Tourism Newcastle
The Newcastle Tourism Information Office is situated in the old Town Hall on Scott Street.
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Chief Albert Luthuli and the Blaauwbosch Methodist School and Church
The area of Blaauwbosch was bought in 1895 by a private syndicate consisting of 31 Christian Zulu landowners. The elegant Methodist Church and School was built in 1912 of local sandstone and umGabaan stone. From 19117 to 1918 the well…
Haggards Hilldrop House
Rider Haggard’s Hilldrop House built in 1875, is situated on an estate known as Roy Point and was purchased in 1879 by Sir Rider Haggard, author of King Solomon’s Mines, and his friend Arthur Cochrane for the purpose of ostrich…
Newcastle Cemetery
At the entrance to the cemetery is a Lych Gate with memorial plaques for those that lost their lives in the two World Wars. In the Cemetery itself, there are two military sections for the Imperial forces killed in the…
The Armoury
Built as a form of defence for the town during the late1870s when the threat of war with Zululand was looming. Used as the gathering point of the local volunteers, the Newcastle Mounted Rifles, the Armoury has continued to provide…
King Dinuzulu and the Old Prison
Completed in 1905 “His Majesty’s Goal, Newcastle”, was at the time considered “the most up-to-date institution” of its kind in the Colony of Natal. The building reflected the neo-classical style of the Edwardian times. The original jail keeper’s house can…
Newcastle Town Hall
The Town Hall was completed in July 1899 just in time to be occupied by the Boer Forces at the start of the Anglo Boer War in October 1899.