Lansdowne
Worth seeing in and around Lansdowne
10 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.
- 01Athlone Stadium
The Athlone Stadium is a stadium in Athlone on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. It is used mostly for soccer matches, but is sometimes used for Currie Cup rugby matches.
3.3 km · building in Africa · Wikipedia - 02Newlands Cricket Ground
Newlands Cricket Ground is a cricket venue in Newlands, Cape Town. One of the oldest sporting stadiums in South Africa, the ground is owned by the Western Province Cricket Association and is the home of Western Province and MI Cape Town.
3 km · cricket ground in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 03Rondebosch Fountain
Rondebosch Fountain is an ornamental Victorian drinking trough for horses, standing on a traffic island on the intersection between Belmont Road and Main Road in the centre of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. It was declared a National Monument on 10 April 1964.
3.8 km · historic site in Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 04Arderne Gardens
Arderne Gardens is a public park and arboretum in Claremont, Cape Town, located in the Western Cape of South Africa. It was established in 1845 by Ralph Henry Arderne, a timber merchant originally from Cheshire, England.
3 km · public park and arboretum in Claremont, Cape Town · Wikipedia - 05Maynardville Open-Air Theatre
The Maynardville Open-Air Theater is an outdoor theatre in Maynardville Park, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa. It seats 720 people and is known for its annual Shakespeare in the Park plays.
3.7 km · outdoor theatre in Maynardville Park, Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 06Rondebosch Public Library
Rondebosch Library is a public library in Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. It was ranked 18th in the City of Cape Town's top circulating libraries in 2013.
3.7 km · public library in Cape Town · Wikipedia - 07Rustenburg School for Girls
Rustenburg Girls' High School and Rustenburg Girls' Junior School are two separate public schools with a shared history, originating in the suburb of Rondebosch in Cape Town, South Africa. Rustenburg was founded in 1894 and divided into separate junior and high schools in 1932.
3.8 km · building in South Africa · Wikipedia - 08Kenilworth Racecourse
Kenilworth Racecourse, also known as the Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, is a race track in South Africa for Thoroughbred horse racing founded in 1881 at Kenilworth, Cape Town by the South African Turf Club. The facility has both an inner and outer grass track and is the oldest horse racing track in South Africa.
2 km · Racecourse in South Africa · Wikipedia - 09Dutch Reformed Church, Wynberg
The Dutch Reformed Church in Wynberg is the 20th oldest Dutch Reformed Church congregation in the former Cape Province and the third oldest in the Cape Town metropolitan area, after the Groote Kerk and the Durbanville Dutch Reformed Church congregation. Dr.
3.8 km · church in Wynberg, Cape Town, South Africa · Wikipedia - 10Genadendal Residence
Genadendal Residence [χəˈnɑːdəndal] is the official Cape Town residence of the president of South Africa, situated on the Groote Schuur estate in Rondebosch. It has been the official residence since 1994 when Nelson Mandela took up residence here rather than the main Groote Schuur manor house.
3.9 km · building in South Africa · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lansdowne
- Airports
- Cape Town (CPT), 10 km
- Stations
- Claremont railway station, 2.9 km · Wynberg railway station, 3.1 km
- George → Lansdowne366 km · quickest by air, 6h · R1,010–1,560
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) → Lansdowne657 km · quickest by air, 4h 18m · R1,200–1,860
- Kimberley → Lansdowne833 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · R1,400–2,180
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No local-transport research exists yet for Lansdowne
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lansdowne. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inBuses and taxis are available from the Kotdwar railway station directly up to the Lansdowne market; a shared taxi charges ₹75.
- Go nextThe trek to the temple is not very long or tiring but offers a spectacular view of the valley below.
- Go nextRegular jeep taxis are available anytime from Lansdowne to Kotdwar.
From Wikivoyage: Lansdowne (India), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-06.
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Next door to Lansdowne
Lansdowne is 10 km from Cape Town, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Newlands Stadiumsports venue in Cape Town, South Africa3.3 km
- City of Cape Townmetropolitan municipality in Western Cape, South Africa1.4 km
- Claremontsuburb of Cape Town, South Africa3.1 km
- Rondeboschsuburb of Cape Town, South Africa3.3 km
- Wynbergsuburb of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa3.1 km
- Kenilworthsuburb of Cape Town, South Africa2.3 km