The Fascinating KwaZulu-Natal Midlands Town of Howick

Historical and Cultural Attractions

zoom Cedara Agricultural College

Cedara Agricultural College
Off the N3, Cedara Offramp
Cedara is South Africa's second oldest agricultural college. It was established in 1905 to provide agricultural training and scientific information to the early farming pioneers of Natal.

Fairfell Farmstead
Shafton Road, Howick
Fairfell was built in 1872 for Sir George Morris Sutton who became the fifth Prime Minister of Natal in 1903. Sutton was a leading farmer who cultivated wattles. The farmstead was declared a National monument in June 1994. Please note that this is a private home.


Howick Clinic
24 Morling Street, Howick
Built as a dwelling house during the late nineteenth century, this is one of the oldest buildings in the Natal Colonial style still in existence in this area. It was converted into a clinic in 1992.

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Howick Local History Museum
Falls View Road, Howick
This museum has a wide range of items and exhibits, including displays on various aspects of medicine, local history, furniture, the sarmcol strike, informal settlements, Boer war and concentration camps.
Telephone: 033 330 6124

For more information on the above or following attractions please contact Howick Tourism.

The Howick Falls Hotel,
Built in 1850 (destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1872), included Paul Kruger, Cecil John Rhodes and Mark Twain as guests!

Howick Waterfall
Howick, on the Umgeni River
95 metres high, the falls are a national monument. A number of deaths by accident, suicide and murder have been recorded here, and a 'monster' is reputed to live in the base pool.

zoom The Laager Wall, Howick

The Laager Wall
Built to protect the residents of Howick from possible Zulu attack during the Anglo-Zulu war of 1879.

Anglo-Boer War Memorial
Howick, Main Road
This is opposite the Umgeni Institute on the Main Road. The cemetery holds 64 British and 84 dead.They are listed on a memorial on this site.

Methodist Church (1879)
The Methodist Church, on the edge of the town, was built in 1879.

Nelson Mandela's Arrest Site
The site of Nelson Mandela's arrest by the South African Police on 5 August 1962.Towards Dargle Road, from Howick.

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Old Agricultural Hall (Craft Southern Africa)
The Old Agricultural Hall, built in 1899 with broad-wood floors and magnificent vaulted ceilings, once the focus of the towns public occasions, including livestock fairs, now houses one of the most comprehensive hand-made curio and craft shops in South Africa. A restaurant nestles amidst a local art gallery, extending out onto the verandah and beneath grand plane trees Tel: 033-330 5859, Directors: off Main Road into Falls Drive.

Owthorne House, Lions River District
Farm Bosch Hoek 973
The farmhouse was built in 1882 by William Charles Shaw, the eldest son of William Robinson Shaw, one of the famous Shaw brothers who came to Natal in the 1880's. The farmhouse was declared a National monument in 1989.

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St Luke's Church
St Luke's Church, in the centre of town, was the first Howick church dating back to 1864.

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