Tourism Newcastle
Scott Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalThe Newcastle Tourism Information Office is situated in the old Town Hall on Scott Street.
Newcastle
Newcastle Town Hall
Scott Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalThe 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.
The Carnegie Art Gallery
Scott Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalThe Carnegie Gallery can be found in the Municipal Gardens across the walkway from the municipal offices between Scott and Murchison Streets. The Gallery keeps a collection of local art works and encourages traditional Zulu arts and crafts.
Haggards Hilldrop House
15 Hilldrop Road, Hilldrop, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalRider 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…
The Armoury
Scott Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalBuilt 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…
Newcastle Cemetery
Hardwick Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalAt 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…
Hindu Shiva Temple and Mahatma Gandi
Kirkland Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalBuilt in 1903 this rather unique temple looks almost miniature, yet it is reputed to have the largest cella dome of its kind in the southern hemisphere. The cella being the chief apartment of the temple where the statues of…
Chief Albert Luthuli and the Blaauwbosch Methodist School and Church
Blaauwbosch, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalThe 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…
King Dinuzulu and the Old Prison
Hospital Street, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalCompleted 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…
Maharaj House
Boundary Street, Lennoxton, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalThis typical colonial Victorian house in Lennoxton was the family home Mac Maharaj, who was a founder member of the Anti-Apartheid Movememnt, a prisoner on Robben Island with Nelson Mandela from 1965 1976, a prominent member of the ANC and…
Fort Amiel Museum
Fort Amiel, 4 Fort Street, Amiel Park, Newcastle, KwaZulu-NatalFort Amiel was opened as the Cultural History Museum of Newcastle in 1990 at the restored British military base built in 1876 by the 80th Regiment or Staffordshire Regiment. It was used during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and Anglo-Boer…