# Spanish Town, Saint Catherine Parish – Communities & Villages

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/

Development area · Saint Catherine Parish 

# Spanish Town

Spanish Town is a development area (Social Development Commission) of Jamaica in Saint Catherine Parish. It covers **344.9 km²**. Its main town is Spanish Town. It is divided into 20 communities. 182 named villages and localities are recorded here, and 181 mapped services such as hospitals, banks and schools.

- 345km²
- 20communities
- 181mapped services

## Where is Spanish Town?

Spanish Town lies in [Saint Catherine Parish](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/), [Jamaica](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/). It borders 8 other development areas: [Bog Walk](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/bog-walk/), [Duhaney Park](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-andrew/duhaney-park/), [Linstead](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/linstead/), [May Pen](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/may-pen/), [Old Harbour](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/old-harbour/), [Portmore](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/portmore/), [Red Hills](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-andrew/red-hills/) and [Three Miles](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-andrew/three-miles/). By area it is the 4th largest of 131 development areas in Jamaica. It covers 29.3% of [Saint Catherine Parish](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/). The centre of Spanish Town is about 19 km in a straight line from Kingston, the capital. The centre point is at 18.0101° N, 76.9690° 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 Spanish Town

OpenStreetMap lists 17 named sights in Spanish Town: 7 caves; 3 museums; 3 monuments; 2 attractions; 1 ruins; 1 waterfall.

- People's Museum of Craft & Technology · museum
- Taino Hut (1965) · museum
- White Marl Taino Midden and Museum · museum
- Mountain River Cave Waterfall · waterfall
- Sligoville Great House · attraction
- Tainos Pictographs · attraction
- Montpelier House · ruins
- Mountain River Cave · cave
- Mountain River Cave · cave
- Orange Grove Cave · cave
- Radcliffe Park Cave · cave
- Retreat Cave · cave
- Sir Walter Rodney Memorial · monument
- Sir Walter Rodney Memorial (1782) · monument
- Spanish Town Iron Bridge · monument
- Top Mountain Cave · cave
- Worldsend Gully Cave · cave

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: Spanish Town

- Time zoneUTC−5, no daylight saving · America/Jamaica
- CurrencyDollar (JMD)
- Country calling code+1-876
- LanguagesEnglish
- Plug typesType A, B
- Driving sideLeft

### Nearest airports

- Tinson Pen Airport (KTP) · Tinson Pen16 km
- Norman Manley International Airport (KIN) · Kingston21 km

### Nearest railway station

Spanish Town Railway Station (Spanish Town Central), about 2.6 km from the centre.

### Daylight

Days are longest in Jun (about 13.2 hours, sunrise around 05:31) and shortest in Dec (about 11.1 hours, sunrise around 06:31, sunset around 17:34).

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.

## Communities of Spanish Town

Community Area km² Localities Services 

[Angels/Crescent](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/angels-crescent/) 6.2 9 16 

[Bernard Lodge](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/bernard-lodge/) 28 12 2 

[Caymanas](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/caymanas/) 36 9 5 

[Central Village](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/central-village/) 9.2 3 11 

[Cromarty](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/cromarty/) 26 7 2 

[Ensom](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/ensom/) 4.9 6 16 

[Golden Acres](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/golden-acres/) 2.3 5 5 

[Greendale](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/greendale/) 2.8 5 2 

[Hampton Green](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/hampton-green/) 1.5 2 14 

[Keystone](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/keystone/) 4.8 7 1 

[Kitson Town](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/kitson-town/) 79 29 3 

[Old Harbour Road](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/old-harbour-road/) 39 8 9 

[Point Hill](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/point-hill/) 25 16 0 

[Sligoville](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/sligoville/) 43 32 0 

[Spanish Town Central](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/spanish-town-central/) 2.8 4 60 

[St. Johns East](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/st-johns-east/) 2.2 5 11 

[St. Johns West](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/st-johns-west/) 13 11 3 

[Sydenham](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/sydenham/) 2.7 3 8 

[Watermount](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/watermount/) 14 7 0 

[Willowdene](https://wherepedia.org/jamaica/saint-catherine/spanish-town/willowdene/) 2.3 3 13 

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); [GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) — settlements, natural and historic features](https://www.geonames.org/); [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

## Villages and localities in Spanish Town

Open gazetteers list **182 villages, towns and localities** in Spanish Town. The largest with a recorded population: Spanish Town (145,018) and Point Hill (5,344). Settlements here lie between about 6 m and 657 m above sea level (median 77 m).

- 31 St. John's Road
- Amity Hall
- Andersons Run
- Angels
- Angels Estate
- Angels Estates 1
- Angels Estates 2
- Angels Estates II
- Angels Grove
- Back Pasture
- Bamboo
- Barry
- Barry and Lloyds
- Bartolas
- Beacon Hill
- Beckford and Spencers
- Bellevue Heights
- Belmont
- Bendons Rest
- Bernard Lodge
- Big Pasture
- Blair Pen - New
- Bocca Pen
- Bretts Pen
- Browns Town
- Bull Pen
- Burke Hill
- Byles
- Caymanas Bay
- Caymanas Country Club Estates
- Caymanas Estate
- Cedar Valley
- Cedars
- Central Village
- Chedwin Gardens
- Clifton
- Cool Spring
- Corletts Pen
- Corrovants Grove
- Crawle
- Crawle Ford
- Crescent
- Cromarty
- Cross Estate
- Cross Pen
- Cudjoe Hill
- De La Vega Heights
- De la Vega City
- Done-Be-Holden
- Dovecot Park
- Duxes
- Ebony Park
- Ebony Vale
- Edbury
- Eleven Mile
- Eltham Acres
- Eltham Park
- Eltham View
- Emilie
- Ensom City
- Ensom Pen
- Envy Valley
- Fairfield
- Fairview Park/Friendship Meadows
- Fellowship Hall
- Ferry Pen - part of
- Five Miles
- Frasers Content
- Frenchmans Hill
- Fruit Hill
- Garden Hill
- Garlands
- Glade
- Glade Pen
- Golden Acres
- Goods Pen
- Gordon Pen
- Goshen Pen
- Grass Piece
- Grass Piece Hill
- Green Acres
- Greendale
- Guanaboa Vale
- Hampstead
- Hampton Green
- Hartlands
- Highgate
- Highgate Park
- Hillrun
- Hog Hole
- Homestead
- Horizon Park
- Innswood
- Innswood Estates
- Innswood Village
- Jackson
- Jackson Village
- James Mountain
- Jones Pen
- Kelsalls Pen
- Kensington
- Keystone
- Kitson Town
- Knibbs Pen
- Lakemore Gardens
- Lakes Pen
- Lauriston
- Lime Tree Grove
- Lloyds
- Lloyds Content
- Long Grass
- Mahoe Manor
- Maryfield
- McCooks Pen
- McKoy Gardens
- Mendez Hill
- Montepelier
- Montpelier
- Morris Meadows
- Mount Dawson
- Mount Moreland
- Mount View Estate
- Mountain River
- Moxham
- Naseberry Village
- Nash
- New York
- Noseberry Grove
- Old Road
- Old Works
- Orange Grove
- Oxford
- Patton Park
- Phoenix Park Village
- Phoenix Park Village 2
- Pigeon Hill
- Point Hill
- Pusey
- Ratcliff Park
- Rosemount
- Royale Place Estate
- Russell Mountain
- Saint Jago
- Saint Jago Hills
- Sallys Delight
- Salt Pond Pen
- Seven Doubloons
- Silversun Estate
- Simons
- Smokey Hole
- Spanish Town
- Spanish Town Zone
- Stanberry Grove
- Stone Hill
- Strathmore Gardens
- Strawberry Grove
- Sydenham
- Tarentum
- Tarrentum
- Tawes Meadows
- Tawes Pen
- Thompson Pen
- Top Mountain
- Trafalgar
- Tredegar park
- Trentham Park
- Twickenham Park
- Usher Mount
- Vaz Delight
- Villa Crescent
- Waterloo
- Waterloo Valley
- Watermount
- Westmore Gardens
- Whitewater Meadows
- Widows Retreat
- Williamson's Run
- Willowdene
- Willowdene Estates
- Windsor Park
- Woodlands
- Wynters Pen

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 Spanish Town

Named natural and historic features inside Spanish Town, from the GeoNames gazetteer.

### Water

5 rivers and streams.

- Black River
- Bocotty River
- Cut Throat Gully
- Fresh River
- Mountain River

### Hills and mountains

7 mountains; 2 hills.

- Montpelier · 734 m
- Mount Felix · 643 m
- Mount Dawson · 380 m
- Cudjoe Hill · 344 m
- Mount Moreland · 300 m
- Thankful Hill · 270 m
- Paul Mountain · 244 m
- Taylors Mount · 123 m
- Mount Gotham · 76 m

### Getting around

2 railway stations; 1 bridge.

- Flat Bridge
- Grange Lane Station
- Hartlands Station

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 Spanish Town and the best time to visit

In Spanish Town, the warmest month is Aug (average 28 °C) and the coolest is Jan (26 °C). About 927 mm of rain falls in a year; the wettest month is Oct (170 mm) and the driest Feb (19 mm). The most comfortable months for a visit are **November to July**.

- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec

Month Average °C Rain mm 

Jan 26 33 

Feb 26 19 

Mar 26 29 

Apr 27 41 

May 27 111 

Jun 28 89 

Jul 28 69 

Aug 28 104 

Sep 28 127 

Oct 28 170 

Nov 27 87 

Dec 26 49 

Source: [NASA POWER climatology, retrieved 2026-10-29](https://power.larc.nasa.gov/).

## Hospitals, banks and other services in Spanish Town

Places mapped inside Spanish Town in open map data, by type — each number opens the full list with locations.

- Hospitals6
- Banks7
- ATMs4
- Petrol pumps26
- Hotels3
- Shopping malls5
- Schools41
- Colleges and universities5
- Pharmacies14
- Restaurants61
- Police stations6
- Dental clinics3

Source: [Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0) and © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)](https://overturemaps.org/).

Coverage depends on what has been mapped; contact details are not shown.

## Quick answers

- Where is Spanish Town?In Saint Catherine Parish, Jamaica
- What borders Spanish Town?Bog Walk, Duhaney Park, Linstead, May Pen, Old Harbour, Portmore, Red Hills and Three Miles
- What is there to see in Spanish Town?Montpelier House, Mountain River Cave, Mountain River Cave, Mountain River Cave Waterfall
- What time zone is Spanish Town in?UTC−5
- What currency is used in Spanish Town?Dollar (JMD)
- What language is spoken in Spanish Town?English (main languages nationally)
- How many villages are in Spanish Town?182 named settlements (GeoNames, OpenStreetMap)
- What is the elevation of Spanish Town?Settlements lie between 6 m and 657 m
- What is the highest point in Spanish Town?Montpelier (734 m, GeoNames elevation model)
- What is the best time to visit Spanish Town?November to July
- How many hospitals are in Spanish Town?6 mapped
- How many banks are in Spanish Town?7 mapped
- How many ATMs are in Spanish Town?4 mapped
- How many petrol pumps are in Spanish Town?26 mapped
- What is the P-code of Spanish Town?JM0807 (OCHA common operational dataset)