Winnifred Beach

Thirteen kilometers east of Port Antonio, Fairy Hill is a small clifftop hamlet. A dirt road from here leads steeply downhill to Winnifred Beach - up until recently a great place to hang with 'real' Jamaicans.

At last visit, the vendors who had long done brisk business at Winnifred Beach had been evicted by the UDC and fence posts had been set up around the property. The UDC reportedly intends to develop the beach as an eco-attraction, but many local residents who have always enjoyed free access are wary of the plan. In February 2008 the government agreed to hear the lawsuit between local activists fighting to keep it accessible to local community, but at the time of writing there had been no resolution to the dispute.