Grahamstown Guide

 

Please click here for an interactive map showing several of the sites listed below.

 

Makana Tourism Information Office

63 High Street

 

Banks

• ABSA – High Street
• First National Bank – High Street
• Standard Bank – High Street
• Nedbank – High Street

 

Post Office

• PO – High Street
• Postnet – High Street

 

Petrol stations (Gas stations)

• BP – African Street and Beaufort Street
• Shell – Beaufort Street
• Total – Beaufort Street

 

Shops

 

You will find most shops on High Street and at the Pepper Grove Mall off African Street.

Below is a list of some of Grahamstown's shops, recommended as they are in walking distance to the University:

 

Supermarkets

• Checkers – High Street
• Pick 'n Pay – Peppergrove Mall

 

Convenience store

• Kwikspar – African Street

 

Cosmetics

• Clicks – High Street

 

Mobile Phones

• American Swiss – High Street
• Edgars – 111 High Street
• Markhams – 107 High Street
• MTN – Peppergrove Mall
• PEP – Hill Street
• Videotronic – 73 High Street

 

Printing/Photocopying

• AloeX (printing) – High Street
• Dupliprint (photocopying/printing) – Hill Street

 

Stationery

• Albany Business Machines – Scotts Ave
• CNA (stationery) – High Street
• Van Schaik Bookstore – High Street (University text books)

 

Electronic

• Grahamstown Electrical Distributor – Corner Dundas and Hill Streets
• Videotronic – High Street

 

Clothing

• Ackermans – High Street
• Edgars – 111 High Street
• Foschini – 78 High Street
• Markhams – 107 High Street
• Mr Price – High Street
• PEP – 29a High St and Hill Street
• Topics – 99 High Street
• Truworths – 66 High Street
• Woolworths – High Street

 

Cinemas

• Roxbury Theatres - Peppergrove Mall

 

Photography

• Foto First – Peppergrove Mall
• Kodak Express – 133a High Street

 

Hairdressers/Hairstylists

• Salon Gavroche – 135 High Street
• Salon Tippin – 58 High St
• Sybill's Salon – Peppergrove Mall

 

Household

• Mr Price Home – Peppergrove Mall
• Clicks – 42 High Street

 

IT Equipment

• Albany Business Machines – Scotts Ave
• Albany Computers – 127 High Street
• Insight Technologies.Pty Ltd – Peppergrove Mall

 

Confectionery

• Home Industries – Peppergrove Mall

 

Fast Foods

• Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) – Peppergrove Mall
• King Pie – 119 High Street

For more shops, please see the Grahamstown Handbook Classified Directory.

   

Pharmacies (Drug stores)

 

Wallace's Pharmacy Clicks’ Pharmacy Grahamstown Pharmacy RET Butler Pharmacy

Peppergrove Mall 42 High Street 117 High Street 110 High Street

046 622 7320 046 636 1264 046 622 7116 046 622 7305

 

 

 

                             
                                     
                          
                               

Restaurants

 

• 137 High Street

• Bella Vita – 131 High Street

• Calabash – High Street

• Debonairs Pizza – Cnr Somerset and Hill Streets

• Dulcé Café – 112 High Street

• Gino's Italian Restaurant and Take-Aways – Entrance is from Hill Street parking area

• Guido's – 12 Peppergrove Mall

• Haricot’s – At the French Quarter, 32 New Street

• Henry Ate Steakhouse – Hotel Victoria, 8 New Street

• Juice Bar – 115 High Street

• Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) – Peppergrove Mall

• La Trattoria - 131 High Street

• Mad Hatters – 118 High Street

• Maxwell’s – 38 Somerset Street

• Nando’s – High Street

• Red Café – 127 High Street

• Redwood Spur - Steak Ranch – Graham Mall, High Street

• Ruanthai – 7 New Street

Enjoy the genuine tastes of Thailand prepared by Thai Chef, Suttichai

• Revolution – Peppergrove Mall

• Scooters Pizza – Peppergrove Mall

• Steers – High Street

• The Rat & Parrot – 59 New Street

• Twing Sushi – Peppergrove Mall

• Wimpy – Peppergrove Mall

Places of Interest

Libraries

• Public Library – Hill Street

• South African Library for the Blind – 112b High St

 

Museums

• Albany Museum

The Albany Museum family is made up of the Natural Sciences Museum, the Observatory Museum, the History Museum, the Old Provost and Fort Selwyn.

• NELM (National English Literary Museum) – An associated research institute of Rhodes University

The mission of the National English Literary Museum is to promote the reading and appreciation of all forms of imaginative South African literature in English.

 

Historical Attractions

• Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George – High Street
• City Hall, Settlers Memorial Tower – High Street
• Commemoration Church – High Street
• Grahamstown Centenary memorial – stands on the central island in front of the Cathedral
• High Street Façade – The central gable of the impressive sweep of 19th and early 20th century shop facades on Church Square adorns Grocott & Sherry - the family-owned booksellers.
• St Patrick's Church – Hill Street
• The Drostdy Gate
• The Winged Figure of Peace – On the traffic island in High Street

 

Doctors

Note for international students: Please check with your Medical Aid who your designated doctor is.

 

General Practitioners

• Dr Pellisier – 12 New Street
• Dr Marx, Bennett and Partners – High Street
• Oosthuizen F & Berenisco D – Peppergrove Mall
• Colcade Practice – Hill Street

 

Dentists

• Dr Herring – 41 Hill Street
• Dr Buchner – 14 Anglo-African Street

 

Optometrist

• Dr Duraan – 41 Hill Street
• Mapuma Vision Care – 109 High Street

 

Dermatologist

Please see your GP who will refer you to a specialist.