Restored buildings at Nelson's Dockyard National Park, Antigua
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Nelson's Dockyard National Park
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Daily
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Nelson's Dockyard National Park
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EC$5 or US$2
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Museum 8am-5pm
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The world's only Georgian dockyard still in use, Antigua's English Harbour was rechristened Nelson's Dockyard after a decade's restoration on 14 November 1961. Nelson served as captain and second-in-command of the Leeward Island Station from 1784, when the harbour had already been in use for over a century. After the British Navy left in 1889, it lay derelict for sixty years before restoration. Now you can visit its shops, restaurants and two 18th-century-style hotels. The Dockyard Museum was originally the Naval Officer's House and includes in its maritime treasures Nelson's own tea caddy and telescope.
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