South Africa
Western Cape
City of Cape Town

Pollsmoor Prison

Pollsmoor Prison, officially known as Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison, is located in the suburb of in South Africa. Pollsmoor is a maximum security penal facility that continues to hold some of South Africa's most dangerous criminals.
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  • Type: Prison
  • Description: building in South Africa
  • Also known as: “Pollsmoor prison”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Blue Route Mall and Norval Foundation.

Shopping center
is a situated in the predominantly residential neighborhood of , in the region of , . is situated 1½ km northeast of Pollsmoor Prison.

Art gallery
Photo: Allyjm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an art gallery, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Pollsmoor Prison.

Forest
, previously known as "Tokai Forest", is a small wing, about 600 ha, of the greater in , South Africa. is made up of two sections: upper and lower .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Muizenberg and Kalk Bay.

Photo: Hilton1949, CC BY 2.5.
is a beach-side town in the , . It is situated where the shore of the curves round to the east on the coast.

Photo: Ken and Nyetta, CC BY 2.0.
is a small fishing harbour along the east coast of the to the south of . It has become a very hip and trendy place, with a fine selection of restaurants, coffee shops and bistros, and a number of eclectic, alternative shops along the Main Road on either side of the train station.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a seaside town between and Chapmans Peak on the . Its shoreline and its long, wide, sandy beach stretch south to the neighbouring village of Kommetjie.

Pollsmoor Prison

Latitude
-34.06954° or 34° 4′ 10″ south
Longitude
18.43823° or 18° 26′ 18″ east
Open location code
4FQWWCJQ+57
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30043377
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­prison
Wiki­data ID
Q7225734
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Pollsmoor Prison” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Pollsmoor-gevangenis”
  • Asturian: “cárcel de Pollsmoor”
  • Asturian: “Cárcel de Pollsmoor”
  • Asturian: “cárcele de Pollsmoor”
  • Asturian: “prisión de Pollsmoor”
  • Belarusian: “Полсмур (турма)”
  • Belarusian: “Турма Полсмур”
  • Catalan: “Presó de Pollsmoor”
  • Chinese: “波爾斯穆爾監獄”
  • Czech: “Věznice Pollsmoor”
  • Dutch: “Pollsmoorgevangenis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سجن بولسمور”
  • French: “prison de Pollsmoor”
  • French: “Prison de Pollsmoor”
  • German: “Pollsmoor-Gefängnis”
  • German: “Pollsmoor”
  • Indonesian: “Penjara Pollsmoor”
  • Italian: “carcere di Pollsmoor”
  • Italian: “prigione di Pollsmoor”
  • Italian: “Prigione di Pollsmoor”
  • Japanese: “ポルスモア刑務所”
  • Persian: “زندان پولسمور”
  • Spanish: “Prisión de Pollsmoor”
  • Spanish: “prision Pollsmoor”
  • Spanish: “prisión Pollsmoor”
  • Swedish: “Pollsmoor prison”
  • Urdu: “پولسمور جیل”

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Highlights include Steenberg Village and Tokai Library.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Pollsmoor Prison”. Photo: Discott, CC BY-SA 4.0.