The commercial center of Virgin Gorda, Spanish Town likely gets its name from a corruption of the English word "penniston", a blue woollen textile used to make slave clothing on the island. Too small to be an actual town, Spanish Town is a settlement with most of the island's administrative buildings and businesses stretching along Lee Road
which skirts the harbor.
Most of the development in Spanish Town took place in the 1960s, and development stretched from the center of the harbor outwards. The area of the Valley surrounds Spanish Town, however it is impossible to identify where Spanish Town ends and the Valley begins. The settlement and surrounding areas offer various natural attractions along with low-key nightlife and interesting shopping and dining.