Quail

Quail is a railway station in UMngeni Local Municipality, Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal. Quail is situated nearby to the suburb Merrivale, as well as near the aerodrome Beeches Airstrip.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Howick Falls and Howick public library.

Howick Falls

Waterfall

Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Howick Falls is a waterfall in Howick, KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. The waterfall is approximately 95 m in height and lies on the Umgeni River. The Zulu people called the falls KwaNogqaza, which means "Place of the Tall One". Howick Falls is situated 3 km north of Quail.

Howick public library

Building

Photo: Derek J Moore, CC BY 4.0.

Howick public library is a building, which is situated 3½ km north of Quail.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Merrivale and Howick.

Merrivale

Suburb

Merrivale is a town in Umgungundlovu District Municipality in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. Village 145 km north-west of Durban and 5 km south-east of Howick. Named after Herman Merrivale, Secretary of State for the Colonies in 1848.

Howick

Photo: Stevan.Karalic, CC BY 3.0.

Howick is a town of 22,000 people in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The town is the location of Howick Falls, which is a large waterfall that occurs when the Umgeni River falls 95 metres over dolerite cliffs on its way to the Indian Ocean.

Hilton

Suburb

Hilton is a small town that lies between Howick and Pietemaritzburg in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. In 1872 the Reverend William Orde Newnham opened Hilton College on a large estate 7.8km north of the town, which is now one of South Africa's leading private schools. Hilton is situated 8 km southeast of Quail.

Quail

Type: Railway station
Category: transportation
Location: UMngeni Local Municipality, Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-29.51355° or 29° 30′ 49″ south

Longitude

30.23776° or 30° 14′ 16″ east

Open location code

5G2GF6PQ+H4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 599489489

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

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