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Barclays Park is a 50-acre village in the parish of Saint Andrew in Barbados. [1] Barclays Park was opened in 1966 by Queen Elizabeth II after being gifted to the Barbados government once independence was declared in 1966. [2]
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of North America. It is 34 kilometres in length and up to 23 km (14 mi) in width, covering an area of 432 km2 (167 sq mi). It is in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 km (62 mi) east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, Barbados is the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. Barbados is east of the Windwards, part of the Lesser Antilles, roughly at 13°N of the equator. It is about 168 km (104 mi) east of both the countries of Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and 180 km (110 mi) south-east of Martinique and 400 km (250 mi) north-east of Trinidad and Tobago. Barbados is outside the principal Atlantic hurricane belt. Its capital and largest city is Bridgetown.
Holetown, is a small city located in the Caribbean island nation of Barbados. Holetown is located in the parish of Saint James on the sheltered west coast of the island.
Freshwater Bay is located between Paynes Bay and Carlisle Bay in Bridgetown, in the southwest of Barbados. Its name comes from the large number of streams that deposit fresh water into the ocean at the location.
Foul Bay refers to a bay, beach, and village in Saint Philip Parish, alongside the southeast coast of Barbados.
Turners Hall Woods is a park and nature reserve in the parish of Saint Andrew in Barbados. Monkeys are abundant here, as are other unusual flora and fauna. The trail will lead you gradually uphill to a great location overlooking the sea on the rugged east coast of the island.
The Bellairs Research Institute, located on the Caribbean island of Barbados, was founded in 1954 as a field-station for McGill University. Initial funding was from a bequest by British naval commander, Carlyon Bellairs, for whom the institute is named. Bellairs is located in Holetown, next to Folkestone Marine Park and Museum, on the western beach of the island.
Combermere School is a school in Barbados. It was initially established in 1695 as the Drax Parish School by the 1682 will of Colonel Henry Drax. The school underwent several name changes and relocations until it settled at Waterford, St. Michael, on the outskirts of Bridgetown, Barbados, with the present site dating to 1819. The school, named after a colonial governor of Barbados, Stapleton Cotton, 1st Viscount Combermere, bears tribute to some of the school forefathers through the naming of areas such as the Drax Square, the De Vere Moore Gardens, and the Major Noot Hall.
Francia Great House is a historical plantation great house in Saint George, Barbados. It is on a wooded hillside near Gun Hill Signal Station.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgetown is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The diocese encompasses the entirety of the former British dependency of Barbados. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain, and a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.
Alameda Council is one of the three smallest Boy Scout councils in the United States, serving youth in the city of Alameda. It was first organized in December 1916, shortly after the organization of BSA councils in Berkeley and Oakland, making it the third oldest BSA council in Northern California. It is one of six BSA councils that serve the San Francisco Bay area.
George Washington House in Barbados is a historic house where the future first U.S. President George Washington stayed in 1751.
The Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C. is the primary diplomatic mission of Barbados to the United States of America, and the Organisation of American States (OAS). It is maintained by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Barbados. The present Ambassador is Noel Anderson Lynch, appointed on October 1, 2018, who replaced Selwin Charles Hart.
St Nicholas Abbey is located in Saint Peter, Barbados, and is a plantation house, museum and rum distillery. Colonel Benjamin Berringer built the house in 1658. This house is one of only three genuine Jacobean mansions in the Western Hemisphere. It's similar to the English Jacobean-era manor houses of the first half of the seventeenth century, the period between the Tudor and Georgian styles, beginning in the reign of James I.
Atlantic Shores is a populated place in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados. It is a coastal area with beaches located on the south coast of Barbados.
Blue Waters is a populated place in the parish of Christ Church, Barbados. It is a coastal area located on the south coast of Barbados. Rockley Beach is a beach located in Blue Waters.
Chimborazo is a populated place in the parish of Saint Joseph, Barbados. Chimborazo Hill in Chimborazo is one of the highest points in Barbados.
Diamond Corner is a populated place in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados.
The Castle is a populated place in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados.
Boscobelle is a populated place in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados.
University of the West Indies at Cave Hill is a public research university in Cave Hill, Barbados. It is one of 5 general campuses in the University of the West Indies system.
Coordinates: 13°14′10″N59°32′36″W / 13.236071°N 59.543416°W
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