Bridgetown — Bridgetown Map Poster & Print

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Bridgetown Map Poster & Print

Bridgetown sits on the southwest coast of Barbados, where the Constitution River runs into a slim tidal basin known as the Careenage. From above, that inlet is the clear centre of the map: a finger of water pointing inland, crossed by two short bridges, with the streets of the old commercial district packed tightly along its northern bank and the shoreline of Carlisle Bay sweeping away to the south.

The street pattern follows the English colonial town rather than a planned grid. Lanes bend to follow the waterfront and old property lines, then loosen into residential roads that climb gently inland across Saint Michael. To the south, the Garrison area opens up around a large oval savannah that was once a military parade ground and has long been used as a racecourse. To the northwest, the breakwaters of the Deep Water Harbour square off the coast.

In 2011 Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, recognised as an outstanding example of British colonial town planning in the Caribbean. A Bridgetown map poster captures that combination at a glance: the inlet and its bridges, the dense core beside it, the open Garrison oval and the long, calm line of the bay framing everything in black and white.