Lesser Antilles
Barbados
Christ Church

Hastings

Hastings is a small and beach resort in the parish of on the island's south-western coast. It has beautiful white sandy beaches and is often a location for surfing on the island.
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  • Type: Suburb with 1,500 residents
  • Description: village in Barbados
  • Also known as: “Hastings, Barbados” and “Hastings, Christ Church, Barbados”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Embassy of Brazil and Barbados Museum & Historical Society.

Government office
Photo: CaribDigita, Public domain.
is a government office.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
The Barbados Museum & Historical Society is a private organization with public collections. Established in 1933 in the old Military Prison at the Saint Ann's historic Garrison, the museum has more than 500,000 artifacts that depict the island's rich history and natural history.

Fort
Photo: Diego Tirira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saint Ann's Fort is a historic military fort in . It is located in the Garrison Historic Area. It was built by the British in 1705, and named for Queen Anne of Great Britain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wildey and The Gap.

Suburb
The area of the Parish of located roughly 4 km east of Bridgetown, it lies on the border with the Parish of . Normally a very busy area with the ABC Highway, is one of the main convergence points for vehicles travelling either towards the capital-city or towards points in northern . is situated 2½ km northeast of Hastings.

Locality
Saint Lawrence Gap, Christ Church is a neighbourhood in . Often known as "the Gap", Saint Lawrence Gap is located on the southern coast of Barbados along the island's Highway 7. is situated 3 km east of Hastings.

Photo: Loozrboy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is the capital and only city of . In 2026 it had a population of 84,700, about half the island's population, and many more commute in.

Hastings

Latitude
13.07512° or 13° 4′ 30″ north
Longitude
-59.59888° or 59° 35′ 56″ west
Population
1,500
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
78523CG2+2C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 445414402
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3373805
Wiki­data ID
Q5680214
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Wu Chinese—“Hastings” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “海斯廷斯 (巴巴多斯)”
  • Chinese: “海斯廷斯”
  • Dutch: “Hastings, Christ Church, Barbados”
  • German: “Hastings”
  • Japanese: “ヘイスティングズ”
  • Persian: “هستینگز”
  • Slovenian: “Hastings”
  • Wu Chinese: “海斯廷斯”

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