Stopping place for the Transnet busses on the Route from Bedford to Spring Valley. The name is derived from Achaskloof. Area around the lower reaches of the Bushfontein Stream. The name is derived from Khoikhoi for; 'dry river'!
Place record
Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape
- Coordinates
- 26.5000, -32.4700
- Updated
- 31 Oct 2022

Entering Bedford
Location Map
Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape
How we know this
- 01mapquest. New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper.
Last updated · 31 Oct 2022
South African History Online. (2016, September 16). Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121865
South African History Online (2016) 'Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape', South African History Online, 16 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121865 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121865, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape." South African History Online, 16 Sept. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121865. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Agieskloof Bus Stop, in the Eastern Cape." South African History Online. September 16, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0121865.
Further reading
Stutterheim, Amatola- Eastern Cape
Fort Beaufort
Fort Beaufort/KwaMaqoma- Amatola District, Eastern Cape
Hogsback, Eastern Cape
Grahamstown and group areas: some facts
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