Sam Sharpe Square

The bustling cobbled Sam Sharpe Square, formerly called the Parade, is named for national hero the Right Excellent Samuel Sharpe (1801-32), the leader of the 1831 Christmas Rebellion. At the square's northwest corner is the National Heroes Monument, an impressive bronze statue of Paul Bogle and Sam Sharpe - bible in hand, speaking to three admirers.

Also on the northwest corner is the Cage, a tiny cut-stone and brick building built in 1806 as a lockup, now a small souvenir shop. At the southwest corner is the copper-domed Civic Centre, a handsome colonial-style cut-stone building on the site of the ruined colonial courthouse.