Introduction to Winterton
Winterton a quint village located next to the Little Thukela River, in the Central Drakensberg of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. A key gateway to the Central Drakensberg regions of the Champagne and Cathkin Vallies and Cathedral Peak.
This small town has magnificent distant views of the Drakensberg mountains, in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Winterton is a very convenient location to shop and has several excellent eateries such as the Pig and Plough, The Bridge and the Winterton Country Club.
A commercial centre
There are many excellent supermarkets, such as:
- The Spar;
- OK Simmies; and
- Desai’s Supermarket
Also, there is a range of hardware and agricultural shops, which will meet your hardware requirements.
Winterton also has a renowned car repair business, Johnny’s. Johnny and his sons are brilliant at repairing and panel beating most makes of cars. Furthermore, there is a tyre and brake repair outlet, Tyremart Winterton.
History
This town was founded in 1905 as Springfield when the Natal Government built a weir across the Little Thukela River.
It later was renamed after the famous agricultural specialist, Mr Winter.
Attractions
The Winterton Museum:
A small museum renowned for its insights into Zulu history, San rock art and the Battle of Spioenkop.The museum houses a Zulu beehive kraal replica, built by the local Ngwane people. But there is also an excellent Anglo Boer (South African) war library, a history of local farming that includes implements, reproductions of San art and insights into their lifestyle and culture and how it influenced their art. The museum consists of a gallery of San paintings.
Other exhibits feature the Rein-Weston Caravan – in which Admiral Weston toured the world from the Cape through Africa and on to England.
Other:
Winterton is also close to the Second Boer War or South African battle sites of The Battle of Vaal Krantz and Spioenkop.