District

St Pauls, St Helena Island

St Pauls

St Paul's has around 20% of the island’s population living there, making it the second most populous district (after Half Tree Hollow). Housing areas includ...
Sandy Bay, St Helena Island

Sandy Bay

Sandy Bay is a valley in the south of the island, leading south-east from the heights of the Diana’s Peak range to the sea. Although you might expect its ex...
Longwood, St Helena Island

Longwood

Longwood is the second largest district by area (after Blue Hill) and home to around 18% of the island’s population. It includes the principal settlements of...
Hugging a tree in Levelwood

Levelwood

You get Levelwood either from Sandy Bay or from Hutt’s gate (at the main Jamestown-Longwood road). Levelwood is on the southwest side of the central peaks...
Half Tree Hollow, St Helena Island

Half Tree Hollow

Half Tree Hollow can be clearly seen as you approach St Helena on the RMS St Helena, just up Jacob’s Ladder from Jamestown, it is the island’s most populou...
Blue Hill, St Helena Island

Blue Hill

Apart from a few isolated cottages, Blue Hill is empty - of people at least. It has been suggested that the population of farm animals exceeds that of people by...
James Bay : Jamestown

Jamestown

Named in 1660 after in honour of the Duke of York, later James II of England, to celebrate the restoration of the Monarchy in England.  Jamestown is built on ...
Alarm Forest : St Helena Island

Alarm Forest

Alarm Forest is located between the districts of Jamestown and Longwood, being desirable because it is higher than Jamestown, and thus cooler in summer whil...