Betty's Hope

Betty's Hope was granted to the Codrington family in 1674 and became the model for Antigua's sugar economy, worked by enslaved Africans for a century and a half, and two of its stone windmill towers survive, one restored to working order with sails and machinery. A small museum in the old cotton house covers the estate, the technology and the people who were enslaved on it. The rest of the site is foundations in open ground.

What you actually see

• The restored windmill - one tower with sails and grinding machinery reinstated.
• The second tower - the unrestored mill standing alongside.
• The estate museum - the account of the sugar works and the enslaved workforce.
• The foundations - the boiling house and other buildings visible in outline.

When to go

December to April is the dry season. The museum keeps limited weekday hours. There is no shade on the site.

Honest expectations

The museum keeps short hours and is often closed, which removes much of the interpretation. Most of the estate is foundations that take reading. There is no shade anywhere.

Nearby

Devil's Bridge is east, and Parham is north.