Penford

Penford is a residential area in Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape. Penford is situated nearby to the sports venue Uitenhage Swimming Pool, as well as near Maginnes Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Uitenhage and Muir College.

Uitenhage

Railway station

Photo: Andre Kritzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Uitenhage is a railway station, which is situated 1 km south of Penford.

Muir College is a semi-private English medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Vanes Estate in Kariega in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Muir College is situated 3½ km northeast of Penford.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Uitenhage and KwaNobuhle.

Uitenhage

Town

Photo: Janek Szymanowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Uitenhage, officially renamed Kariega, is a South African town in the Eastern Cape Province. It is well known for the Volkswagen factory located there, which is the biggest car factory on the African continent.

KwaNobuhle

Town

KwaNobuhle is the largest township on the outskirts of Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape province of the Republic of South Africa. It was formed during the time of Forced Removals, officially opened in 1967. The meaning of KwaNobuhle is "beautiful place". KwaNobuhle is situated 5 km south of Penford.

Despatch

Town

Despatch is a small town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa situated between Gqeberha and Uitenhage with an estimated population of 40,000. It forms part of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality which includes Gqeberha and Uitenhage, and has collectively a population of over 1.3 million. Despatch is situated 7 km southeast of Penford.

Penford

Type: Residential area
Location: Nelson Mandela Bay, Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.76375° or 33° 45′ 50″ south

Longitude

25.4062° or 25° 24′ 22″ east

Open location code

4GR76CP4+GF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 82216461

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Uitenhage Swimming Pool and Maginnes Park.

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