new facility was recently built and dedicated in March 2009. Christel House South Africa provides education from kindergarten to the 12th grade. The school has more than 600 students and 64 total staff members. Christel House South Africa operates 250 days out of the year. Also, the school was given a perfect score from the UMALUSI, an agency that accredits independent schools.
Zeekoevlei
Zeekoevlei is a major freshwater lake on the Cape Flats near Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa. The name means "hippopotamus vlei," with "vlei" being Afrikaans for "lake", and "zeekoe" (i.e. "sea-cow") being an archaic spelling of the Afrikaans for hippopotamus. Zeekoevlei Nature Reserve (established in June 2000) is based on the lake. It is separated by a peninsula from the Rondevlei Nature Reserve and preserves endangered Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetland ecosystems.
Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology
The Cape Academy of Mathematics, Science and Technology, often abbreviated to "Cape Academy", is a co-educational public boarding school, situated in the Constantia Valley of Cape Town, South Africa. The Cape Academy was founded in 2004 by the Western Cape Education Department to offer quality instruction in the sciences to students from previously disadvantaged backgrounds, as part of the government's strategy to fill the skills gap present in South Africa.
Crawford railway station (Cape Town)
Crawford railway station is a Metrorail station that serves the suburbs of Rondebosch East and Crawford in Cape Town, South Africa. It is served by trains on the Cape Flats Line. The station, which is located between First Avenue in Rondebosch East and Allister Road in Crawford, has two side platforms and a station building at ground level on the west side of the tracks. The platforms are connected by two pedestrian subways.
Claremont railway station (Cape Town)
Claremont railway station is a Metrorail station on the Southern Line, serving the suburb of Claremont in Cape Town. The station has three tracks, served by a side platform and an island platform; the station building is at ground level on the western side of the tracks. Adjacent to the station is major bus station of the Golden Arrow Bus Services and a large minibus taxi rank.
Windsor High School (Cape Town)
Windsor High School is situated in the suburb of Rondebosch East in Cape Town, South Africa. First established in 1935, it moved into its present building in 1938 and was known as Lansdowne High. Its first incarnation under the old apartheid system was as a school exclusively reseved for the white population group. In 1981 the Lansdowne High name was changed in favour of the current Windsor High School, named after the school board held an open competition to rename the school.
Wynberg Military Base Stadium
Wynberg Military Base Stadium is a floodlit football stadium, situated in Wynberg suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. It is basically a part of the Wynberg Military Base, or to be more exact, a part of the Wynberg Military Base Sports Facilities.