Forest Hills
Forest Hills is a suburb in the Outer West suburbs of Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. The area borders on the Kloof Gorge which forms part of the Krantzkloof Nature Reserve, and is situated in between Kloof and Waterfall which is also about 7 km from Hillcrest.- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in South Africa
- Also known as: “Forest Hills, Kloof”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thomas More College.
Thomas More College
School
Thomas More College is an independent, Christian co-educational day school located in Kloof, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Thomas More College is situated 4 km southeast of Forest Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waterfall and Kloof.
Waterfall
Suburb
Waterfall is a small town that lies north-east of Hillcrest in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Although Waterfall is officially regarded as a separate suburb from Hillcrest, it is often locally regarded as something of an extension of Hillcrest.
Kloof
Town
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kloof is a town that includes a smaller area called Everton, located approximately 26 km north-west of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Once an independent municipality, it now forms part of the greater Durban area, itself a part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. Kloof is situated 3 km south of Forest Hills.
Glenholme Nature Reserve
Glenholme Nature Reserve is a 42-hectare privately managed area of grassland, scarp and swamp forest in Kloof, outside of Durban, South Africa. A small stream in the reserve leads to a waterfall and gorge which forms one of the headwaters of the Umbilo River.Forest Hills
- Categories: suburb and locality
- Location: Ethekwini, eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-29.75889° or 29° 45′ 32″ southLongitude
30.83056° or 30° 49′ 50″ eastElevation
556 metres (1,824 feet)Open location code
5G2G6RRJ+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 262720169OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Forest Hills” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Forest Hills, Kloof”
- Asturian: “Forest Hills, Kloof”
- Dutch: “Forest Hills, Kloof”
- Urdu: “فارسٹ ہلز، کلوف”
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