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Grahamstown Accommodation: Nearby towns with accommodation:
Addo Accommodation | Paterson Accommodation | Kenton-on-Sea Accommodation
Port Alfred Accommodation | Port Elizabeth Accommodation | Bathurst Accommodation
Grahamstown is a city in the Eastern Cape Province of the Republic of South Africa and is the seat of the Makana municipality.
Grahamstown was founded in 1812 as a military outpost by Lieutenant-Colonel John Graham as part of the effort to secure the eastern frontier of British influence in the then Cape Colony against the Xhosa.
Located some 130 km from Port Elizabeth and 180 km from East London, Grahamstown is also the seat of Rhodes University, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and home to the College of the Transfiguration- the only residential provincial college of the Anglican Church in Southern Africa - and a High Court.
However it does not form part of the South African Cities Network.
Two large festivals take place annually in Grahamstown: the National Arts Festival in June/July and SciFest Africa in the first term of the year - sometimes April but it will be in March in 2009 and will attract some 50,000 people. The National Arts Festival is the largest Arts festival in Africa and sees some of the leading talent on the South African and international art scene arriving in Grahamstown for a celebration of culture and artistic expressi.
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