Westville, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa Property

Westville is a satelite town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa that is situated 8km inland from the Durban city centre. 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 British lieutenant-governor of Natal) which was formed in 1847.

Westville is a fast growing decentralised hub of Durban. Westville is well known as a green surbub and has well regarded schools such as, Westville Senior Primary, Westville Boys' High School and Westville Girls' High School. A 2 square kilometre campus of University of KwaZulu-Natal (former University of Durban-Westville) is situated in Westville, as is the Varsity College (Westville campus) which shares premises with the Westville Country Club, The International Hotel School (Durban campus) based at The Westville Hotel, and The Fusion Cooking School situated in Westville North opposite Atholl Heights Primary School (Grades 4-7).

Westville is an established upmarket suburb, with the fourth most expensive average property prices in the province after Umhlanga, Durban North and the Berea.

There are several churches in Westville, including the Westville Catholic Church, Our Lady of Lourdes, situated in the town centre, the Westville Baptist Church and St Elizabeth's Anglican Church.

Westville is home to the 3 shopping malls. The Pavilion, one of the largest shopping centres in South Africa, Westwood mall situated at the bottom end of westville off the m13 freeway & Westville mall.

Westville is also home to Durban's prison which is one of the largest prisons in the country. With six separate buildings inside the complex, Westville Prison holds up to 13,000 inmates

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