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WIDENHAM VILLAGE: LIVE AND THRIVE
WIDENHAM RETIREMENT VILLAGE is the newest offering in the Hibiscus Retirement Villages stable. Margate, Ramsgate and Umdoni Retirement Villages are well-established retirement villages and the society has a proven track record of more than 60 years.
Widenham Retirement Village has plenty to offer retired people. It is set in 100 hectares of conservation area overlooking the sea, between the villages of Umkomaas and Widenham, 40km south of Durban and 9km north of Scottburgh.
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Two bowling greens, a swimming pool, community centre, activity rooms, gym, library, bar and clubhouse facilities are administered by the residents for the residents. We have more than 25 activity groups, among them aqua aerobics, bridge and card clubs, fitness groups, a garden club, walking groups and a birding club. The Widenham Retirement Village Bowling Club is affiliated to the Kingfisher Bowling Association. We have a nursing clinic with sisters on duty and a frail-care facility in the planning stages.
We have more than 8km of walkways through the wetland and around the perimeter fence. The property is completely fenced with electric fencing. It also has security cameras. The village has gate control as well as patrolling guards. At night, we have patrol dogs on the fence line.
Two large water tanks made it possible to keep our residents in water over the past outage. Should it be necessary, we have access to borehole water as well. Our wetlands are conservation areas and we are constantly monitoring them for alien plants, which we remove We have a number of duiker, bushbuck, otter and mongoose and a plethora of birds in the wetlands.
Phases 1, 2, 3 and 4 are complete and Phase 5 is open for sales. We have 356 cottages occupied and more than 550 residents.
Phase 5 has 60 sites from which to choose. Once you have chosen your site, we will build you a two- or three-bedroom unit. All our units are sold on the life-right basis. Peace of mind in your retirement is what you deserve – retire once, move once. Visit us and experience our village and our hospitality first hand.
Call either Caylin at 066 306 0669 or Jenette at 066 306 0612 during office hours from Monday to Friday.
