Van der Stel
Van der Stel is a railway station in City of Cape Town, Western Cape. Van der Stel is situated nearby to Bonaero Close Park, as well as near Drakenstein Avenue Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hottentots Holland High School and Strand High School.
Hottentots Holland High School
School
Hottentots-Holland High School is an Afrikaans- and English-speaking school in the Western Cape in South Africa, situated between the towns of Somerset West and Strand. Hottentots Holland High School is situated 670 metres west of Van der Stel.
Strand High School
School
Hoërskool Strand is an Afrikaans high school located in Strand, South Africa. 1 089 students attend the school, mostly residents of Strand, although students from as far as Gordon's Bay, Somerset West, and even Grabouw attend the school. Strand High School is situated 1½ km southwest of Van der Stel.
Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary
Nature reserve
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0.
Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary is a 10 hectares reserve in Strand, South Africa. This isolated bird sanctuary is located near the estuary of the Lourens River. Dick Dent Bird Sanctuary is situated 3 km west of Van der Stel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerset West and Nomzamo.
Somerset West
Photo: Pbsouthwood, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somerset West is a city in the Cape Winelands in the Western Cape region of South Africa. It is a suburb of the metropole of greater Cape Town, and is administrated by the City Council of Cape Town.
Nomzamo
Suburb
Lwandle/Nomzamo is a small township in the Helderberg basin just outside Strand in the Western Cape of South Africa. Both names are sometimes used interchangeably referring to both places.
Strand
Photo: Casperinfo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Strand is a far western suburb of Cape Town on the north coast of False Bay, just south of Somerset West and just west of Gordon's Bay.
Van der Stel
- Type: Railway station
- Categories: station and transportation
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-34.09498° or 34° 5′ 42″ southLongitude
18.85306° or 18° 51′ 11″ eastNetwork
Metrorail Western CapeOpen location code
4FQWWV43+26OpenStreetMap ID
node 7401297955OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q124395856
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Turkish—“Van der Stel” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Van der Stel”
- French: “gare de Van der Stel”
- French: “Van der Stel”
- Turkish: “Van der Stel Garı”
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Notable Places Nearby
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