Brackenfell

Brackenfell
—  Suburb  —
Brackenfell Location within the Cape Town metropolitan area
Coordinates: 33°52′00″S 18°41′00″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Western Cape
Metropolitan municipality	City of Cape Town
Named for	Indigenous Fern called Bracken
Time zone	South Africa Standard Time (UTC+2)
Postal Code	7560, 7561
Area code(s)	021

Brackenfell is a northern suburb of Cape Town situated within the Western Cape province of South Africa at the gateway to the winelands. The local government services are provided by the City of Cape Town Municipality. In Brackenfell can be found a variety of property situated on the foothills of Cape Town.

The Bracken Nature Reserve, situated in the Ruwari suburban area, was once a quarry site and was later declared a nature reserve after some negotiations between the Cape Town City Council and the Stellenbosch Divisional Council.

Brackenfell offers schools, shopping malls and medical services, and many different sporting facilities. Brackenfell has several major access roads including the N1, R300, Old Paarl Road and Bottelary Road.

The suburb is bordered by Kraaifontein in the northeast, Kuilsrivier in the southwest and Durbanville in the northwest.

History

The suburb of Brackenfell has been established in 1913 (the name “Bracken” refers to an indigenous fern). Brackenfell used to be a major road crossing during the earlier days of Cape Town, but today it is a well-known suburb located behind the 'boerewors curtain', which is a local colloquial term meaning an invisible curtain that basically divides the city's English and Afrikaans speaking people.

Schools

• Bastion Primary School
• Brackenfell Primary School
• Brackenfell High School
• Paarl School

Suburban Areas

• Aruana (Residential)
• Brackenfell Industria (Industrial)
• Brackenfell North (Residential)
• Bracken Heights (Residential)
• Cape Gate (Residential)
• De Tuin (Residential)
• Edenpark (Residential)
• Everite (Industrial)
• Ferndale (Residential)
• Morgenster (Residential)
• Morgenster Hoogtes (Residential)
• Protea Heights (Residential)
• Protea Village (Residential)
• Ruwari (Residential)
• Sonkring (Residential)
• Springbokpark (Residential)
• Vredekloof (Residential)
• Vredekloof Heights (Residential)
• Vredekloof Rand (Residential)
• Welgeleë (Residential)

Trivia

• Currently, Brackenfell (together with Kraaifontein) uses the prefix "CFR-" in their registered motor vehicles (since approximately 2000 the prefix "CF-" which was formerly been allocated to Grahamstown has also been allocated to these suburbs)

See also

• Brackenfell Directory