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Hellshire Beach
Hellshire Beach
	— Beach —
	The paying section of Hellshire Beach looking east towards Kingston and the Blue Mountains.
	; Hellshire Beach
	Coordinates: 17°53′51″N 76°53′40″W / 17.8973962°N 76.8945444°WCoordinates: 17°53′51″N 76°53′40″W / 17.8973962°N 76.8945444°W
Country	Jamaica
Parish	St Catherine
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)

Hellshire Beach, Jamaica, is located near Portmore, and famed for its fried fish and safe swimming.^[2] It has near white sands with a very small trace of black sand.^[2] Exposed when there is a sea running to the south, the waters close to shore are often quite cloudy due to the stirred up sand.^[2]

It is a popular public beach conveniently located for the residents of Portmore and weekend visitors from Kingston.^[2]

Once called "Healthshire" due to its reputation as a health retreat its name has since evolved into "Hellshire" though both pronunciations are technically correct.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Paid entry section

There is a section with life guards and a buoyed off swimming area approximately 200 m long.^[2] It has changing/showering facilities which are kept fairly clean.^[2] This has a number of tables and benches in the shade of grapenut trees and there is a fish restaurant and bar.^[2]

[edit] Free section

Further to the west there is a free entry to the beach and here there are a large number of fried fish and other stalls.^[2]

[edit] External links

Aerial view.
Photos: [1] [2].

[edit] References

^ "Wikimapia". http://wikimapia.org/#lat=17.8973962&lon=-76.8945444&z=18&l=0&m=b&v=8. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Hellshire Beach in Kingston, Jamaica". www.kingston-jamaica.net. http://www.kingston-jamaica.net/hellshire_beach_in_kingston_jamaica.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-07.

[Wikimapia-0] "Wikimapia". http://wikimapia.org/#lat=17.8973962&lon=-76.8945444&z=18&l=0&m=b&v=8. Retrieved 2009-09-07.

[KJN-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Hellshire Beach in Kingston, Jamaica". www.kingston-jamaica.net. http://www.kingston-jamaica.net/hellshire_beach_in_kingston_jamaica.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-07.

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