Nestled beaneath the Brandwacht, Overhex and Langeberg Mountains exists one of the largest towns in the Breede River municipal area. Over 90,000 people take residence here.

"It was planned in 1820 when it was also officially declared a "town" with its own "Drostdy" (Magistrate's Office). The town planning shows a neo-classical influence and the architecture followed suit. Some buildings have their own unique style and architects now recognize the Worcester gable.

Worcester is the last large town of the Boland on the road to the North and borders the Karoo (Khoisan for "thirst land"). The plants growing in the Karoo Botanical Gardens, situated on the hills overlooking the town, bear testimony to this. The Breede and Hex Rivers flow on either side of the town, although the Hex often runs dry at the end of the long hot summer. The Breede flows all year, meeting the sea at Witsand, which is renowned as a fisherman's paradise!

The town is situated in the largest wine producing area in the country and is subsequently the largest employer. It is surrounded by wine and table grape farms whichs create employment opportunities for much of the population. Worcester is the main economic and service center of the Breede Valley Region. Being so centrally situated, an hour from Cape Town, Hermanus, Montagu and Touwsriver, and even less from Paarl, Tulbagh and Ceres, Worcester is a central hub for industry, shopping and tourism.

Worcester is a major training and teaching center famous for its large deaf and blind communities, as well as many other educational facilities, educational facilities, such as Boland College, Hugo Naude Art School and YWAM (Youth with a Mission).

Geology
In the dawn of time, geologists tell us, a subterranean force split obliquely a mountain mass, creating the valley now known as the largest geological fault in Southern Africa. The passage of time has given to this "fault" the name, Breede River Valley and the bastions which guard it, the Hex River and Drakenstein Mountains."