Bridgetown Attractions

1. Here is a spreadsheet of 18 attractions around the Capital of Barbados, Bridgetown:

Bridgetown Attractions Spreadsheet

2. Here is a 9.1 mile map that will take you around to these 18 attractions:

Bridgetown Attractions Map

3. Here are photos of those attractions:

Sweetfield Manor.

Near the entrance to the Hilton Hotel.

Hilton Barbados Resort. Needhams Point.

1. Needhams Point Lighthouse. 1855. 43 ft. high. Within 50 feet south of the Hilton Hotel.

Barbados Military Cemetery (Garrison Military Cemetery or Gravesend Cemetery. c. 1780). Oldest identifiable grave, 1822. (In the shadow of the Hilton Hotel).

2. St. Ann’s Fort and Barbados Independence Monument. 1705-1905. Phased out.

3. Main Guardhouse Building and Clock Tower. 1803.

Drill Hall building located at St. Ann’s Fort within the Garrison Historic Area. 1790.

Stone Barracks at the UNESCO World Heritage Site: Garrison Historic Area. 1791. Heavily damaged during 1831 hurricane. Rebuilt a short time later.

4. Bush Hill House. (George Washington House). c. 1717. George Washington stayed here 6 weeks in 1751. It was destroyed in 1780 and 1831 by hurricanes and rebuilt.

5. Barbados Museum and Historical Society. 1817 Upper section. 1853 Lower Section (Built under the 1817 building).

Across from the Barbados Museum is the Garrison Savannah Racetrack and stables. Every morning the horses go from the stables to the ocean for a swim:

then they head back on the city streets to get ready to work out on the race track…

From the Stables to the Race Track…

Horse Racing has taken place here since 1845. Above, the Race Track Grandstand for the…

Since 1982, the biggest horse race of the year takes place on the first Saturday in March.

In the middle of the infield at the Garrison Savannah Racetrack is the Barbados Independence Monument. The Monument is a tribute to the November 30, 1966 lowering of the British Union Jack and the raising of the Barbados flag.

6. Emancipation Statue. 1985. Karl Broodhagen. 1816 The slave Bussa led Barbados’ largest slave rebellion against colonial authorities.

9. Queen Elizabeth Hospital. 1963-1964.

10. Queen’s Park. Opened June 10, 1909. Lady Gilbert Carter. Nee Gertrude Codman Parker, U.S. born architect. First Lady of Barbados 1904-1911.

61.5 ft in circumference, estimated 1,000 year old Baobab Tree behind Queen’s Park House.

Queen’s Park House. 1784-1786.

Altar. Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels.

Nave. Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels.

Organ and Croft. Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels.

12. Cathedral Church of St. Michael and All Angels. est. 1660. 1789 current sanctuary.

13. Independence Square. Errol Walton Barrow (1921-1987) statue. 2007. Ricky George.

13. Independence Square. 2007.

13. Independence Arch. 1987.

14. National Heroes (Trafalgar) Square (Renamed April 1999). 1813. 2020 Lord Horatio Nelson’s bronze statue was removed to the Barbados Museum and Historical Society.