Saint Philip is a
parish
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of
Barbados
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at the easternmost end of the island.
Saint Philip’s Parish Church was built as the
Anglican
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parish church
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in 1640.
St. Philip has the largest land area of the 11 parishes of Barbados and has a relatively flat 'close to sea-level' terrain. St. Philip has the largest area of crop cultivation making it locally considered "the country". St. Philip does not have a 'true' city as some other parishes but rather 'areas' and 'villages'. Six Cross Roads is the largest area by virtue of both commercial and residential population and is the central hub for the parish.
Six Cross Roads, or locally known as just Six Roads, is a roundabout and its immediate neighborhood of which six roads converge extended in from the west 'from city' (Bridgetown); north-west toward Four Cross Roads and St. George; north-east toward Bushy Park; east toward Bayfield; south-east toward The Crane; south-west toward Oistins. Though there are a few areas in Barbados known as 'Four Cross Roads' there is only one area known as 'Six Cross Roads'. This parish is home to the only 'dependency' of Barbados called
Culpepper Island. This tiny rock in the ocean is used as a feeding ground for sheep but cannot be reached unless by boat or by foot at low tide.
The parish of Saint Philip is the main on-shore area of Barbados involved in the local oil industry.
St. Philip is well-known on the local music and entertainment scene for producing entertainers. Well-known calypsonians and performers Red Plastic Bag, John King, Ronnie D. and Lil Rick all hail from this eastern parish. It was also the first parish to have its own carnival - The St. Philip Carnival. A 2020 song by calypsonian Ronnie D called the 'St Philip Anthem' honours the parish.
File:ST. PHILIP THE LESS CHURCH - ST. PHILIP - BARBADOS.jpg, St. Philip the Lesser church in the parish
File:Pg260 StPhilipps church and Moncreiffe in Barbados.jpg, St.Philip's church and Moncreiffe in Barbados, 1848
Geography
Populated places
The parish contains the following towns, villages, localities, settlements, communities and hamlets:
Places of interest
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Bayleys Plantation
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Bottom Bay
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Bushy Park Circuit
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Crane Beach
Crane Beach is a conservation and recreation property located in Ipswich, Massachusetts, immediately north of Cape Ann. It consists of a four-mile-long (6 km) sandy beachfront, dunes, and a maritime pitch pine forest. Five and a half miles ...
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Foursquare Rum Distillery
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King George V Memorial Park
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Ragged Point Lighthouse
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Sam Lord's Castle and Beach
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St. Philip Parish Church
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Skeete's Bay
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Sunbury Plantation
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Three Houses Park
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Saint Martins Church
Parishes bordering Saint Philip
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Saint George
Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...
- ''North-West''
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Saint John - ''North''
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Christ Church - ''West''
References
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Parishes of Barbados
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