Riverside

Riverside is a hamlet in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Riverside is situated nearby to the hamlet Avignon Estate, as well as near Victorskloof.

Places of Interest

Highlights include World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park and Hout Bay Museum.

World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park

Zoo

World of Birds Wildlife Sanctuary and Monkey Park is an avian, reptilian and wildlife sanctuary in Hout Bay, a suburb of Cape Town in South Africa. As suggested by its name, the focus is primarily on birds and monkeys.

Hout Bay Museum

Museum

Photo: Nkansahrexford, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hout Bay Museum is a province-aided museum at 4 Andrews Road in Hout Bay near Cape Town, South Africa. Opened on 5 April 1979, the museum has displays on the history of the Hout Bay valley and its people, focusing on forestry, mining, and the fishing industry up to modern times.

Lichtenstein Castle

Lichtenstein Castle is a mock castle in Hout Bay, Western Cape, South Africa, built on the Karbonkelberg and modelled after Lichtenstein Castle in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Lichtenstein Castle is situated 3 km southwest of Riverside.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llandudno and Hout Bay.

Llandudno

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Llandudno is a residential suburb of Cape Town on the Atlantic Seaboard of the Western Cape. There are no shops or commercial activities, but the town has some of the most expensive residential property in South Africa.

Hout Bay

Photo: Harvey Barrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hout Bay appears to be a little harbour village but is actually a suburb of the South African metropole Cape Town.

Bakoven

Suburb

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bakoven is a small residential suburb in the Atlantic Seaboard region of Cape Town, South Africa. It is positioned between Victoria Road and the sea. South of Bakoven and Camps Bay the coastline is protected, with thousands of acres of mountain Nature Reserve. Bakoven is situated 7 km north of Riverside.

Riverside

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-34.02° or 34° 1′ 12″ south

Longitude

18.36212° or 18° 21′ 44″ east

Open location code

4FQWX9J6+2R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 454664490

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

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