Jamaica
Saint Andrew Parish
Trench Town

Trenchtown

Trench Town is a neighbourhood located in the parish of , part of which is in , the capital and largest city of . Today Trench Town is the location of the Trench Town Culture Yard Museum, a National Heritage Site presenting the unique history and contribution of Trench Town to Jamaica.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: residential neighbourhood in Kingston, St Andrew, Jamaica
  • Also known as: “Trench Town”

Places of Interest

Highlights include National Heroes Park and Kingston Public Hospital.

Park
is a botanical garden in . The largest open space in Kingston at 20 hectares in size, features numerous monuments; it is the burial site of many of Jamaica's national heroes, prime ministers and cultural leaders.

Hospital
is a public general hospital in , . It is the oldest public hospital in Jamaica and is the main hospital in south eastern Jamaica.

Movie theater
The , also known as the Carib 5, is a in northern . Opened in 1938, it has been owned and operated by the Palace Amusement Company since ca.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Denham Town and Tivoli Gardens.

Neighborhood
is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western , . It has a reputation as one of Kingston's more violent areas. It was named in memory of Edward Brandis Denham, Governor of Jamaica 1935–1938.

Neighborhood
is a in . Developed as a renewal project between 1963 and 1965, the neighbourhood continued to suffer from poverty.

Suburb
Cross Roads is a primarily commercial neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica. It is centered on the intersection of five major roads: Slipe Road, Half Way Tree Road, Old Hope Road, Caledonia Avenue and Marescaux Road.

Trenchtown

Latitude
17.98506° or 17° 59′ 6″ north
Longitude
-76.80275° or 76° 48′ 10″ west
Elevation
41 metres (135 feet)
Open location code
7795X5PW+2W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 376105966
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
3488221
Wiki­data ID
Q1753236
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Swedish—“Trenchtown” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Trenchtown”
  • Bengali: “ট্রেঞ্চটাউন”
  • Dutch: “Trenchtown”
  • Finnish: “Trenchtown”
  • French: “Trenchtown”
  • German: “Trench Town”
  • German: “Trenchtown”
  • Hebrew: “טרנצ’טאון”
  • Italian: “Trenchtown”
  • Japanese: “トレンチタウン”
  • Polish: “Trench Town”
  • Polish: “Trenchtown”
  • Portuguese: “Trench Town”
  • Portuguese: “Trenchtown”
  • Spanish: “Trenchtown”
  • Swedish: “Trenchtown”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Trench town police station and Trench Town Park.

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