East London

Worth seeing in and around East London

6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Buffalo Park

   Buffalo Park is a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is one of the home grounds for the Warriors cricket team, and the principal home ground for Border.

   1.2 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia
2. 02
   East London Museum

   East London Museum is a museum in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, notable for holding the type specimen of the coelacanth, a fish previously believed to be long extinct. It was the workplace of Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the fish's discoverer.

   2.6 km · museum in South Africa · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Buffalo City Stadium

   Buffalo City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in East London, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for Rugby Union matches and is the home stadium of Border Bulldogs.

   1.1 km · The Buffalo City stadium in East London, South Africa that firstly known as Ragby Stadium. The stadium has the capacity to accommodate about sixteen thousand (16,000) people. · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Hood Point Lighthouse

   The Hood Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse in East London, South Africa. It began operating on 4 June 1895.

   3.1 km · lighthouse in South Africa · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Jan Smuts Stadium

   The Jan Smuts Stadium is an athletics and football stadium in the Arcadia suburb of East London, Buffalo City. The stadium is named in honour of Jan Smuts, and is adjacent to the Buffalo City Stadium.

   1.1 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Potter's Pass

   Potter's Pass, is situated in the Eastern Cape, province of South Africa, near East London. It is on the East London Grand Prix Circuit and is known for having one of the fastest and most challenging curves in South African motorsport.

   4.9 km · mountain pass in Eastern Cape, South Africa · Wikipedia

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Getting to East London

Airports

King Phalo (ELS), 8 km · Chief Dawid Stuurman (PLZ), 239 km

Stations

East London Airport, 8.7 km · East London railway station, 400 m

• Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) → East London

  237 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · R260–345
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• Bloemfontein → East London

  462 km · quickest by road, 8h 13m · R495–660
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• Durban → East London

  459 km · quickest by air, 7h 6m · R1,340–2,070
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