Bishopscourt

It is also the location of a large number of foreign consulates and embassies. Along with the neighbouring suburbs of Newlands and Claremont, Bishopscourt is located in an area at the foot of Table Mountain that attractions considerably more rainfall than the rest of the Cape Peninsula. In 2015, it was ranked the sixth richest suburb in South Africa, with an average property value of R11 million.

• Name — Bishopscourt • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — South Africa • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Western Cape • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Type3 — Municipality • Subdivision Name3 — City of Cape Town • Subdivision Type4 — Main Place • Established Title — Established • Leader Title — Councillor • Area Total Km2 — 2.31 • Elevation M — 103 • Population Total — 1603 • Population As Of — 2011 • Population Density Km2 — auto • Demographics Type1 — Racial makeup (2011) • Demographics1 Title1 — Black African • Demographics1 Info1 — 12.7% • Demographics1 Title2 — Coloured • Demographics1 Info2 — 5.2% • Demographics1 Title3 — Indian/Asian • Demographics1 Info3 — 5.5% • Demographics1 Title4 — White • Demographics1 Info4 — 74.0% • Demographics1 Title5 — Other • Demographics1 Info5 — 2.6% • Demographics Type2 — First languages (2011) • Demographics2 Title1 — English • Demographics2 Info1 — 85.3% • Demographics2 Title2 — Afrikaans • Demographics2 Info2 — 5.1% • Demographics2 Title3 — Xhosa • Demographics2 Info3 — 3.0% • Demographics2 Title5 — Other • Demographics2 Info5 — 6.6% • Time Zone1 — SAST • Utc Offset1 — +2 • Postal Code Type — Postal code (street) • Postal Code — 7708 • Postal2 Code Type — PO box • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 021

• Illustration — A cottage in Bishopscourt around the turn of the 20th century taken by Arthur Elliott. Following the establishment of the Dutch East India Company in 1652, the land that would later become Bishopscourt was originally the site of a farm called Boscheuvel ("Bush Hill"), managed by Jan van Riebeeck, the first colonial governor of the Cape. The farm was known for cultivating a range of imported grapevines, fruit trees, and nut trees.

Between 1959 and 1970, 132 families were forcibly removed from the area under the terms of the Group Areas Act, the apartheid legislation which declared the area to be for white residents only. Following the end of apartheid, a land claim was instituted in 1995, and claimants were granted erven in 2006. Construction of homes for the 86 families that opted for the return of rights to their land began in 2025.

• Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden