Saint James
The parish of St. James is located in the western central part of the country of Barbados. Increasingly St. James is becoming known as the playground of the rich and famous, and as a haven for sun-starved tourists with its up-market hotel resorts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: parish of Barbados with 28,500 residents
- Description: parish of Barbados
- Also known as: “Saint James, Barbados”, “St James, Barbados”, and “St. James, Barbados”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Hillaby and St. James Church, Barbados.
Mount Hillaby
Peak
The peak of Mount Hillaby is the highest point on the Eastern Caribbean island of Barbados. The peak is located in the parish of Saint Andrew. It immediately overlooks the area known as the Scotland District to the north and east which comprises geologically old sediments prone to erosion. Mount Hillaby is situated 4 km east of Saint James.
St. James Church, Barbados
Church
Photo: Haloglow, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. James Parish Church, is located in Holetown, St. James, Barbados. It stands on one of the oldest parcels of consecrated land on the island, often known in Barbados as "God's acre".
Fairmont Royal Pavilion
Hotel
The Fairmont Royal Pavilion is a beachfront hotel in St. James, Barbados is situated 29 km from the Grantley Adams International Airport and 14 km from the capital city of Bridgetown, and a half mile from the nearest shopping centre in Holetown.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Western Barbados and Holetown.
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.
Holetown
Town
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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. Holetown is situated 3½ km southwest of Saint James.
Speightstown
Town
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. Speightstown is situated 5 km northwest of Saint James.
Saint James
- Location: Barbados, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Saint James” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سانت جيمس، بربادوس”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট জেমস, বার্বাডোস”
- Bengali: “সেন্ট জেমস”
- Breton: “Saint James Parish (Barbados)”
- Breton: “Saint James Parish”
- Breton: “Saint James”
- Catalan: “Saint James”
- Cebuano: “Saint James (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Saint James”
- Chinese: “聖詹姆斯區”
- Chinese: “聖詹姆斯教區”
- Cornish: “Saint James, Barbados”
- Cornish: “Saint James”
- Danish: “Saint James, Barbados”
- Danish: “Saint James”
- Dutch: “Saint James”
- Esperanto: “Sankta Jakobo”
- Finnish: “Saint James, Barbados”
- Finnish: “Saint James”
- French: “Saint James”
- Galician: “Saint James”
- German: “Saint James”
- Greek: “Άγιος Ιάκωβος, Μπαρμπάντος”
- Greek: “Άγιος Ιάκωβος”
- Gujarati: “સેન્ટ જેમ્સ, બાર્બાડોસ”
- Gujarati: “સેન્ટ જેમ્સ”
- Hebrew: “סנט ג’יימס, ברבדוס”
- Hebrew: “סנט ג’יימס”
- Hindi: “सेंट जेम्स, बारबाडोस”
- Hindi: “सेंट जेम्स”
- Indonesian: “Saint James, Barbados”
- Indonesian: “Saint James”
- Italian: “Saint James”
- Japanese: “セント・ジェームス”
- Japanese: “セント・ジェームズ”
- Japanese: “セント・ジェームズ教区”
- Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್, ಬಾರ್ಬಡೋಸ್”
- Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಜೇಮ್ಸ್”
- Korean: “세인트제임스구”
- Latvian: “Sentdžeimsa, Barbadosa”
- Latvian: “Sentdžeimsa”
- Lithuanian: “Šv. Jokūbo parapija”
- Malay: “Saint James, Barbados”
- Malay: “Saint James”
- Marathi: “सेंट जेम्स, बारबाडोस”
- Marathi: “सेंट जेम्स”
- Northern Frisian: “Saint James (Sarkspal uun Barbaados)”
- Northern Frisian: “Saint James”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Saint James”
- Norwegian: “Saint James prestegjeld”
- Norwegian: “Saint James”
- Persian: “سنت جیمز، باربادوس”
- Polish: “Saint James”
- Portuguese: “Paróquia de Saint James”
- Portuguese: “Saint James”
- Romanian: “Saint James, Barbados”
- Romanian: “Saint James”
- Russian: “Сент-Джеймс”
- Sinhala: “ශාන්ත ජේම්ස් බාර්බඩෝස්”
- Sinhala: “ශාන්ත ජේම්ස්, බාබඩෝස්”
- Spanish: “Parroquia de Saint James”
- Swedish: “Saint James (parish)”
- Swedish: “Saint James”
- Tamil: “செயின்ட் ஜேம்ஸ், பார்படாஸ்”
- Tamil: “செயின்ட் ஜேம்ஸ்”
- Telugu: “సెయింట్ జేమ్స్, బార్బడోస్”
- Telugu: “సెయింట్ జేమ్స్”
- Thai: “เซนต์เจมส์,บาร์บาดอส”
- Thai: “เซนต์เจมส์”
- Turkish: “Saint James, Barbados”
- Turkish: “Saint James”
- Ukrainian: “Парафія Сент-Джеймс”
- Urdu: “سینٹ جیمز، بارباڈوس”
- Vietnamese: “Saint James, Barbados”
- Vietnamese: “Saint James”
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Highlights include Apes Hill Club and Boiling Spring.
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