St Mark's Trail
ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL CHAPEL
& REDLIGHT VILLAGE
Length of hike: 1 hour
Everyone, no matter how short their visit to Strawberry Hill, should hike to St. Marks and Redlight. Go down the Strawberry Hill drive. At the main road go left toward Redlight.
Irish Town main road
Entrance to the short cut up to St Mark's
The path up to the church is on your right, after the UCC Craighton sign, or you can walk all the way to Redlight and follow the road just past Myrie's Wall. It's a lovely stroll, the very mild scramble up the side path to the church provides very "light adventure".
Refreshments are always to be found
The church is charming and the cemetery interesting with graves dating from early 1800's. It was severely damaged in Hurricane Gilbert and care was taken to restore it to it's original design and use of materials.
St Mark's east view
St Mark's graveyard
A few of the earlier tombs identify the reason why the Army camp was moved up into the mountains from Kingston, many died from malaria and yellow fever.
View North towards Newcastle from the church
View SE showing Craighton Great House
The Basic school is found near the church and
provides good services for the community. As with many projects in the
area, the needs and funds are identified by the community and implemented
by the members..
