# Chester Community, St. Anns Bay, Saint Ann Parish – Villages > Source: https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-ann/st-anns-bay/chester/ Community · St. Anns Bay # Chester Chester is a community of Jamaica in St. Anns Bay, Saint Ann Parish. It covers **6.11 km²**. 7 named villages and localities are recorded here. - 6.1km² - 127 mtypical elevation ## Where is Chester? Chester lies in [St. Anns Bay](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-ann/st-anns-bay/), [Saint Ann Parish](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-ann/), [Jamaica](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/). It borders 3 other communities: [Bamboo](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-ann/browns-town/bamboo/), [Mt Zion/Mines](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-ann/st-anns-bay/mt-zion-mines/) and [Priory](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-ann/st-anns-bay/priory/). By area it is the 537th largest of 775 communities in Jamaica. It covers 5.6% of [St. Anns Bay](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-ann/st-anns-bay/). The centre of Chester is about 70 km in a straight line from Kingston, the capital. It is about 6.4 km from Saint Ann’s Bay, the main town of St. Anns Bay. The centre point is at 18.4393° N, 77.2616° W. Source: [Jamaica Social Development Commission (sdc.gov.jm) via OCHA HDX, administrative boundaries (COD-AB, CC BY-IGO)](https://data.humdata.org/dataset/cod-ab-jam). ## Things to see in and around Chester OpenStreetMap lists 1 named sights in Chester: 1 cave. - Bembridge Cave · cave ### Nearby, outside Chester - Guinea Corn Cave · cave, Priory1.8 km - Chukka horseback riding · attraction, Priory2.3 km - Chukka · attraction, Priory2.5 km - Grizzly’s Plantation Cove · attraction, Priory3.5 km - Hampton Well Cave · cave, Runaway Bay4.2 km - Coolshade Mountain Cave · cave, Bamboo4.3 km - Priory Beach · beach, St. Ann's Bay4.5 km - Seville Heritage Park · attraction, St. Ann's Bay4.8 km - Seville Great House (1745) · attraction, St. Ann's Bay4.9 km - Bamboo Sinkhole · cave, Bamboo5.4 km - Old Fort · archaeological site, St. Ann's Bay5.4 km - Thatchfield Great Cave · cave, Bamboo5.5 km Source: [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). Named attractions, museums, viewpoints, historic sites and natural features mapped in OpenStreetMap. Places of worship are not listed. ## Know before you go: Chester - Time zoneUTC−5, no daylight saving · America/Jamaica - CurrencyDollar (JMD) - Country calling code+1-876 - LanguagesEnglish - Plug typesType A, B - Driving sideLeft ### Nearest airports - Ian Fleming International Airport (OCJ) · Boscobel31 km - Tinson Pen Airport (KTP) · Tinson Pen68 km ### Daylight Days are longest in Jun (about 13.2 hours, sunrise around 05:32) and shortest in Dec (about 11.0 hours, sunrise around 06:33, sunset around 17:35). Source: [GeoNames country and time-zone files (CC BY 4.0)](https://www.geonames.org/); [Wikidata (CC0) — plug types, mains voltage, driving side; retrieved 2026-11-02](https://www.wikidata.org/); [OurAirports (public domain)](https://ourairports.com/data/). Airports with scheduled passenger flights; straight-line distances. Daylight is calculated for the 15th of each month in local standard time. Check entry and visa rules with official government sources before travelling. ## Villages and localities in Chester Open gazetteers list **7 villages, towns and localities** in Chester. Settlements here lie between about 121 m and 286 m above sea level (median 127 m). - Chester - Cranbrook - Cranbrook Pen - Deveronside - Laughlands - Sidney Castle - Spicy Grove Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Geofabrik extract — named settlements](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright). ## Landscape and landmarks of Chester Named natural and historic features inside Chester, from the GeoNames gazetteer. ### Water 1 river or stream. - Blenheim Source: [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/). Places of worship are not listed. Elevations are from the GeoNames terrain model and are approximate. ## Weather in Chester and the best time to visit Using the climate of St. Anns Bay, the warmest month is Aug (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (25 °C). About 1,168 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Oct (183 mm) and the driest Feb (34 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to April and July to August**. - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Month Average °C Rain mm Jan 25 48 Feb 25 34 Mar 26 52 Apr 27 58 May 27 141 Jun 27 128 Jul 27 92 Aug 28 118 Sep 28 151 Oct 27 183 Nov 26 113 Dec 25 50 Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/). ## Nearest hospital, bank and fuel from Chester Need Nearest mapped Distance Hospital St Ann's Bay Infirmary · Priory 4.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.44725&mlon=-77.22378#map=17/18.44725/-77.22378) Bank JN Bank · St. Ann's Bay 6.5 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.43663&mlon=-77.20005#map=17/18.43663/-77.20005) ATM Scotiabank · Ocho Rios 17 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.41078&mlon=-77.10178#map=17/18.41078/-77.10178) Petrol pump Texaco · Priory 2.1 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.45462&mlon=-77.25069#map=17/18.45462/-77.25069) Hotel Hometa · Priory 2.7 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.43754&mlon=-77.23645#map=17/18.43754/-77.23645) Mall Downtown Ocho Rios · Steer Town 10 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.43184&mlon=-77.16625#map=17/18.43184/-77.16625) School St. Ann's Bay Primary · St. Ann's Bay 6.2 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.43395&mlon=-77.20300#map=17/18.43395/-77.20300) College Heart Runaway Bay · Runaway Bay 6.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.45798&mlon=-77.31796#map=17/18.45798/-77.31796) Police station Bamboo · Bamboo 5.3 km [Map](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=18.39149&mlon=-77.26562#map=17/18.39149/-77.26562) Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/). Straight-line distance from the centre of the division, within 40 km. ## Other communities in St. Anns Bay - Chalky Hill - Lime Hall - Mt Zion/Mines - Priory - St. Ann's Bay - Steer Town ## Quick answers - Where is Chester?In St. Anns Bay, Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica - What borders Chester?Bamboo, Mt Zion/Mines and Priory - What is there to see in Chester?Bembridge Cave - What time zone is Chester in?UTC−5 - What currency is used in Chester?Dollar (JMD) - What language is spoken in Chester?English (main languages nationally) - How many villages are in Chester?7 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap) - What is the elevation of Chester?Settlements lie between 121 m and 286 m - What is the best time to visit Chester?November to April and July to August - Where is the nearest hospital to Chester?St Ann's Bay Infirmary, about 4.1 km from the centre - Where is the nearest bank to Chester?JN Bank, about 6.5 km from the centre - Where is the nearest ATM to Chester?Scotiabank, about 17 km from the centre - Where is the nearest petrol pump to Chester?Texaco, about 2.1 km from the centre - What is the P-code of Chester?JM071102 (OCHA common operational dataset)