Townsend Estate
in City of Cape Town of Western Cape, South Africa

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Location Summary
Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
0.000 and 0.000 (Lat./Lng.)
Coordinates by Time:
N 0° 0' 0" and E 0° 0' 0"
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: 05:54 AM (Friday)
Timezone: Africa/Johannesburg
UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
Sunrise and Sunset:
6:41 am and 6:48 pm
Antipode Coordinates:
22.221 and -159.561 (Lat./Lng.)
Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Haena
References
This place on Geonames.org
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Explore Townsend Estate

The district Townsend Estate of in City of Cape Town (Western Cape) is located in South Africa about 807 mi south-west 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: Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Malmesbury and Moorreesburg. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.

Local weather forecast

Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 73 °F

Morning Temperature 16°C / 60 °F
Evening Temperature 19°C / 66 °F
Night Temperature 17°C / 62 °F
Chance of rainfall 0%
Air Humidity 53%
Air Pressure 1013 hPa
Wind Speed Fresh Breeze with 14 km/h (8 mph) from North
Cloud Conditions Clear sky, covering 1% of sky
General Conditions Sky is clear

Saturday, 16th of November 2024

21°C (70 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Sky is clear, moderate breeze, clear sky.

Sunday, 17th of November 2024

23°C (73 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Sky is clear, gentle breeze, clear sky.

Monday, 18th of November 2024

19°C (66 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Broken clouds, moderate breeze.

Hotels and Places to Stay

EHL House

Address
2.633,5 mi
2 Central Avenue
7405 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Cotswold House

Address
2.629,6 mi
6 Cotswold Drive
7441 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Lagoon Beach Hotel

Address
2.630,2 mi
1 Lagoon Gate Drive Milnerton
7435 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Sunstays Lagoon Beach

Address
2.630,2 mi
Lagoon Gate Drive
7441 Beach Boulevard,Milnerton
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Island Club Hotel & Apartments

Address
2.631,0 mi
Century Boulevard
7441 Century Place,Milnerton
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Cape Town Marriott Hotel Crystal Towers

Address
2.631,0 mi
Corner of Century Boulevard and Rialto Road, Century City
7441 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 12:00 - Checkin: 15:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


Colosseum Luxury

Address
2.630,9 mi
Cnr Century Way & Century Boulevard
7441 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


Circa

Address
2.630,8 mi
Anton Anreith Square 15
8001 Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 11:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: 0:00 - 24:00
Weekend: 0:00 - 24:00


51 on Forest Drive

Address
2.633,5 mi
51 Forest Drive
7450 Pinelands,Cape Town
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: 10:00 - Checkin: 14:00
Reception
Weekday: -
Weekend: closed


7 Church Street Luxury Guest House

Address
2.631,4 mi
7 Church Street
6720 Montagu
South Africa

Time Information

Checkout: - Checkin:
Reception
Weekday: 8:00 - 8:00
Weekend: 8:00 - 20:00


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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.

Canal Walk

Canal Walk is a shopping centre in Cape Town, South Africa, that opened in 2000 and was built around a series of canals. It has a total retail area of 141,000-square-metre . The centre forms the heart of a mixed-use development known as Century City, which includes office blocks, residential areas and the Ratanga Junction theme park.

Located at -33.8931, 18.5111 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.631 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Shopping malls established in 2000, Shopping centres in Cape Town

South African Astronomical Observatory

South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO) is the national center for optical and infrared astronomy in South Africa. It was established in 1972. The observatory is run by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. The facility's function is to conduct research in astronomy and astrophysics. The primary telescopes are located in Sutherland, which is 370 kilometres from Observatory, Cape Town, which is where the headquarters is located.

Located at -33.9347, 18.4776 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Astronomical observatories in South Africa, 1820 in South Africa

AFDA, The South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance

AFDA the South African School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance is a film school located on campuses in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, and Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. AFDA is South Africa's only full member of CILECT and therefore all AFDA degrees are recognized internationally.

Located at -33.9317, 18.4683 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.632 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Film schools in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 1994

International Peace University of South Africa

International Peace University of South Africa was formed when the Islamic College of Southern Africa (ICOSA) and Darul Arqam Islamic Institute (DAII) merged.

Located at -33.9756, 18.5231 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.636 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Universities in the Western Cape

Elsieskraal River

The Elsieskraal River is a small river that flows through the Cape Town metropolitan area, in South Africa. It rises in the Tygerberg Hills and flows in a generally south westerly direction to its confluence with the Black River just south of Pinelands. 65% of the course of the Elsieskraal River has been canalised to prevent flooding. Its catchment is part of the Central Management Area of the City of Cape Town.

Located at -33.9503, 18.5019 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Rivers of the Western Cape

Athlone Stadium

Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Santos Cape Town. The stadium holds 30,000 people and was built in 1972. The stadium was upgraded in the lead up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup with the intention of using it as a training venue. The estimated cost of the upgrade was R297 million.

Located at -33.962, 18.5173 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Soccer venues in South Africa, Sports venues in Cape Town

Liesbeek River

The Liesbeek River (also spelt Liesbeeck) is a river in Cape Town in South Africa. It is named after a small river in Holland. The first "free burghers" of the Dutch East India Company were granted land to farm along the river in 1657, shortly after the first Dutch settlers arrived in the Cape. The river was originally called the Amstel or Versse Rivier. It is the first river that Jan Van Riebeeck named.

Located at -33.9364, 18.4764 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Geography of Cape Town, Rivers of South Africa

St. George's Grammar School (Cape Town)

St.  George's Grammar School is a private co-educational day school located in Mowbray, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It was historically the cathedral school attached to St.  George's Cathedral, having been founded in 1848 by Robert Gray, the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town. St.  George's claims to be the oldest independent school in South Africa.

Located at -33.9464, 18.4806 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Private schools in the Western Cape, Anglican schools in South Africa, Schools in Cape Town, Educational institutions established in 1848

Observatory, Cape Town

Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, bordered by Mowbray to the south, and Salt River to the north. The area is best known as student neighbourhood, most of whom attend the University of Cape Town located close by, and for being the home of the South African Astronomical Observatory headquarters as well as Groote Schuur Hospital.

Located at -33.9353, 18.4774 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of Cape Town

Norwood, Western Cape

Norwood is a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape province of South Africa.

Located at -33.9333, 18.5667 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Suburbs of Cape Town

MTN Sciencentre

The MTN Sciencentre is a not-for-profit science centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It forms part of a wide range of non-classroom initiatives to improve the quality of science understanding and science literacy in South Africa. Until early 2010, the centre was located in the Canal Walk shopping mall. It will reopen in Observatory later in 2010. The MTN Sciencentre's Ericsson cell phone is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest working cell phone.

Located at -33.8942, 18.5094 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.631 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Science museums, Museums in Cape Town, Science and technology in South Africa

Milnerton High School

Milnerton High School is a state school in the suburb of Milnerton in Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1959.

Located at -33.8717, 18.4969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.629 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Schools in Cape Town

Fairbairn College

Fairbairn College is a public, co-educational high school in the suburb of Goodwood in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.

Located at -33.8995, 18.5641 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Schools in Cape Town, Educational institutions established in 1977

N2 Gateway

The N2 Gateway Housing Pilot Project is a large housebuilding project under construction in Cape Town, South Africa. It has been labeled by the national government's former Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu as “the biggest housing project ever undertaken by any Government.

Located at -33.949, 18.525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Human habitats, Cape Town, Politics of South Africa, Urban planning in South Africa, Housing struggles in South Africa

Colleges of Medicine of South Africa

The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa (CMSA) is the custodian of the quality of medical care in South Africa. It is unique in the world in that its 27 constituent Colleges represent all the disciplines of medicine and dentistry. One route to specialisation in South Africa, is via a "Fellowship" conferred by the College. See Medical education in South Africa; Dental degree: South Africa.

Located at -33.9581, 18.4861 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Medical education in South Africa, Science and technology in South Africa, Organisations based in South Africa, Research institutes in South Africa

Cannons Creek Independent School

Cannons Creek Independent School, situated in Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa was founded in January 1997 by Ms Carol Barhouch (now Booth) together with four teachers, Mrs Hazelmay Duncan, Kevin Wroth, Nicola du Plooy and Lesley Jacobson as a Primary co-educational English speaking Christian School. The School currently incorporates a primary school (Grade RR to 7) and a high school (Grades 8 to 12 writing WCED Matric exams).

Located at -33.94, 18.5067 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Educational institutions established in 1997, Private schools in the Western Cape, Schools in Cape Town

Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre

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.

Located at -33.9075, 18.5892 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Education in Cape Town, Concert halls in South Africa, Music schools in South Africa

Wingfield Aerodrome

Wingfield Aerodrome was first the Cape Town Municipal Aerodrome, then Air Force Station Wingfield under the SAAF, before being used as a Fleet Air Arm base by the Royal Navy. After World War II, the aerodrome reverted to being the municipal airport for a while. The history of Wingfield is synonymous with the history of flight in South Africa, including pioneering attempts at commercial aviation.

Located at -33.9069, 18.5315 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.632 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Military history of South Africa during World War II, South African Air Force bases, Airports of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Naval Air Stations, World War II sites in South Africa

Salt River railway station

Salt River railway station is a Metrorail railway station in Salt River, Cape Town. It is the second station from the Cape Town terminus on the old main line to Bellville, and the junction where the Southern Line branches from the main line. Services on all of Metrorail's lines pass through the station. The station has three island platforms and one side platform, serving a total of seven tracks. The station building is located on Foundry Street to the south of the tracks.

Located at -33.9272, 18.4653 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.632 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations in Cape Town, Metrorail Western Cape stations

Mutual railway station

Mutual railway station is a Metrorail commuter rail station located between the suburbs of Maitland and Pinelands in Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated next to the South African headquarters of the Old Mutual, from which it takes its name. Mutual is a particularly busy station because it is the junction at which the Central Line towards Mitchell's Plain and Khayelitsha diverges from the Northern Line main line to Bellville.

Located at -33.9217, 18.5147 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations in Cape Town, Metrorail Western Cape stations

Observatory railway station

Observatory railway station is a Metrorail station serving the suburb of Observatory in Cape Town. It is served by trains on the Southern Line. The station is located under the Station Road bridge. It has two tracks served by two side platforms, connected by pedestrian subways.

Located at -33.9381, 18.4714 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Railway stations in Cape Town, Metrorail Western Cape stations

Range High School (Cape Town)

Range High School is an Afrikaans medium school in Matroosfontein, Western Cape, South Africa.

Located at -33.9323, 18.5689 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.635 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
Schools in the Western Cape, Schools in Cape Town

NNK Rugby Stadium

NNK Rugby Stadium is a multi-use stadium, situated in the Parow suburb of Cape Town, at the Western Cape Province in South Africa. Previously it was mostly used for rugby matches. Since September 2010, where the stadium became the new home venue for the National First Division club FC Cape Town, it has mainly been used to host football matches.

Located at -33.8938, 18.583 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.633 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Soccer venues in South Africa, Sports venues in Cape Town

Bosmansdam High School

Bosmansdam High School was founded in 1971 in Bothasig, a suburb of Cape Town, and is a dual medium Afrikaans and English school. The school is state assisted and therefore, like most other schools in South Africa, it charges a set amount of money for its services. The school offers a wide variety of sporting and cultural activities.

Located at -33.8592, 18.5339 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.630 miles away.
Wikipedia Article, Homepage
Educational institutions established in 1971, High schools in South Africa, Schools in Cape Town

Pinelands High School

Pinelands High School is a public school situated in Forest Drive, Pinelands in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was opened in July 1952 and the founding principal was Mr Jack Kent. The school now has about 950 students. In 2004, the school provided filming locations for the motion picture Ask the Dust, with the sets built to simulate Los Angeles in the 1930s. The school originally had a House System, which was scrapped some years after its formation.

Located at -33.937, 18.5081 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2.634 miles away.
Wikipedia Article
1952 establishments in South Africa, Educational institutions established in 1952, High schools in South Africa, Schools in Cape Town

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