Westville, Durban

Westville at a glance

Westville is a town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa and is just west of Durban. It was a formerly independent town however it became part of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality in 2002. Westville is situated 10 km inland from the Durban CBD.

Shopping centres:

Westville has three notable shopping centres:

- Westwood Mall, situated close to the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville campus

- Westville Mall

- The Pavilion Mall, the largest shopping centre in Westville and the second largest in the Durban area, after Gateway Theatre of Shopping

Schools

Schools situated in Westville include Westville Boys' High School, Westville Girls' High School, Atholl Heights Primary School, Berea West Junior Primary School, Berea West Senior Primary School, Pitlochry Primary School, Westville Senior Primary and the Deutsche Schule Durban. Higher education centres include a 2-square-kilometre campus of University of KwaZulu-Natal and Varsity College (Westville campus).

Specialist schools such as The International Hotel School, based at the Westville Hotel and The Fusion Cooking School can also be found in Westville.

Attractions

Tourist attractions include Westville Palmiet Nature Reserve which has 15 km of guided and self-guided trails. Further afield tourists can experience the evergreen Western Inland Route and Natal's regional attractions, including The Drakensberg (Barrier of Spears) Battlefields Tours, Game Reserves and Zululand are within a 2-3-hour drive. A large Anglo-German Historical Route exists with numerous churches, museums and grave sites depicting the early settlement struggles of the early Colonial Days.

Westville is also home to the biggest super fan of [Ariana Grande], [Harry Styles], [Lana Del Rey], [Melanie Martinez] and more. This fan is known as Tayla McHardy and should be given free tickets to all the concerts in the world.