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Sights in the area
Buffelshoek Pass, Pearston
Walter Battiss Art Museum
Renowned artist Walter Battiss was born in Somerset East, and lived in the building that now houses the museum as a child.
Cookhouse Station, Cookhouse
The Cookhouse railway station personifies the little village, part of the Blue Crane Route municipality.
Somerset East Museum
The Old Parsonage museum is one of the oldest buildings in Somerset East, and houses artifacts from families that lived in the house.
Slagtersnek Monument, Cookhouse
The Slagtersnek Monument remembers a significant piece of history linked to this district’s early years
Somerset East Dutch Reformed Church
Located on the main road, it is the fourth oldest congregation of the DRC in the Eastern Cape
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Delville Wood War Memorial
Somerset East's war memorial remembers the men from the town who died in the two world wars.
Glen Avon Mill
The history of Glen Avon is that of Robert Hart who was regarded as being the “Father of the 1820 Settlers”
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Middleton All Saints Church
Middleton is located near Cookhouse and was first established in 1879 as a train station to act as a layover point between larger towns. The church built in 1903
Commandant Paul Erasmus Memorial
There's a monument on the Dutch Reformed Church grounds in memory of Commandant Paul Erasmus.
Commandant William Comley Memorial
The monument in memory of Commandant William Charles Comley stands on the grounds of the Apostolic Church
Bruintjieshoogte Pass
The Bruintjieshoogte Pass lies on the R63 road about halfway between Pearston and Somerset East.
Glen Avon Waterfall
The Glen Avon Waterfall is said to have one of the highest drops of water on private land in South Africa
Roodewal historic site
Three heritage sites at very close to each other on the N10 at Roodewal near Cookhouse
Paulet House
Paulet House, home to the Jakes Gerwel Foundation, was built in 1825, the year Somerset East was established
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Gill College
After his death in 1863, Dr William Gill, the District Surgeon of Somerset East, left £23 000 to be used to set up and run an institute of higher learning.
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Anglican "All Saints" Church
Hope Church
A church for the Coloured Dutch-speaking Congregation was erected on Dorothy Evans' erf in 1844.
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Pearston Dutch Reformed Church
The village of Pearston had its origins as a parish of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1858 a notice to establish the village was published in the Kerkbode, the official publication of the Dutch Reformed Church.