famous road
Route 62
South Africa's longest wine route, a scenic alternative to the Garden Route passing through the Klein Karoo and wine valleys.
43 km · about 50 min drive
Western Cape, South Africa · Africa
McGregor sits on the route: 20 minutes from Robertson, 43km from Route 62.
McGregor is a town located in Western Cape, South Africa. With a population of 3,744, it is an important destination in Africa.
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McGregor is a small village in the mountains of the Western Cape, South Africa. It is roughly 150 km east of Cape Town. It is located in Ward 5 of the Langeberg Municipality. According to the Census 2001, this Ward has a population of 10,254 people (Stats SA, 2001).
The village was established in 1861 and wasRead more
originally called Lady Grey. It was renamed in 1905 in honour of Rev. Andrew McGregor, who had been the Dutch Reformed Church minister of the Robertson District for forty years.
It has become somewhat of a magnet for alternative lifestyles. The local Waldorf school has roughly 167 children. It is part of the broader wine route network of the Western Cape and is situated at one end of the popular Boesmanskloof Trail to the town of Greyton to the south.
The village irrigation system dates back many years. The edge of the streets have a water channel fed from the town dam. Each landowner has a slot allocated during the week where they get a few minutes to an hour of the channel flowing into their property, with the time allocated being a function of the size of the property. In recent years some controversy has arisen due to the reduction of the roster to every second week in an effort to keep a fuller dam. However, during the summer of 2012/13 extensive work has been undertaken to rebuild the dam and to prevent its main wall from leaking and it is now (June 2013) hoped that this will solve the problems.
It is home to the annual Poetry in McGregor festival.
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McGregor is located in Western Cape, South Africa, Africa. The coordinates are -33.9472 latitude, 19.8291 longitude.
McGregor has a population of approximately 3,744 people, making it a town in South Africa.
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South Africa's longest wine route, a scenic alternative to the Garden Route passing through the Klein Karoo and wine valleys.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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