Beaconsfield

Beaconsfield is a suburb of Kimberley, South Africa, formerly known as Du Toit's Pan. Beaconsfield was a separate borough from Kimberley itself until its amalgamation with the latter as the City of Kimberley in 1912.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: human settlement in South Africa
  • Also known as: “Beaconfield” and “Beaconsfield, Kimberley”

Places of Interest

Highlights include McGregor Museum and Duggan-Cronin Gallery.

Museum
Photo: flowcomm, CC BY 2.0.
The in Kimberley, South Africa, originally known as the Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum, is a multidisciplinary museum which serves Kimberley and the Northern Cape, established in 1907.

Art gallery
Photo: Waitabout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The , which is a satellite of the in Kimberley, , houses in part the legacy in photographs and ethnographic artefacts of the photographer Alfred Martin Duggan-Cronin.

Sports venue
The is a cricket stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, . It opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 11,000. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home venue of both the VKB Knights, in the Sunfoil Series, and Northern Cape, in the CSA Provincial Competitions.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kimberley.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is the capital of the Province of . Amongst other things, it is famous for its Big Hole, the world's largest hand-dug excavation that was created when thousands of people searched for diamonds at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.

Beaconsfield

Latitude
-28.75154° or 28° 45′ 6″ south
Longitude
24.78841° or 24° 47′ 18″ east
Elevation
1,225 metres (4,019 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ZA BEA
Open location code
5G366QXQ+99
Open­Street­Map ID
node 262719147
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1020676
Wiki­data ID
Q15975744
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Beaconsfield” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Beaconsfield”
  • Hungarian: “Beaconsfield”
  • Pedi: “Beaconsfield, Kimberley”
  • Russian: “Беконсфилд”
  • Russian: “Биконсфильд (город)”
  • Russian: “Биконсфильд (Кимберли)”
  • Russian: “Биконсфильд”
  • Urdu: “بیکنزفیلڈ، کمبرلے”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Minerva Gardens and Beaconsfield.

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