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Hillcrest Accommodation: Nearby towns with accommodation:
Assagay Accommodation | Bothas Hill Accommodation | Gillitts Accommodation
Kloof Accommodation | Winston Park Accommodation | Durban Accommodation
Hillcrest was formerly a sleepy village on the outskirts of Durban that has now become a booming suburb incorporated into the greater Durban area known as the eThekwini Municipal Area (EMA). HillCrest (as the town's name was variously spelt until 1969).
Hillcrest was founded on a rise in the main road from Durban to Pietermaritzburg in 1895 as a farming or "weekend" village, then a good distance from what was the emerging port of Port Natal.
The village was laid out as leasehold sites on portion of the farm Albinia owned by William Gillitt, one of the main pioneer families of the area and after which the nearby suburb of Gillitts is named.
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