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1031. Trelawny Parish Church of St. Peter the Apostle

Trelawny Parish Church of St. Peter the Apostle (Duke St.) is one of the most impressive Anglican structures in Jamaica, built in typical Georgian style. It was constructed in 1795 on land donated by rich estate owner Edward Barrett, whose descendent, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, would go on to become a well-recognized feminist poet of the Romantic movement.
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1032. Falmouth All Age School

Falmouth All Age School sits on the waterfront in a historic building and makes a good destination for a stroll down Queens Street from the square.
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1033. Shopping

Falmouth is by no means a shopping destination. Nevertheless, there is a small mall on Water Square with a few crafts shops to poke around.
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1034. Services

Club Nazz Bar & Restaurant (23 Market St., tel. 876/617-5175, 7 a.m.\11:30 p.m daily) offers customers free Wi-Fi.

For groceries and supplies, try T&W Super-market by the Texaco station.

Next to the courthouse there's a Scotiabank branch built in replica Georgian style, with an ATM.
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1035. Martha Brae

The town of Martha Brae was Trelawny's first parish capital, before the mouth of the river silted up and forced the relocation of the port from Rock to Falmouth. Along with several other locations in Jamaica, Martha Brae is thought to have been the location of the first Spanish settlement of Melilla. Until 1790 when the first bridge was constructed across the river, a ferry was in service.
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1036. Martha Brae Rafting

Martha Brae Rafting (9 a.m.-4 p.m daily)  is the only organized bamboo rafting attraction in western Jamaica, with 84 CPR-trained and licensed raft captains. Rafts hold two passengers in addition to the raft captain, who guides the vessel down the normally lazy Martha Brae.
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1037. The Luminous Lagoon

The Luminous Lagoon is one of Jamaica's favorite natural phenomena, created from a unicellular dinoflagellate less than 1/500th of an inch in diameter, Pyridium bahamense, which glows when the water is agitated. The organism photosynthesizes sunlight using chlorophyll during the day and then emits the energy at night.
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1038. Queen of Spain Villa

Queen of Spain Villa (Irwin Towers Estate, Martha Brae, contact Michele Lawrence, cell tel. 876/877-6959, michelelawrence1@yahoo.com, US$40\60 per night) has a total of five rooms available for rent in an owner-managed villa along the Martha Brae River.
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1039. Fisherman's Inn

Fisherman's Inn (tel. 876/954-4078 or 876/954-3427, fishermansinn@cwjamaica.com, from US$75) is a hotel and restaurant on the Luminous Lagoon with clean, spacious rooms overlooking the lagoon and a small marina with private baths and hot water, TV, and either fans or air-conditioning.
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1040. Time 'N' Place

Time 'N' Place (adjacent to Pebbles, call owner Tony Moncrieffe, tel. 876/954-4371, cell tel.
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