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Fort Charlotte (Kingstown)
13° 9.5′ N · 61° 14.5′ W
A British fort completed in 1806 on Berkshire Hill, 601 ft above Kingstown harbour. Its guns point inland, and on a clear day you can see the Grenadines and even Grenada, 90 miles south.
Practical
Taxi up Edinboro Road. The old officers' quarters house a small museum on the Black Caribs (Garifuna). The fort is home to the Fort Charlotte light (Fl(3) W 20s), the main mark for the Kingstown approach, and to the Coast Guard radio station and harbour signal station. The cliffs below hold the Bottle Reef and The Steps dive sites.
Best for
Panoramic view over Kingstown and the Grenadines
Nearby
- Bottle Reef and The Steps (below Fort Charlotte)0.2 NM away
- Ottley Hall Marina and Shipyard (St Vincent Marine Center)0.3 NM away
- Kingstown Harbour0.7 NM away
- Milton Cato Memorial Hospital (Kingstown)0.7 NM away
- Kingstown Cathedrals (St George's and St Mary's)0.8 NM away
- Randy's Supermarket (Kingstown)0.8 NM away
- Vee Jay's Restaurant and Bar (Kingstown)0.8 NM away
- Kye's Vegetarian Cuisine (Kingstown)0.9 NM away