Now used for raising racehorses, this former sugar estate dates back to 1678, and is open to the public via tour. Historian Kathy Weiselberg shows you the creeper-covered remains of sugar-production equipment and copper molasses pits and the small museum inside the former stables. The highlight is the largely intact slave hospital – architecturally the most impressive of its kind in Jamaica. Call for precise directions along country roads.
Orange Valley
Montego Bay & Northwest Coast
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
21.75 MILES
You can smell the sweetness of molasses wafting from the Appleton Estate well before you reach it, almost a mile northeast of Maggotty. The largest and…
23.48 MILES
Deeply secluded in St Elizabeth parish, you’d be forgiven for thinking YS Falls emerged out of Eden. This series of seven cascades, hemmed in by limestone…
6.73 MILES
This splendid 1770s mansion is the most famous great house in Jamaica. John Palmer, a wealthy plantation owner, and his wife, Rose (after whom the house…
3.87 MILES
This marvelous estate, sitting high on a hill, is not as famous as Jamaica's most famous great house, but offers a far more intimate and interesting…
25.09 MILES
Few of Jamaica's waterfall experiences match Mayfield Falls for crowd-free natural beauty. Picture this: you climb into the cool river beneath giant…
3.11 MILES
A lane lined with palm trees leads you to the landscaped grounds of Hampden Great House estate, dotted with strutting peacocks. Tours assemble beneath a…
24.17 MILES
An unexpected bloom of pine trees, mahogany and mahoe grows atop the flinty heads of the Cockpits 3km northwest of Christiana, near Coleyville. This…
13.06 MILES
This well-curated, revamped museum, peppered with period objects, takes you through the history of western Jamaica, from the Cohaba ceremonies of the…
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3.11 MILES
A lane lined with palm trees leads you to the landscaped grounds of Hampden Great House estate, dotted with strutting peacocks. Tours assemble beneath a…
3.87 MILES
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Established in the early 19th century, Falmouth's Jewish cemetery lay abandoned in recent decades before being restored, and contains the graves of the…
4.5 MILES
The oldest extant building in town (and the parish's oldest church) is St Peter’s Anglican Church, built in 1796 and topped with a tower in 1842. It lies…
4.6 MILES
The oddly cute historic police station was constructed in 1814. The prison here once contained a treadmill: a huge wooden cylinder with steps on the…
6. William Knibb Baptist Memorial Church
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On July 31, 1838, slaves gathered outside this church for an all-night vigil, awaiting midnight and then the dawn of full freedom (to quote the emancipist…
4.76 MILES
The restored Baptist Manse (not open to visitors), dating back to 1798, was formerly the residence of nonconformist Baptist preacher William Knibb, who…
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Hidden behind the primary school are the ruins of Fort Balcarres, built in 1811 to defend the harbour. A couple of cannons are left standing, as well as…