Westville is an area near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which is situated 20 km inland from the Durban city centre. Formerly an independent municipality governed by a Town Council, it now forms part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, which also includes Durban. The town was laid out on the farm Westville (named in honour of Martin West, the first British lieutenant-governor of Natal) and formed in 1847. It developed from a settlement of German immigrants who arrived in 1848, and was proclaimed a borough in 1956.
Westville is also central to several main townships, namely Cato Manor, Claremont and Chesterville.
Religion
There are several churches in Westville, including the Westville Catholic Church, Our Lady of Lourdes, situated in the town centre, the Methodist Church, the Westville Baptist Church, St Elizabeth’s Anglican Church and Church on Route 5 (meet at The Roy Couzen’s Theatre at Westville Boys High School)
The major mosque in Westville is Habibia Soofie Masjid, located opposite Westville Boys High School. It is a Soofie mosque.
Attractions
Tourists attractions include Westville’s Palmiet Nature Reserve which has 15 km of guided and self-guided trails. Further afield tourists can experience the evergreen Western Inland Route and KwaZulu’s regional attractions, including The Drakensberg (Barrier of Spears) Battlefields Tours, Game Reserves and Zululand are within a 2–3-hour drive. A large Anglo-German Historical Route exists with numerous Churches, Museums and Gravesites depicting the early settlement struggles of the early Colonial Days.
Source: Westville, KwaZulu-Natal – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
