Southwick, Ooty

Southwick
Suburb
Mountain view in Southwick
Southwick Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 11°24′16″N 76°42′46″E / 11.404457°N 76.712843°ECoordinates: 11°24′16″N 76°42′46″E / 11.404457°N 76.712843°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	The Nilgiris
Government
• Body	Udagamandalam Municipality Corporation
Elevation[1]	2,400 m (7,900 ft)
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	643 001
Telephone code	91423
Vehicle registration	TN 43
Civic agency	Udagamandalam Municipality Corporation
Climate	Tropical wet (Köppen)
Precipitation	1,237 millimetres (48.7 in)
Avg. annual temperature	20 °C (68 °F)
Temperature from Batchmates.com[2]

Southwick is a suburb in Ooty town. It is located on the NH 67 road from Ooty to Coonoor at about 3 km from the bus stand in Ooty. The suburb falls within the Ooty municipality in Tamil Nadu, India. It has derived its name from the Southwick Bungalow in the suburb.^[3]

Establishments

Government organisations

Nilgiris District Co-Operative Milk Producers' Union Limited: This union was established on July 14, 1946. It has members throughout the district, from whom it collects milk and supplies it to customers. The establishment also has a cheese manufacturing facility within the premises.^[4]

Nehru Yuva Kendra:^[5] Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) is an autonomous organization under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Government of India. The organisation has youth clubs which undergo training and education. The other activities of the youth club include sports, adventure programmes, entrepreneurship development, self-employment, awareness generation, skill development etc.^[6]

Private Establishments

• Wax World:^[7] Wax world is a wax museum and art gallery, which has life size statues of wax which demonstrates Indian history, heritage and culture. The wax statues are displayed in a 142-year-old bungalow.^[8][9][10]
• The Eye Foundation^[11]
• DCIS^[12]

TANSI Watch Assembly Unit: This watch assembly unit was incorporated in the year 1978. It began to assemble watches from August 1, 1978. The required raw materials are supplied by the Hindustan Machine Tools (H.M.T).^[13]

List of Hotels in Southwick

• Hotel Blue Bird^{[14][15][16][17][18]}
• Hotel Pebrock Heritage Inn^[19][20][21]
• Hotel Moti Manor^{[22][23][24][25][26]}
• Silver Oaks Cottages^[27]
• Hotel Orchid Inn^{[28][29][30][31]}

Image gallery

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See also

• Government Botanical Gardens, Udagamandalam
• Government Rose Garden, Ooty
• Kamaraj Sagar Dam
• Mariamman temple, Ooty
• Ooty Golf Course
• Ooty Lake
• Ooty Radio Telescope
• St. Stephen's Church, Ooty
• Stone House, Ooty

References

1. "About Municipality". municipality.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
2. "Ooty: In the Lap of the Nilgiris". batchmates.com. Retrieved 2008-02-15.
3. Srinivasan, Pankaja (15 Jul 2007), "A slice of history", The Hindu (India)
4. "Nilgiris District Co-operative Union". Retrieved 2011-01-07.
5. "Location of Nehru Yuva Kendra". nyks.org. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
6. "Introduction to Nehru Yuva Kendra". pibguwahati.nic.in. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
7. "Wax World, India". waxworld.in. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
8. "WAX WORLD,Coonoor Road, OOTY,Tamil Nadu". canaraworld.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
9. "Wax World museum and art gallery". waxworld.in. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
10. "Ooty Wax World". onlineooty.com. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
11. "HOSPITAL PROFILE". theeyefoundation.com. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
12. "DCIS - Contact". dcis.net. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
13. "TANSI Location". Retrieved 2011-01-08.
14. "Hotel Blue Bird". hotelbluebirdooty.com. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
15. "Hotel Blue Bird". ooty.com. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
16. "Hotel Blue Bird". nilgiris.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
17. "Hotel Blue Bird". nilgiris.tn.gov.in. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
18. "Hotel Blue Bird". mypincode.in. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
19. "Pebrock Heritage Inn". pebrockheritageinn.com. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
20. "Pebrock Heritage Inn Ooty". hotelscombined.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
21. "Pebrock Heritage Inn". kayak.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
22. "Hotel Moti Manor". hotelsinooty.com. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
23. "Moti Manor". hotelsinooty.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
24. "Hotel Moti Manor, Ooty". mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
25. "Moti Manor". hotelsinooty.net. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
26. "Moti Manor Ooty". indiaprofile.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
27. "Silver Oaks Cottages". silveroaks-cottages.com. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
28. "Welcome to Orchid Inn". ootyorchidinn.com. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
29. "Orchid Inn Hotel, Ooty". ootyhotels.net. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
30. "Hotel Orchid Inn". mypincode.in. Retrieved 2011-02-14.
31. "Orchid Inn". trivago.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-02-14.

External links

• Ooty / Udhagai / Udhagamandalam / Oootacamund Official history and tourism page on www.nilgiris.tn.gov.in. (This site is maintained by the District Administration of the Nilgiris)