Newlands

Newlands is a neighborhood in Greater Portmore, Saint Catherine Parish. Newlands is situated nearby to the neighborhood Washington Mews, as well as near Portmore Pines.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ferdi Neita Sports Complex and Caymanas Park.

Ferdi Neita Sports Complex

Pitch

Ferdi Neita Sports Complex is a multi-use stadium in Portmore, Jamaica. It is currently used mostly for football matches and as a practising ground. It serves as a home ground of Portmore United F.C. The stadium holds 3,000 people.

Caymanas Park

Sports venue

Photo: Gwyneth Davidson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Caymanas Park is Jamaica's only race track. It was historically a sugarcane estate in the Colony of Jamaica. It was originally owned by the Ellis family, including George Ellis and Charles Ellis, 1st Baron Seaford, who made substantial profits from sugar and slavery. Caymanas Park is situated 2½ km northeast of Newlands.

Ascot High School

School

Photo: Raw9345, Public domain.

Ascot High School is a public Catholic secondary school, located in Kingston, Jamaica. The co-educational school was founded in 1997. Ascot High School is situated 3 km southwest of Newlands.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Portmore and Port Royal.

Portmore

Photo: Raw9345, Public domain.

Portmore is a large coastal town in southern Jamaica in Saint Catherine, and a place of residence for people working in the neighbouring cities of Kingston and Spanish Town.

Port Royal

Village

Photo: Raychristofer, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Port Royal is a small town located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest and most prosperous city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and commerce in the Caribbean Sea by the latter half of the 17th century. Port Royal is situated 6 km southeast of Newlands.

Tivoli Gardens

Neighborhood

Tivoli Gardens is a neighbourhood in Kingston, Jamaica. Developed as a renewal project between 1963 and 1965, the neighbourhood continued to suffer from poverty. Tivoli Gardens is situated 9 km east of Newlands.

Newlands

Type: Neighborhood
Categories: residential area and locality
Location: Greater Portmore, Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

17.96929° or 17° 58′ 9″ north

Longitude

-76.88977° or 76° 53′ 23″ west

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Open location code

7795X496+P3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 365927526

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

3489296

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