This challenging run features some of the most interesting sights and best views on the island. The full 12 km (7.5 mile) loop features the Morgan Lewis Windmill, Cherry Tree Hill Reserve, St. Nicholas Abbey, and Farley Hill National Park. The total elevation gain is 322m (1058 feet), mostly in a steep, ~2.5 km climb to Cherry Tree Hill. Note that many of the roads here are unnamed.
Barbados.orgThe run can be started anywhere, but we begin it at Morgan Lewis Beach. Head south on an unnamed road for 0.3 km, and then turn RIGHT. At just past the 1 km mark, take another RIGHT, passing the Morgan Lewis Windmill, a working windmill dating back to the 1700s. Then, it’s another 1.5 km steep climb to the Cherry Tree Hill Reserve, following the same road for 0.9 km and staying left at the 2.4 km mark. Enjoy the great views! Leave the Reserve and continue west for 0.5 km, where you’ll turn RIGHT off the main road for 0.4 km to get to St. Nicholas Abbey, a 1658 sugar plantation with a Jacobean mansion & rum distillery. Do a little extra jaunt around the grounds and avenue lined with mahogany trees. Head back to the main road, and turning RIGHT to continue west along the same road, for another ~ 1 km, where you’ll turn LEFT at Moore Hill just before you reach Highway 2 (to avoid Highway 2!). Follow for 1.3 km, half down, half up to Highway 2. Turn LEFT on Highway 2 to reach Farley Hill National Park, which has great views from the grounds of Farley Hill house (burned by fire in 1965). From here, you have two options: return the way you’ve come, or continue the loop by following Highway 2 east for 3.2 km, enjoying a great downhill stretch with wonderful views. At the 9.7 km mark, make sure you take the LEFT (unnamed road), and then run north for 1 km to the T, taking a right to retrace the first 1 km of the route back to Morgan Lewis Beach.
This challenging run features some of the most interesting sights and best views on the island. The full 12 km (7.5 mile) loop features the Morgan Lewis Windmill, Cherry Tree Hill Reserve, St. Nicholas Abbey, and Farley Hill National Park. The total elevation gain is 322m (1058 feet), mostly in a steep, ~2.5 km climb to Cherry Tree Hill. Note that many of the roads here are unnamed.
Barbados.orgThe run can be started anywhere, but we begin it at Morgan Lewis Beach. Head south on an unnamed road for 0.3 km, and then turn RIGHT. At just past the 1 km mark, take another RIGHT, passing the Morgan Lewis Windmill, a working windmill dating back to the 1700s. Then, it’s another 1.5 km steep climb to the Cherry Tree Hill Reserve, following the same road for 0.9 km and staying left at the 2.4 km mark. Enjoy the great views! Leave the Reserve and continue west for 0.5 km, where you’ll turn RIGHT off the main road for 0.4 km to get to St. Nicholas Abbey, a 1658 sugar plantation with a Jacobean mansion & rum distillery. Do a little extra jaunt around the grounds and avenue lined with mahogany trees. Head back to the main road, and turning RIGHT to continue west along the same road, for another ~ 1 km, where you’ll turn LEFT at Moore Hill just before you reach Highway 2 (to avoid Highway 2!). Follow for 1.3 km, half down, half up to Highway 2. Turn LEFT on Highway 2 to reach Farley Hill National Park, which has great views from the grounds of Farley Hill house (burned by fire in 1965). From here, you have two options: return the way you’ve come, or continue the loop by following Highway 2 east for 3.2 km, enjoying a great downhill stretch with wonderful views. At the 9.7 km mark, make sure you take the LEFT (unnamed road), and then run north for 1 km to the T, taking a right to retrace the first 1 km of the route back to Morgan Lewis Beach.
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12 km (7.5 miles) loop
322m (1058 feet). Toughest section is km 0.6 to km 3.2m, grades of 6-10%.
Can start loop anywhere but we start at Morgan Lewis Beach.
An 11.5 km tour of historic Bridgetown, including its major sites. Waterfront sections out to Pelican Craft Center, the Bay St. Esplanade south the Needhams Point, and an optional loop around historic Garrison Savannah.
Pleasant, flat coastal running between Rockley Beach and the Needhams Point lighthouse. Combination road and boardwalk, with nice water views in parts. It's 5 km out and back. Add 1.5 mile around the Garrison Savannah.
A nice off-road running opportunity near Holetown, the boardwalk goes for 2.5 km Sandy Lane Beach, north to Heron Bay. Some sections are boardwalk, others are on the beach. Great water views, lovely beaches, tropical vegetation.
Some very nice waterfront running in the Speightstown area. Roads along the water, a jaunt around the Port St. Charles marina, and a quiet waterfront road out to Half Moon Fort.
Create your own route on the quiet roads in the St. Lucy area. A series of unnamed, fairly narrow roads between Highways 1B and 1C offer good rolling hill terrain. No shoulder/sidewalk but not trafficked.
Good running on the coastal road on Barbados' more rugged east coast. Quietest section is ~1.5 km from Bathsheba Park heading north, but very runnable and pretty as far as Lakes Beach.
The best bet for running on the southern coast is the 5 km out and back along a waterfront road from Miami Beach to just past the South Point Lighthouse. Quiet road, occasional water views. Decent side streets for additional mileage.
The best bets for beach running on Barbados are Rockley/Accra and Worthing Beach on the southwest coast. On the more rugged east coast, Bathsheba/Cattlewash/Lakes Beach, and then Walkers/Morgan Lewis Beach go for several km.
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12 km (7.5 miles) loop
322m (1058 feet). Toughest section is km 0.6 to km 3.2m, grades of 6-10%.
Can start loop anywhere but we start at Morgan Lewis Beach.
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