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Nelson's Dockyard. Nelson's Dockyard is a cultural heritage site and marina in English Harbour, located in Saint Paul Parish on the Caribbean island of Antigua, in Antigua and Barbuda. It is the only continuously working Georgian era dockyard in the world. [ 1 ] It was built in the early 18th century and abandoned by the British Royal Navy in ...
The Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites is a 255 ha (630 acres) UNESCO World Heritage Site in Saint Paul Parish, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. It constitutes a collection of Georgian era naval structures, namely a naval dockyard and related supporting compounds. This maritime complex was established during a period marked by ...
Shirley Heights, Antigua and Barbuda. Shirley Heights is an historic military compound in Antigua. It was built in the 1780s to protect the Naval Dockyard in English Harbour. [1] It is part of Nelson's Dockyard National Park [2][1] and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3]
Time zone. UTC-4 (AST) English Harbour is a natural harbour and settlement on the island of Antigua in the Caribbean, in the extreme south of the island. The settlement takes its name from the nearby harbour in which the Royal Navy established its base of operations for the area during the eighteenth century. Its population is 759 (2001 Census).
Saint Paul, officially the Parish of Saint Paul, is a parish of Antigua and Barbuda on the island of Antigua. It had an estimated population of 9,004 in 2018. [3] The parish capital, and the location of the parish church, is Falmouth. The main economic and tourism hub of the parish is English Harbour. Saint Paul borders Saint Peter and Saint ...
Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites. Saint Paul Parish. 17°00′25″N 61°45′52″W / 17.006944°N 61.764444°W / 17.006944; -61.764444 (Antigua Naval Dockyard and Related Archaeological Sites) Cultural (ii) (iv) 2016. The site consists of a group of Georgian-style naval buildings and structures, set ...
Fort Charlotte, Antigua and Barbuda. / 17.0001; -61.7606. Fort Charlotte was a historic military fort on the island of Antigua, built in 1745 and later expanded. [1] It was located at the entrance to English Harbour in Saint Paul parish. Originally called South East Point Battery and renamed Horseshoe Battery, the fort was finally renamed in ...
Dockyard Museum. Coordinates: 17.007987°N 61.765290°W. Dockyard Museum at Nelson's Dockyard on Antigua island. The Dockyard Museum is a museum located at Nelson's Dockyard in English Harbour on Antigua island, in Antigua and Barbuda. It was established in 1855 at the colonial British shipyard. [1]