Christ Church
The parish of Christ Church is one of eleven in Barbados. It has a land area of 57 km2 and is found at the southern end of the island. Christ Church has survived by name as one of the original six parishes created in 1629 by Governor Sir William Tufton.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: parish of Barbados with 54,300 residents
- Description: parish area in Barbados
- Also known as: “Christ Church, Barbados” and “Christchurch”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Grantley Adams International Airport and Christ Church Parish Church.
Grantley Adams International Airport
Aerodrome
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Grantley Adams International Airport is an international airport at Seawell, Christ Church, Barbados, serving as the country's only port of entry by air. Grantley Adams International Airport is situated 3½ km east of Christ Church.
Christ Church Parish Church
Church
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The current Christ Church Parish Church located in Church Hill, Christ Church, Barbados was built in 1935 and is the fifth parish church on the site. At various times the previous structures have all been destroyed by natural disasters including flood, fire or hurricanes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southern Barbados and Oistins.
Southern Barbados
Southern Barbados is one of the main tourist bases of Barbados. Starting just beyond the Garrison Savannah district of Bridgetown, the parish of Christ Church is a strip of hotels, bars and restaurants along Highway 7, one long traffic jam honking its way through Hastings, Worthing, Rockley, Saint Lawrence, Oistins and Silver Sands.
Oistins
Town
Oistins is a coastal area located in the country of Barbados. It is situated centrally along the coastline of the parish of Christ Church, and is the parish capital.
Christ Church
- Location: Barbados, Lesser Antilles, Caribbean, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Christ Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كنيسة المسيح”
- Belarusian: “Крайст Чэрч”
- Belarusian: “Крайст-Чэрч”
- Belarusian: “Крайстчэрч”
- Bengali: “‘খ্রীষ্ট চার্চ”
- Bengali: “খ্রীষ্ট চার্চ”
- Catalan: “Christ Church”
- Cebuano: “Christ Church”
- Chinese: “Christ Church”
- Chinese: “克賴斯特徹奇區”
- Chinese: “基督城區”
- Chinese: “基督城教区”
- Chinese: “基督城教區”
- Chinese: “基督堂區”
- Cornish: “Christ Church, Barbados”
- Cornish: “Christ Church”
- Danish: “Christ Church”
- Dutch: “Christ Church”
- Esperanto: “Krista preĝejo”
- Esperanto: “Krista Preĝejo”
- Finnish: “Christ Church”
- French: “Christ Church”
- French: “Christ-Church”
- Galician: “Christ Church”
- German: “Christ Church parish”
- German: “Christ Church”
- Greek: “Εκκλησία του Χριστού”
- Greek: “Κράιστ Τσερτς, Μπαρμπάντος”
- Greek: “Κράιστ Τσερτς”
- Gujarati: “ક્રિસ્ટ ચર્ચ”
- Hindi: “क्राइस्ट चर्च, बारबाडोस”
- Hindi: “क्राइस्ट चर्च”
- Indonesian: “Christ Church, Barbados”
- Indonesian: “Christ Church”
- Indonesian: “Parish Christ Church”
- Italian: “Christ Church”
- Japanese: “クライスト・チャーチ”
- Japanese: “クライスト・チャーチ教区”
- Japanese: “クライストチャーチ”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ರೈಸ್ಟ್ ಚರ್ಚ್”
- Korean: “크라이스트처치구”
- Latvian: “Kraistčērča”
- Latvian: “Kraistčērčas pagasts”
- Lithuanian: “Kristaus bažnyčia”
- Lithuanian: “Kristaus bažnyčios parapija”
- Malay: “Kariah Christ Church”
- Marathi: “क्राइस्ट चर्च”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Christ Church”
- Northern Frisian: “Christ Church (Sarkspal uun Barbaados)”
- Northern Frisian: “Christ Church”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Christ Church”
- Norwegian: “Christ Church prestegjeld”
- Norwegian: “Christ Church”
- Persian: “کرایست چرچ، باربادوس”
- Polish: “Christ Church”
- Portuguese: “Christ Church, Barbados”
- Portuguese: “Christ Church”
- Portuguese: “Paróquia de Christ Church”
- Romanian: “Christ Church, Barbados”
- Romanian: “Christ Church”
- Russian: “Крайст-Чёрч”
- Russian: “Крайстчерч”
- Sinhala: “ක්රයිස්ට්චර්ච්, බාබඩෝස්”
- Sinhala: “ක්රයිස්ට්චර්ච්”
- Spanish: “Parroquia de Christ Church”
- Swedish: “Christ Church”
- Tamil: “கிறிஸ்ட் சர்ச்”
- Telugu: “క్రైస్ట్ చర్చి”
- Thai: “เขตไครสต์เชิร์ช”
- Thai: “คริส ครัซ”
- Turkish: “Christ Kilisesi”
- Ukrainian: “Крайст-Черч”
- Urdu: “کرائسٹ چرچ، بارباڈوس”
- Vietnamese: “Christ Church, Barbados”
- Vietnamese: “Christ Church”
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Highlights include Christ Church Ridge and Barbados Golf Club.
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