Shelly Beach
Shelly Beach CBD
Shelly Beach CBD
Shelly Beach is located in KwaZulu-Natal
Shelly Beach
Shelly Beach
Shelly Beach is located in South Africa
Shelly Beach
Shelly Beach
Coordinates: 30°47′53″S 30°24′36″E / 30.798°S 30.410°E / -30.798; 30.410
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceKwaZulu-Natal
DistrictUgu
MunicipalityRay Nkonyeni
Main PlaceMargate
Area
[1]
 • Total5.37 km2 (2.07 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total2,577
 • Density480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African29.3%
 • Coloured1.9%
 • Indian/Asian8.5%
 • White60.1%
 • Other0.2%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • English51.8%
 • Afrikaans21.8%
 • Zulu17.0%
 • Xhosa6.0%
 • Other3.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)
4265
PO box
4265

Shelly Beach is a coastal resort town on the South Coast of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, located more or less halfway between Margate (8.5 km) and Port Shepstone (7.1 km). [2][3]

Geography

Shelly Beach is situated between the Zotsha Creek to the north, the Mhlangeni River to the south and the R61 freeway to the west. Its neighbouring areas are Oslo Beach to the north and St Michael’s-on-Sea and Uvongo to the south.

Economy

Economic Development

The opening of Shelly Centre in 1985 placed Shelly Beach as a prime shopping destination on the KZN South Coast[4] followed by the developments of Southcoast Mall in 2005,[5] Shelly Beach Business Park in 2007,[6] the Shelly Beach Day Hospital (now a 24-hour hospital) in August 2010[7] and the reopening of McDonald's in Shelly Beach in 2021 since the 1990s. Today Shelly Beach has become the gateway to shopping in the Lower South Coast, host to the two largest malls in the region, namely Shelly Centre and Southcoast Mall.

Retail

The area along Marine Drive is Shelly Beach’s main commercial area, lined with a number of local shops, car dealerships, restaurants, and shopping centres such as Shelly Centre (the largest shopping centre on the South Coast) and Shelly Boulevard. Southcoast Mall, situated on the western outskirts, is another significant shopping centre in Shelly Beach, ranking as the second largest one on the South Coast.[8][9]

Tourism

Beaches

Shelly Beach is host to two beaches along its coastline, namely Shelly Beach and Windsor on Sea Beach.

The name "Shelly Beach" refers to the many shells on the beaches in which there are. Here, the finest miniature pink lady shells can be found among many other varieties.

Hotels

Hotel Metropole 1961

Snorkelling & diving

Shelly Beach boasts numerous popular diving and snorkelling sites, where the most spectacular varieties of tropical fish, sharks, corals as well as mystical underwater caves can be discovered. These popular sites include Potato Reef, The Caves, Deep Salmon, Arena Reef, Bo Boyi Reef, and Adda Reef.[10]

Infrastructure

Healthcare

Shelly Beach is served by the Shelly Beach Hospital, a private hospital located adjacent to Southcoast Mall and was established on August 2010 as the Shelly Beach Day Hospital by its current owner, Shelly Health Consortium (Pty) Ltd.[11]

The Shelly Beach Clinic is the only public health clinic in Shelly Beach, operating as a municipal clinic under the Ugu District Municipality. For public hospitals, residents of Shelly Beach normally use the Port Shepstone Regional Hospital in Port Shepstone.[12]

Roads

The R61 (future N2 Wild Coast Toll Route) is a toll freeway bypassing Shelly Beach from Port Shepstone in the north to Port Edward in the south and intersects Izotsha Road (P55), which connects Shelly Beach and Izotsha in the north-west. There are two toll plazas located on the southbound ramps of the Izotsha interchange (Izotsha Ramp Plaza). Marine Drive (R620) is the main road through Shelly Beach, passing through from Port Shepstone in the north to Uvongo in the south and is the untolled alternative to the R61.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sub Place Shelly Beach". Census 2011.
  2. ↑ "Distance Shelly-Beach, Ugu, Kwazulu-Natal, ZAF > Margate, Ugu, Kwazulu-Natal, ZAF - Air line, driving route, midpoint". www.distance.to. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  3. ↑ "Distance Shelly-Beach, Ugu, Kwazulu-Natal, ZAF > Port-Shepstone, Ugu, Kwazulu-Natal, ZAF - Air line, driving route, midpoint". www.distance.to. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  4. ↑ "Looking back on South Coast history: August 23 to 25". South Coast Herald. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  5. ↑ "Coastal mall prepares to open". Business. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  6. ↑ L2B. "Leads 2 Business: Online Tenders in SA". Leads 2 Business. Retrieved 2022-12-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ↑ "About Page". Shelly Beach Hospital. Retrieved 2022-12-01.
  8. ↑ "Shelly Centre - Shopping in paradise". www.shellycentre.co.za. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  9. ↑ "Home". Southcoast Mall. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  10. ↑ "Shelly Beach". www.sa-venues.com. Retrieved 2020-06-14.
  11. ↑ "Home". Shelly Beach Hospital. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  12. ↑ http://www.kznhealth.gov.za/clinicname.pdf
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