Showgrounds
Showgrounds is a recreation area in Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Namakwa, Northern Cape. Showgrounds is situated nearby to the sports venue Hoërskool Fraserburg Sportgronde.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Parsonage Museum, Fraserburg and The Pepperpot.
Old Parsonage Museum, Fraserburg
Museum
The Old Parsonage Museum in Fraserburg is the first parsonage that the Fraserburg Reformed Church, the local congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa, built for its pastor, five years after the congregation's founding in 1851. Old Parsonage Museum, Fraserburg is situated 1 km west of Showgrounds.
The Pepperpot
Monument
The Peperbus is an unusual, hexagonal building on Meyburgh Street, Fraserburg, in the Karoo of South Africa. Along with the Old Parsonage Museum and the Afrikaner Protestant church, earlier an Anglican church designed by Sophy Gray, the Peperbus is one of three national heritage sites the province maintains in the town. The Pepperpot is situated 1¼ km west of Showgrounds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fraserburg.
Fraserburg
Town
Fraserburg is a town in the Karoo region of South Africa's Northern Cape province. It is located in the Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality. The town has some of the coldest winters in South Africa.
Showgrounds
- Type: Recreation area
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Karoo Hoogland Local Municipality, Namakwa, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-31.91352° or 31° 54′ 49″ southLongitude
21.5242° or 21° 31′ 27″ eastOpen location code
4GW33GPF+HMOpenStreetMap ID
way 762800500OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_ground
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