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, but is sometimes used for Currie Cup rugby matches.

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 is a former Coloured township in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The 1st and only Mosque was established in 1964. Some of the people that served on the Committee or was involved: The 1st Imaam was Imaam Achmat Mohammed The…

Athlone

Suburb

Photo: warrenski, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Athlone is a suburb of Cape Town, and part of the city's Cape Flats region. 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″ south

Longitude

18.53056° or 18° 31′ 50″ east

Elevation

20 metres (66 feet)

Open location code

4FRW2GVJ+C6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 140630265

OpenStreetMap feature

place=suburb

GeoNames ID

3369317

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