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Kempton Park is a city in the East Rand region of Gauteng province, South Africa.It is part of the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality.It is situated south of Thembisa, one of the largest townships in South Africa, which is also part of Ekurhuleni.
The park was used in the World War I by the army and in World War II as a Prisoner of War Camp. [3] The estate contained 360 acres in 1957 which remains largely uninhabited except for three cottages, whereas the manor has been developed as residential housing or turned into reservoirs, a museum and pumping works.
The racecourse was the idea of 19th-century businessman and Conservative Party agent S. H. Hyde, who was enjoying a carriage drive in the country with his wife in June 1870 when he came across Kempton Manor and Park for sale. Hyde leased the grounds as tenant in 1872 and six years later in July 1878 Kempton opened as a racecourse.
Kempton Park may refer to: Kempton Park, Gauteng, a city on the East Rand, South Africa; Kempton Park, Surrey, a district in the borough of Spelthorne, Surrey, UK, adjacent to Sunbury-on-Thames Kempton Park Racecourse, a horse racing track in Sunbury-on-Thames; Kempton Park railway station, a railway station in Sunbury-on-Thames
There was a transshipment facility at Kempton Park station. The opening of the line was delayed until 1916 and it closed in 1947. [10] During the First World War, Kempton Park Racecourse was used as a motor transport store for the nearby camp at Sunbury. [8]
Kempton Park Reservoirs are a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the London Borough of Hounslow and Kempton Park in Surrey. [1] [2] It is owned by Thames Water. [3] It is part of South West London Waterbodies Ramsar site [4] and Special Protection Area [5] Kempton Park East reservoir is also a local nature reserve. [6] [7]
Benoni is situated towards the centre of the East Rand and lies on the urban fringe where the urban area dissolves into the smallholdings and farmland to the north. It borders on Kempton Park to the north-west, Boksburg to the west, Brakpan to the south and Daveyton to the east.
Kempton Park Racecourse, Surrey; ... is located amidst the mountains on very picturesque surrounds, and is used especially during the summer months when racing in the ...