Bathsheba is the main
fishing village
A fishing village is a village, usually located near a fishing ground, with an economy based on catching fish and harvesting seafood. The continents and islands around the world have coastlines totalling around 356,000 kilometres (221,000 ...
in the parish of
Saint Joseph with some 5,000 inhabitants on the east coastline of
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate) ...
. The town has a number of quaint churches;
Saint Joseph Anglican Church was built on Horse Hill in the town as early as 1640 but was rebuilt in 1839 following a hurricane in 1831. Little Saint Joseph chapel was built nearby in 1837 but was restored and dedicated to
Saint Aiden in 1904 following a
landslide. It has a number of attractions including the
Flower Forest and
Cotton Tower which is renowned for its dramatic scenery and views of
Scotland District
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. The ecologically rich Joe's River Tropical Rainforest is located on the outskirts of the town with some of
woodland
A woodland () is, in the broad sense, land covered with trees, or in a narrow sense, synonymous with wood (or in the U.S., the ''plurale tantum'' woods), a low-density forest forming open habitats with plenty of sunlight and limited shade (se ...
and
rainforest with giant
ficus
''Ficus'' ( or ) is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae. Collectively known as fig trees or figs, they are native throughout the tropics with a few species extendi ...
,
citrifolia,
fid woods,
white woods,
cabbage palm trees and
mahogany trees. Bathsheba beach is known as the
Soup Bowl where local and international
surfing competitions take place annually. Another notable feature of Bathsheba beach is the large boulder that sits slightly offshore, known by some as Bathsheba Rock.
See also
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Andromeda Gardens
References
Populated places in Barbados
Saint Joseph, Barbados
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