Newlands
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South Africa
- Newlands, Cape TownNewlands, Cape TownNewlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall...
, a suburb of Cape Town - Newlands, GautengNewlands, GautengNewlands is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in the province of Gauteng.-See also:*Newlands, the suburb of Cape Town...
, a suburb of Johannesburg
United Kingdom
England- Newlands, Essex, a town on Canvey Island
- Newlands ValleyNewlands ValleyThe Newlands Valley is in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. It is regarded as one of the most picturesque and quiet valleys in the national park, even though it is situated very close to the popular tourist town of Keswick and the busy A66 road.The valley forms part of the civil...
, a valley in Cumbria - Newlands CornerNewlands CornerNewlands Corner is a summit of the North Downs approximately east of Guildford in Surrey. Together with the nearby Silent Pool it forms part of the privately owned Albury Estate SSSI managed by the Surrey Wildlife Trust. There are large areas of chalk grassland and woodlands...
in Surrey
Northern Ireland
- Newlands, County Antrim, a townland in County Antrim
Scotland
- Newlands, GlasgowNewlands, GlasgowNewlands is an upmarket district in the Southside of the Scottish city of Glasgow.The area is mainly residential in character. House prices in the area are consistently above the national average, with the average house price for 2006 being around £185 000....
, an area of Glasgow - Newlands, Scottish BordersNewlands, Scottish BordersNewlands is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, in the former Peeblesshire, on the A702, near Bordlands.-External links:***...
Zimbabwe
- Newlands, Zimbabwe - A town in Zimbabwe
People
- Francis G. NewlandsFrancis G. NewlandsFrancis Griffith Newlands was a United States Representative and Senator from Nevada.-Early life:Newlands was born in Natchez, Mississippi, on August 28, 1846...
, US senator — see also the Newlands ResolutionNewlands ResolutionThe Newlands Resolution, was a joint resolution written by and named after United States Congressman Francis G. Newlands. It was an Act of Congress to annex the Republic of Hawaii and create the Territory of Hawaii.... - George NewlandsGeorge NewlandsGeorge McLeod Newlands is Emeritus Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow.- Background :George Newlands is a Scottish liberal Christian theologian...
, Scottish theologian - John Alexander Reina NewlandsJohn Alexander Reina NewlandsJohn Alexander Reina Newlands was an English chemist who invented the Periodic Table.Newlands was born in London and was the son of a scottish Presbyterian minister and his Italian wife....
, English chemist
Buildings
- Newlands Cricket GroundNewlands Cricket GroundNewlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It's the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the SuperSport Series, MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Pro20 competitions. It is also a venue for Test matches. Newlands is regarded as one of the most beautiful cricket...
, a cricket ground in Cape Town, South Africa - Newlands StadiumNewlands StadiumNewlands Stadium, currently referred to as DHL Newlands for sponsorship reasons, is located in Cape Town, South Africa.The stadium currently has a capacity of 51,900 people, but is not an all seater venue....
, a rugby and football stadium in Cape Town, South Africa - Newlands Girls' SchoolNewlands Girls' SchoolNewlands Girls' School is a girls' comprehensive school in Maidenhead, Berkshire, UK.-History:It was founded as Maidenhead High School in 1905 by its first Headmistress Miss Burns, moved to The Castle Hill Centre in 1907 and by 1958 had moved to Farm Road, where it still stands today...
, Maidenhead, England - Newlands, the house in Sandakan, Borneo lived in by author Agnes Newton KeithAgnes Newton KeithAgnes Jones Goodwillie Newton Keith was an American author best known for her three autobiographical accounts of life in North Borneo before, during, and after the Second World War...
and now a tourist attraction