Nottingham Road village sits squarely in the beautiful Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal. It is a village with old world values, friendly people and long-standing institutions like the Nottingham Road Hotel ("Notties") and Rawdons Hotel, where world affairs and the morrow's crop vie for attention over a glass of the local brew. It is here, in the middle of the village and on the old polo fields, that developer Guy Smith created Gowrie village, with the purpose to allow the local community and others who have a love for country life, to buy a plot and establish a village lifestyle. Guy ensured that the project was interwoven with the rural village ambience and its rich history. To this end, he put together a team of urban designers and architects who cherish old world values as embodied in neo traditional town planning concepts. This authentic village development has narrow streets and charming public areas, as well as 12 hectares of agricultural commonage. It comprises of 134 residential units, a delighful shopping centre, a gymnasium and the Nottingham Road Sports Club which offers tennis and bowling. Re-sales of these homes take place on a regular basis and have turned out to be excellent investments.