Winterton is a small town on the banks of the Tugela River in the foothills of the Drakensberg mountains, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1905 as Springfield when the Natal Government built a weir across the Little Tugela River. The town later changed its name to Winterton in honour of the secretary for agriculture, HD Winter. Winterton is a small town with only a primary school. It is close to the Second Boer War sites of the Battle of Vaal Krantz and the Spioenkop.

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