Wilberforce Barracks
Wilberforce Barracks is a barracks in Western Area, Sierra Leone. Wilberforce Barracks is situated nearby to the suburb Murray Town.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include National Stadium and Freetown Central Prison.
National Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Dorothy Voorhees, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Siaka Stevens National Stadium, commonly known informally as the National Stadium, is the national stadium of Sierra Leone, located in the capital city of Freetown. National Stadium is situated 1½ km northeast of Wilberforce Barracks.
Freetown Central Prison
Prison
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Freetown Central Prison, commonly known as Pademba Road Prison, is a prison on Pademba Road in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The prison was built to house 220 prisoners in the pre-independence era and now holds around 2,000 prisoners. Freetown Central Prison is situated 2 km east of Wilberforce Barracks.
National Museum
Museum
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The Sierra Leone National Museum, previously known as the Sierra Leone Museum and the Museum of the Sierra Leone Society, is the national museum of Sierra Leone. it is located at the junction of Siaka Stevens Street and Pademba Road in central Freetown. National Museum is situated 3 km northeast of Wilberforce Barracks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wilberforce and Freetown.
Wilberforce
Suburb
Wilberforce is a neighborhood in the West End of Freetown, Sierra Leone. It is home to the Wilberforce military barracks, one of the largest in the country and the main barracks of the Sierra Leone military.
Freetown
Freetown is the capital city of Sierra Leone 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.
Murray Town
Suburb
Murray Town is a neighbourhood in the West End of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. The Amputees and War Wounded Association is based here arising from the local camp for such people. Murray Town is situated 3 km northwest of Wilberforce Barracks.
Wilberforce Barracks
- Type: Barracks
- Categories: residential building and building
- Location: Western Area, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Africa
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Latitude
8.46778° or 8° 28′ 4″ northLongitude
-13.255° or 13° 15′ 18″ westElevation
142 metres (466 feet)Open location code
6CW8FP9W+42GeoNames ID
9821369
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