Bridgetown - Queen's Park

To the east of downtown up St Michael's Row, the sizeable Queen's Park was once the grounds of the home (built 1786) of the commander of British Troops in Barbados.

Today this restored Georgian-style building serves as a theatre and art gallery.

To the east of the building is a children's playground around a giant Baobab tree. Some sources say this tree, about 18 m in circumference, came from Africa on a slave ship. Other sources report that the Baobab is over 1,000 years old and speculate that the seed floated over on its own.