King’s Blockhouse

King’s Blockhouse is a ruins in , . Access is restricted and requires permission. King’s Blockhouse is situated nearby to , as well as near the ruins .
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.

Photo: Glassbottle, Public domain.
The is a large in the style of an ancient Greek temple on in , , situated close to . is situated 1 km east of King’s Blockhouse.

Peak
Photo: Warrickball, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Devil's Peak is part of the mountainous backdrop to . When looking at from the city centre, or when looking towards the city across , the skyline from left to right consists of Devil's Peak, the flat summit of , the peak of , and .

Hospital
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of in the city of , . 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. is situated 1½ km northeast of King’s Blockhouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosebank and Mowbray.

Suburb
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the of , , located between the suburbs of and Rondebosch.

Suburb
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the of , and lies on the slopes of . is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at .

Suburb
Photo: Kierano, CC BY 3.0.
is a suburb in , , situated between the docks of and the lower slopes of . One of the city's oldest suburbs, is located around 1 kilometre east of Cape Town CBD, the city's main economic hub.

King’s Blockhouse

Latitude
-33.95067° or 33° 57′ 2″ south
Longitude
18.45035° or 18° 27′ 1″ east
Open location code
4FRW2FX2+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 158603099
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­ruins
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­ruins
Wiki­data ID
Q47015779
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