Grenade Hall Forest and Signal Station

Grenade Hall is a restored 1819 signal station. Signal stations are towers erected at strategic points that were used before the advent of the telephone to relay messages. Messages sent from Grenade Hall could reach Bridgetown within minutes. Sighting of ships were communicated by an elaborate system of flags, for instance.

It is believed that the original function of the stations was to alert the authorities of any sign of slave uprising. In 1816 Barbados witnessed its first slave rebellion ... Read more

A pathway serpentines Grenade Hall Forest allowing visitors to explore the diversity of trees and plants, with signage explaining their origins and medicinal properties. The resident troupe of free-range Barbados Green Monkeys is often at large foraging in this forest when they are not at the Barbados Wildlife Reserve.

Click here to see a map of the Grenade Hall Forest and Signal Station.