Indian Temple
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Lighthouse
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Tiwai Island
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Gola Forest Reserve
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East Street Market
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Kroo Town Market
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Sacred Heart Cathedral
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Mosque
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Government Wharf Market
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Clock Tower
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St Georges Cathedral
St Georges Cathedral was completed in 1828.
Law Courts
The ornate Law Courts have been beautifully restored following considerable war damage. Located immediately east of the Cotton Tree.
Sierra Leone National Museum
The Sierra Leone National Museum has a small but fascinating collection of jujutrinkets and historical artefacts, including Temne Guerrilla leader Bai Burehs drum, clothes and sword.
St Johns Maroon Church
St Johns Maroon Church is a squat white building with big windows built around 1820. An example of the areas Krio architecture, it was built by returned slaves from Jamaica. Its located two blocks southwest of the Cotton Tree.
Old Wharf Steps
The Old Wharf Steps, sometimes erroneously called the Portuguese Steps, lead up from Government Wharf. The stones were set in 1818. Many of the new arrivals brought here by the British to start a new life climbed these steps.
Old Boundary Cannons
Over at the junction of Kissy Road – known locally as Up Gun community – you can see one of the three old boundary cannons that were used to mark the mapped-out limes of Freetown. It is believed to date back to about 1805.
Old Fourah Bay College
Gutted by fire in 1999, only the stone shell of the Old Fourah Bay College remains, but this 1848 building is graceful even in its decay. The World Monuments Fund lists it as one of the worlds 100 most-endangered historic sites. There is talk of turning it into a community arts cen
National Railway Museum
Visitors to the National Railway Museum are rare, but the short tour around these restored engines and cars is fairly interesting. You dont have to be a rail fan to enjoy this Clinetown museum, where theres a surprising collection of restored locomotives, including one commissioned
State House
The State House, up on Tower Hill and overlooking the Downtown area, is an example of the areas old Krio architecture, which features brightly-washed buildings and higgeldy-piggeldy window frames. This building incorporates the bastions and lion gate from Fort Thornton (built at th
Cotton Tree
Freetowns most famous landmark is the fat Cotton Tree in the centre of the old part of town. Nobodys sure if it can be quite that old, but some say the citys Black Poor settlers rested in its shadows when they landed in Freetown in 1787. Either way, the tree has witnessed a lot, in
