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Nature reserve · KwaZulu-Natal
Chelmsford Nature Reserve
Chelmsford Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in KwaZulu-Natal, about 23 km south of Newcastle. Proclaimed or established in 1975.
—km² recorded size
1975year established
—elevation of the point
23 kmsouth of Newcastle

Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- KwaZulu-Natal
- Local municipality
- Newcastle
- Established
- 1975
- Coordinates
- -27.9617, 29.9053
- Nearest large town
- Newcastle, 23 km south
- Wikipedia articles
- 1 language
Sources: Wikidata Q5089965 · official website · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- Doctor Alden Lloyd Nature Conservation AreaNature reserve34 km south-east
- Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area · 168 km²45 km north-west
- Ingula Nature ReserveNature reserve · 81 km²47 km south-west
- Seekoeivlei Nature ReserveNature reserve49 km north-west
- Upper Wilge Protected EnvironmentProtected area56 km south-west
- Cheetah RidgeWildlife sanctuary62 km south
Address and visiting
Listed addressNormandien, 2942kznwildlife.com
From business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026.
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Chelmsford Nature Reserve
26 mammal and 32 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.