Cato Ridge

Cato Ridge is a town in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa named after George Christopher Cato, the first mayor of Durban. Organisationally and administratively it is included in the Ethekwini Metropolitan Municipality as a suburb of the Outer West region.

Geography

Situated in the Valley of a Thousand Hills, Cato Ridge is the westernmost town of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and is actually closer to the city of Pietermaritzburg, 30 km north-west than the city of Durban, 50 km south-east.

Transport

Cato Ridge lies on the N3 freeway which passes the small town to the north, leading north-west to Camperdown and Pietermaritzburg and south-east to Pinetown and Durban. In passing Cato Ridge it gives access to the small town through the R103 interchange.
Local arterial routes through Cato Ridge include: The R103 regional route leading eastwards to Camperdown and Pietermaritzburg and westwards to Inchanga and Hillcrest and the M50 metropolitan route leading south-east to Mpumalanga.