Adelaide Village

Adelaide was established in 1831 to settle Africans taken from the slave ship Rosa, which had been intercepted by the Royal Navy after Britain's abolition of the trade; the survivors were landed and given plots here. The village that grew from it sits on the southwestern shore, low-key, with wooden houses, a church, a school and a beach that is usually empty. It is one of the oldest continuously occupied Liberated African settlements in the country.

What you actually see

• The village - wooden houses and lanes on the low southwestern shore.
• The church - the settlement's small chapel, at the centre of village life.
• The beach - a quiet shallow shore, usually empty of visitors.
• The founding story - the 1831 settlement of Africans freed from the Rosa.

When to go

November to April is the dry season. Weekdays are very quiet. Sunday brings the village out for church, which is when it is at its most alive.

Honest expectations

There is very little laid on: no museum, no interpretation, and the history is carried by residents rather than by signage. It is a lived-in village and should be treated as one. The beach has no facilities.

Nearby

Nassau is half an hour northeast, and the south coast road runs east towards Coral Harbour.