Uniondale Travel Guide

 mke1963 Says:  No less than five forts were constructed around Uniondale by the British army and the local Town Guards to protect the valley from attack by the Boer Commandos. Despite this substantial defence effort, a Boer leader managed to capture the local magistrate, postman and... 

 mke1963 Says:  Parallel to, but up the slope from, Voortrekker Street is Hope Street, where the new red stone Dutch Reformed Church sits, makes another pleasant walk through history, with its simple but elegant houses sitting against the edge of the bush. The road to the side of the church... 

 mke1963 Says:  Below the main road through Unondale, and running parallel to it, is Victoria Street, a quiet stretch of road with Uniondale's finest houses. The adjacent Numbers 26 and 28, both single storey, unadorned and simple, have been declared National Monuments: Number 26 was where... 

 mke1963 Says:  The Dutch Reformed Church sat right between Hope and Lyonville on Voortrekker Street in what became Uniondale. It was built in 1862 on a vacant plot of land, and the pastor named it as the church for Uniondale, so settling an argument between Hope and Lyonville over the name... 

 nora_south_africa Says:  This is near the Garage ( petrol/ fuel pump), its a public phone if you need to phone urgently 

 nora_south_africa Says:  Just a small pump but you can find fuel here., its in town 

 nora_south_africa Says:  This is in town near the fuel pump, so if you going to need some refreshments you will find something cold here. 

 mke1963 Says:  The town grew quickly as more farms developed in the deep valleys between no less than five mountain ranges (a further two can be seen from the ridges above town) - the Swartberg, the Kammannassieberg, the Bavianskloof Mountains, the Kouga and the Langeberg.Today, little... 

 mke1963 Says:  Settlements began in the Uniondale around 6,000 years ago, when the San people rested and lived in the many caves in the local Table Mountain sandstone that overlook the narrow deep valleys. There are many sites in the area where San rock art survives today. But little is...