Sunset over English Harbour from Shirley Heights

English Harbour is a town in southern Antigua.

Get in

By plane

VC Bird International Airport is approximately 15 miles away and is served by flights from the UK, US and elsewhere.

By taxi

Taxi journeys from St John's cost approx US$20 return.

See

• Nelson's Dockyard - one of the finest condition Georgian naval ports in the world.

Do

• Shirley Heights - weekly party held on Sundays at a nearby colonial fort to celebrate the start of the new week. Good food, although it (and drinks) is quite expensive.

Go next

• St John's - capital
• West Coast - some very good beaches
• Falmouth (Antigua) - another nearby local harbour