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Worcester at a glance

Capital of the Breede River Valley and Gateway to the Boland Winelands. Worcester is situated 100km inland from Cape Town via the N1 highway. It is a beautiful country town surrounded by magnificent mountain ranges. The town was established in 1820 by Lord Charles Somerset. Church street in Worcester contains many historic Cape Dutch, Georgian and Victorian homesteads, most of which are restored to their original splendour. The current population of the town is around 80 000.

The valley around Worcester is known as the Breede Rivier Valley and is home to both the largest wine producing as well as the largest table grape producing areas of South Africa. A large number of popular coastal villages and holiday resorts are within a mere 100-150 km radius from Worcester. Good schools, shopping and medical facilities are available in Worcester. Worcester can truly be regarded as the financial hub of the north Boland region. All the major banks are represented here. It has numerous professional businesses (accountants, architects, land surveyors, estate agencies and legal practitioners). The medical fraternity consists of a wide variety of doctors, surgeons, specialists and other ancillery medical practioners. There is a very large state hospital which now host a satellite training campus for the University of Stellenbosch as well as a modern private hospital. The industrial area is vibrant and a number of big, national industrial corporations are actively engaged in the industrial sector of Worcester.

Property prices are extremely realistic and in general 25-30% lower than in the Cape Town area. The residential suburbs offer a wide variety of homes, ranging from stately homes in leafy suburbs to more modern, architect designed houses, average family style houses in the middle priced suburbs to a number of town house complexes (some with gate controlled access) as well as a large retirement village. Investment properties (residential, commercial as well as industrial) can be acquired from time to time, yielding good returns. Specialist properties like guest houses, small holdings, wine farms and fruit farms are available at definitely more attractive prices than in the immediate adjoining areas of Paarl, Wellington, Franschoek and Stellenbosch.

Worcester, although situated barely outside the perimeter of the Cape Peninsula, is regarded as a prime locality for a vast array of outdoor and lifestyle activities. A magnificent 18 hole Gary Player designed lynx style golf course is surely the major attraction to visitors, not just from Cape Town, but even as far as Europe. Worcester gliding club is regarded as one of the premier gliding spots in the world. Other outdoor activities included mountaineering, bike riding, hiking, canoe safaris and boat trips on the Breede River, yachting and powerboating on the Brandvlei and Kwaggaskloof dams, excursions to Big Five game farms. Unforgettable snow sighting trips are available during the winter months. Numerous cellars and wine farms, producing some of the finest award winning wines in South Africa, are in close proximity to Worcester and a number of great wine festivals, such as the Breedekloof Outdoor Festival and Nuy Vallei Wine Festival, are annual events which attracts many visitors. For the indoor type, Worcester has a great casino, a number of excellent restaurants, cinemas, coffee shops, health and beauty spa's and other leisure attractions.

Worcester and its neighbouring suburban villages of Rawsonville and De Doorns, are truly, in the eyes of many visitors from outside, an undiscovered paradise of unique country lifestyle blended with all the comforts and conveniences of modern day living. It is a town where people still know one another and a good South African "kuier" around a braai with glass of fine local wine, still remains very much part of your everyday lifestyle. Here is where you can live, relax, educate your children and, right on your doorstep, have all that nature has to offer in all its splendour and beauty. This all can be had by investing in Worcester property at prices which can truly be regarded as still very affordable.

5 Residential Homes To Let in Worcester

FROM R6,400 to R13,000

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