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English Harbour, Antigua
English Harbour and Nelson’s Dockyard
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English Harbour and Nelson’s Dockyard

(US$5 entrance to the Dockyard (guided tour), the Interpretation Centre (guided tour), the Block House and Shirley Heights, children under 12 free. Souvenirs and T-shirts are on sale at the entrance. Parks Commissioner, T4601379.)

On the other side of the island from St John’s is English Harbour, which has become one of the world’s most attractive yachting centres and is now a ‘hot spot’ at night for tourists. Here Nelson’s Dockyard, the hub of English maritime power in the region, has been restored and is one of the most interesting historical monuments in the West Indies. It is the only existing Georgian naval dockyard in the world and was designated a national park in 1985. Nelson served in Antigua as a young man for almost three years, and visited it again in 1805, during his long chase of Villeneuve which was to end with the Battle of Trafalgar. The TV film Longitude, starring Jeremy Irons, was filmed here, standing in for Jamaica and Barbados. The Nelson’s Dockyard Museum ...

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