Discover Long Bay Village

Coastline, wildlife and history offer different themes for a holiday: Long Bay Beach is part of the West End; natural and historical traces are spread across different places. Long Bay Beach, Meads Bay Pond, historic wells and Hughes Estate offer different ways to explore the area. This makes the surroundings interesting for travellers who want to include nature watching and historical traces in their plans as well as time at the beach.

Beach and coastline nearby

Long Bay is one of the West End beaches that the Anguilla Tourist Board lists as characteristic of the Anguilla holiday experience. A public access point leads to the middle section of Long Bay Beach and near the “Stairway to Heaven”. If this specific access point is important to your plans, check the route locally before relying on it.

Birdlife at Meads Bay Pond

A public viewing platform was completed at the eastern end of Meads Bay Pond in March 2020, providing access to a variety of land and water bird species. At Bedney’s Well, a boardwalk leads to Meads Bay Pond and its bird sanctuary; this connection was reported in 2020. Check the current condition of the boardwalk locally before relying on being able to use it. The two nature-related features are distinct: the platform focuses on bird species, while the boardwalk provides a route to the pond and its sanctuary. The locations also help with orientation: the platform is at the eastern end of the pond, while the boardwalk starts at Bedney’s Well.

Wells and history

A report from 2020 places Roger’s Well and Bedney’s Well opposite one another on the main road. Roger’s Well was estimated to be about 60 to 70 feet deep, while Bedney’s Well was estimated at 12 feet; within these estimates, Roger’s Well is considerably deeper. At a ceremony on 24 June, both were inaugurated as tourist sites. Another historical trace leads directly to Long Bay Village: a 2020 newspaper report quotes Long Bay resident Ivy Plank as saying that Arthur Fleming was born in the village in 1836. Hughes Estate represents a different scale of history: a medium-to-large sugar plantation from the 18th and 19th centuries stood on the north coast between Lower South Hill and Long Bay Village. The historical perspective therefore ranges from estimated well depths and an attributed birth claim to the history of a plantation spanning two centuries.

Travel interests and holiday rentals

When choosing a holiday rental in Long Bay Village, it helps to compare your travel interests. If you prioritise the coast, you can take into account the access to the middle section of the beach described above; if you are interested in nature, you can distinguish between the platform’s focus on bird species and the boardwalk route to the sanctuary. Visitors interested in history can explore different perspectives through the wells, the attributed birth claim and Hughes Estate. First decide which theme you want to shape your trip, then tailor your holiday rental search accordingly.

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