Denham Town
Denham Town is a predominantly residential neighbourhood in western Kingston, Jamaica. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kingston Public Hospital and Sabina Park.
Kingston Public Hospital
Hospital
Kingston Public Hospital is a public general hospital in Kingston, Jamaica. It is the oldest public hospital in Jamaica and is the main hospital in south eastern Jamaica.
Sabina Park
Stadium
Photo: Jamaica1962, CC0.
Sabina Park is a cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica. It is the home of the Jamaica cricket team and is the only Test cricket ground in Jamaica.
National Heroes Park
Park
National Heroes Park is a botanical garden in Kingston, Jamaica. The largest open space in Kingston at 20 hectares in size, National Heroes Park features numerous monuments; it is the burial site of many of Jamaica's national heroes, prime ministers and cultural leaders.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trenchtown and Tivoli Gardens.
Trenchtown
Neighborhood
Trench Town is a neighbourhood located in the parish of St. Andrew, part of which is in Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica. 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.
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.
Kingston
Photo: yonolatengo, CC BY 2.0.
Kingston, the capital and largest city of Jamaica, is nestled on the southeastern coast of the island. Visitors often come to the birthplaces of reggae.
Denham Town
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: residential neighbourhood in Kingston, St Andrew, Jamaica
- Categories: town, residential area, and locality
- Location: Denham Town, Kingston, Jamaica, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude
17.97996° or 17° 58′ 48″ northLongitude
-76.80038° or 76° 48′ 1″ westElevation
33 metres (108 feet)Open location code
7795X5HX+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 376105965OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialOpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
10400159Wikidata ID
Q5256997
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Spanish—“Denham Town” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Denham Town”
- Dutch: “Denham Town”
- Spanish: “Denham Town”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Denham Town Police Station and Church of the Open Bible.
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