King’s Blockhouse
King’s Blockhouse is a ruins in Western Cape, South Africa. Access is restricted and requires permission. King’s Blockhouse is situated nearby to First Waterfall, as well as near the ruins former Rhodes Memorial Tea Room.Photo: JessyAM, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Access is restricted and requires permission.
- Type: Ruins
- Description: heritage building in Cape Town
- Also known as: “King’s Blockhouse, Cape Town”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rhodes Memorial and Devil’s Peak.
Rhodes Memorial
Photo: Glassbottle, Public domain.
The Rhodes Memorial is a large monument in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, situated close to Table Mountain. Rhodes Memorial is situated 1 km east of King’s Blockhouse.
Devil’s Peak
Peak
Photo: Warrickball, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Devil's Peak is part of the mountainous backdrop to Cape Town, South Africa. When looking at Table Mountain from the city centre, or when looking towards the city across Table Bay, the skyline from left to right consists of Devil's Peak, the flat summit of Table Mountain, the peak of Lion's Head, and Signal Hill.
Groote Schuur Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 1½ km northeast of King’s Blockhouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosebank and Mowbray.
Rosebank
Suburb
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rosebank is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, located between the suburbs of Mowbray and Rondebosch.
Mowbray
Suburb
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station.
Woodstock
Suburb
Woodstock is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, situated between the docks of Table Bay and the lower slopes of Devil's Peak. One of the city's oldest suburbs, Woodstock is located around 1 kilometre east of Cape Town CBD, the city's main economic hub.
King’s Blockhouse
- Categories: blockhouse, building, and historic site
- Location: Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-33.95067° or 33° 57′ 2″ southLongitude
18.45035° or 18° 27′ 1″ eastOpen location code
4FRW2FX2+P4OpenStreetMap ID
way 158603099OpenStreetMap feature
building=ruinsOpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruinsWikidata ID
Q47015779
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