The most interesting building in town is the Sav courthouse, built in 1925, where there’s a fountain made of cast iron inscribed with the words, ‘Keep the pavements dry.’ There doesn’t seem to be any deeper meaning to this highly literal commandment.
Courthouse
Negril & West Coast
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21.4 MILES
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This church, opposite the courthouse, was built in 1905. It’s uninspired, but has a stately pipe organ that was dedicated in 1914.
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At the north end of town by the roundabout known as Hendon Circle is the very handsome Manning’s School, built in 1738 and named after Westmoreland…
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Take the road for around 1km through Roaring River Park to a beautiful sinkhole that is surrounded by a landscaped garden full of ginger torch and…
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Well signed from the Winston Jones Hwy (A2), this beach is a narrow stretch of pale sand, as beautiful as it is ignored by foreign tourists (although it’s…
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