West Africa
Sierra Leone
Western Area

Cockerill

Cockerill is a locality in , . Cockerill is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include National Stadium and Freetown Central Prison.

Stadium
Photo: Dorothy Voorhees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Siaka Stevens , commonly known informally as the , is the of , located in the capital city of .

Prison
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, commonly known as Pademba Road Prison, is a prison on Pademba Road in , . The prison was built to house 220 prisoners in the pre-independence era and now holds around 2,000 prisoners. is situated 4 km east of Cockerill.

School
The was founded on 25 March 1845 in Freetown, , by the Church Mission Society, and at first was called the CMS Grammar School.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Freetown and Wilberforce.

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is the capital city of and is the heart of the Western region, with around a million inhabitants. It is on a peninsula on the south bank of the estuary of the Sierra Leone River.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the West End of , . It is home to the military barracks, one of the largest in the country and the main barracks of the Sierra Leone military.

Suburb
is a neighbourhood in the West End of 's capital . The Amputees and War Wounded Association is based here arising from the local camp for such people.

Cockerill

Latitude
8.47568° or 8° 28′ 32″ north
Longitude
-13.27098° or 13° 16′ 16″ west
Elevation
61 metres (200 feet)
Open location code
6CW8FPGH+7J
Geo­Names ID
9821365
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