Bishops Lodge

Bishops Lodge is a hotel in Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, which is located on Bishops Avenue. Bishops Lodge is situated near Sol Plaatje University, as well as near Honoured Dead Memorial.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Honoured Dead Memorial and Big Hole.

Honoured Dead Memorial

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Honoured Dead Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated at the meeting point of five roads, and commemorates those who died defending the city during the Siege of Kimberley in the Anglo-Boer War. Honoured Dead Memorial is situated 370 metres east of Bishops Lodge.

Big Hole

Photo: irene2005, CC BY 2.0.

The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa. It has been considered the deepest hole excavated by hand, contending the title with Jagersfontein Mine.

Sol Plaatje Museum

Museum

Photo: TwinMosia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years at 32 Angel Street, Malay Camp. Sol Plaatje Museum is situated 690 metres north of Bishops Lodge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kimberley and Beaconsfield.

Kimberley

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. 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

Suburb

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.

Bishops Lodge

Type: Hotel
Address: 9 Bishops Avenue, Kimberley, 8301
Categories: tourism, accommodation, and building
Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-28.75198° or 28° 45′ 7″ south

Longitude

24.76563° or 24° 45′ 56″ east

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

5G366QX8+67

OpenStreetMap ID

node 442659567

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=hotel

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sol Plaatje University and Sol Plaatje University Library & Student Resource Centre.

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