Middleton is a charming village steeped in history that dates back to 1879.
Middleton is the Eastern Cape's very own Matjiesfontein.
Like the well known Matjiesfontein, the historically rich Middleton, with its main and only street, is privately owned.
It offers travellers the beautifully restored Middleton Manor House as a hotel, a post office, general dealer store with a 40m long shop counter, a police station in the old school, a railway line with a station house transformed into the Yellow Wood Pub with a sports room and cosy fireplace, a conference centre seating 100 and other buildings covering 17 ha.
Believe it or not , a landing strip for small aircraft for discerning geocachers!!!
Dating back to 1879, the village is a delightful green oasis a mere 140 km from Port Elizabeth, 30km south of Cookhouse and 40 kms from Somerset East in the Cape Midlands on the N10 national road.
Apart from overnighting in the gracious old double-storey gabled manor with its original Oregon floors, fireplaces and memorabilia reminiscent of bygone days, those staying longer will not be bored.
The village garden runs down to the banks of the Great Fish River where they can river raft, fish or canoe or else they can view game, bird watch, hike and horseback ride or play tennis and lie at the pool.
Middleton is now an exit centre for young people who have been in a rehabilitation centre.
They attend the church and to get them used to being back in society they work in the restaurant and farm stall. The restaurant is part of the old farm buildings and the farm stall is just below the church.