Bridgetown
Bridgetown is a suburb in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Bridgetown is situated nearby to the suburb Silvertown, as well as near Langa.Places of Interest
Highlights include Athlone Stadium and Athlone Power Station.
Athlone Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Azwi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer matches. The stadium holds 34,000 people and it was built in 1972.
Athlone Power Station
Power station
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Athlone Power Station was a coal-fired power station in Athlone, Cape Town, South Africa. The site stopped generating power in 2003 and was decommissioned.
Athlone High School
School
Athlone High School is a public, co-educational high school in Silvertown, Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Langa and Bonteheuwel.
Langa
Suburb
Photo: Graeme Churchard, CC BY 2.0.
Langa is a township in Cape Town, South Africa. Its name in Xhosa means "sun". The township was initially built in phases before being formally opened in 1927.
Bonteheuwel
Suburb
Bonteheuwel is a former Coloured township in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Athlone
Suburb
Photo: warrenski, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Athlone is a suburb of Cape Town located to the east of the city centre on the Cape Flats, south of the N2 highway. Two of the suburb's main landmarks are Athlone Stadium and the decommissioned coal-burning Athlone Power Station. Athlone is situated 2½ km southwest of Bridgetown.
Bridgetown
- Type: Suburb
- Category: locality
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.95639° or 33° 57′ 23″ southLongitude
18.53056° or 18° 31′ 50″ eastElevation
20 metres (66 feet)Open location code
4FRW2GVJ+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 140630265OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
3369317
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