Gordons Bay at a glance
Gordon's Bay is a sought after area to buy a home or invest in property.
The area has a strong sense of community, low crime rates, reasonable rates & taxes costs and a functioning town council.
Gordon's Bay is a coastal town in the City of Cape Town. It is a suburb of the Helderberg region, which is named after the Helderberg Mountain, which borders the locality. The Helderberg region is in the northeastern corner of False Bay about 58 km from Cape Town to the south of the N2 national road and is named after Robert Jacob Gordon (1743-1795).
Gordon's Bay is the smallest of the three towns in the Helderberg region, namely, Somerset West, Strand and Gordon's Bay.
Gordon's Bay was originally named "Fish Hoek", many years before the town of the same name, located on the western side of False Bay, was founded.
Gordon's Bay consists of the old village, situated around the old harbour and Bikini Beach, the mountainside on the lower slopes of the Hottentots-Holland mountains overlooking False Bay, and the low-lying suburbs close to the main beach, making up the most recent expansion of the town.
The older part of Gordon's Bay includes the South African Naval College which is adjacent to the old harbour and yacht marina. Above the harbour on the mountainside is an emblem of a giant anchor and the letters "GB" assembled from painted stones which stands for General Botha, the name of the earlier training base, SATS General Botha, which was also the original name of the naval station in the town.
The Steenbras Dam, one of Cape Town's suppliers of drinking water, is located behind the mountain above the town.
Gordon's Bay has a blue flag beach, Bikini Beach, to the south of the harbour, which is generally popular, particularly with students from the University of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University. The beach is considered safe and is regularly patrolled by a seasonal security guard.
Parents can confidently choose from Kids Cove Nursery School, Little Sprouts Family Daycare, Kiekeboe Educare, Gordons Bay Primary School, Temperance Town Primary, Loreto Primary School, Rusthof Secondary School, Strand Secondary School and Gordon High School among others.