Speightstown
Speightstown, also known as Little Bristol, is the second largest town in Barbados. It is situated 12 miles north of the capital city of Bridgetown, in the northern parish of Saint Peter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 2,600 residents
- Description: town in Saint Peter, Barbados
- Also known as: “Little Bristol” and “Spreightstown”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Port Saint Charles and Heywoods Beach.
Port Saint Charles
Marina
Photo: CaribDigita, Public domain.
The Port St. Charles marina is a luxury marina development situated on the western coast of Barbados. It is one of two officially designated sea-based ports of entry in Barbados, the Deep Water Harbour in the capital city of Bridgetown being the other.
Heywoods Beach
Beach
Photo: Dawid Glawdzin, CC BY 3.0.
Heywoods Beach is a beach in Saint Peter, Barbados.
Saint Joseph Hospital
Ruins
Founded in 1966, the Saint Joseph Hospital is a medical facility now owned by the Government of Barbados. It is located in Ashton Hall area, which is located in the parish of Saint Peter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mile and a Quarter and Western Barbados.
Mile and a Quarter
Village
Mile and a Quarter is a populated place in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados. Mile and a Quarter is situated 3 km northeast of Speightstown.
Western Barbados
Photo: Earino, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Western Barbados is the area of Barbados that lies north of Bridgetown and comprises the parishes of Saint James, Saint Peter and Saint Lucy. This is the west-facing, most sheltered coast, so it's the best for family beach holidays, and has the highest concentration of hotels.
French Village
Village
French Village is a populated place in the parish of Saint Peter, Barbados. French Village is situated 4 km east of Speightstown.
Speightstown
- Category: locality
- Location: Saint Peter, Barbados, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
13.25005° or 13° 15′ 0″ northLongitude
-59.64238° or 59° 38′ 33″ westPopulation
2,600Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)United Nations Location Code
BB SPTOpen location code
78527925+22OpenStreetMap ID
node 438098630OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Speightstown” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Speightstown”
- Albanian: “Speightstown”
- Aragonese: “Speightstown”
- Armenian: “Սպայթսթաուն”
- Arpitan: “Speightstown”
- Asturian: “Speightstown”
- Azerbaijani: “Spaytstaun”
- Basque: “Speightstown”
- Bavarian: “Speightstown”
- Belarusian: “Спайтстаўн”
- Breton: “Speightstown”
- Bulgarian: “Спейтстаун”
- Catalan: “Speightstown”
- Cebuano: “Speightstown”
- Chinese: “斯佩茨敦”
- Corsican: “Speightstown”
- Croatian: “Speightstown”
- Czech: “Speightstown”
- Danish: “Speightstown”
- Dutch: “Speightstown”
- Esperanto: “Speightstown”
- Estonian: “Speightstown”
- Finnish: “Speightstown”
- French: “Speightstown”
- Friulian: “Speightstown”
- Galician: “Speightstown”
- German: “Speightstown”
- Greek: “Σπάιτσταουν”
- Hebrew: “ספייטסטאון”
- Hungarian: “Speightstown”
- Icelandic: “Speightstown”
- Ido: “Speightstown”
- Iloko: “Speightstown”
- Indonesian: “Speightstown”
- Interlingua: “Speightstown”
- Interlingue: “Speightstown”
- Irish: “Speightstown”
- Italian: “Speightstown”
- Japanese: “スパイツタウン”
- Kongo: “Speightstown”
- Latvian: “Speightstown”
- Ligurian: “Speightstown”
- Limburgan: “Speightstown”
- Lithuanian: “Spitstaunas”
- Low German: “Speightstown”
- Luxembourgish: “Speightstown”
- Malagasy: “Speightstown”
- Malay: “Speightstown”
- Minangkabau: “Speightstown”
- Narom: “Speightstown”
- Neapolitan: “Speightstown”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Speightstown”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Speightstown”
- Norwegian: “Speightstown”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Speightstown”
- Persian: “اسپایتستاون”
- Picard: “Speightstown”
- Piemontese: “Speightstown”
- Polish: “Speightstown”
- Portuguese: “Speightstown”
- Romanian: “Speightstown”
- Romansh: “Speightstown”
- Russian: “Спайтстаун”
- Russian: “Спейтстаун”
- Sardinian: “Speightstown”
- Scots: “Speightstown”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Speightstown”
- Serbian: “Speightstown”
- Sicilian: “Speightstown”
- Slovak: “Speightstown”
- Slovenian: “Speightstown”
- Spanish: “Speightstown”
- Swahili: “Speightstown”
- Swedish: “Speightstown”
- Swiss German: “Speightstown”
- Tok Pisin: “Spetstaun”
- Turkish: “Speightstown”
- Urdu: “سپیئٹس ٹاؤن”
- Venetian: “Speightstown”
- Vietnamese: “Speightstown”
- Vlaams: “Speightstown”
- Volapük: “Speightstown”
- Walloon: “Speightstown”
- Welsh: “Speightstown”
- Wolof: “Speightstown”
- Wu Chinese: “斯佩茨敦”
- Zulu: “Speightstown”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Speightstown and Mullins.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Salt Pond and Speightstown Methodist Church.
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