Bodden Town is a village in the district of Bodden Town, one of the five districts on the island of Grand Cayman. The population of the entire district is around 15,000.
Bodden Town was the original capital of the Cayman Islands. However, this title had little meaning at the time, during the 1600s and 1700s, because there was no formal legislative assembly, since the Cayman Islands were administered by Jamaica.
The town once had a natural harbor, but was silted over from numerous hurricanes over the years. With the silting up of the harbor, trade shifted largely to Hog Sty Bay in George Town, which became the central business district of George Town, and the home to the legislative assembly.
Today, Bodden Town is a sleepy village, which contrasts with the large tourist areas of Seven Mile Beach in George Town and the West End
Cannons in Guard House Park, at the west entrance to the village. The original cannons from the gun battery were stolen; in their places are cannons from the shipwreck of the Ten Sails, which occured on a reef off the East End in 1794.
A guard house in Guard House Park, on Guard House Hill. The guard house was built in 1993, and replicates the guard house on the site from the 1840s.
Buildings on Bodden Town Road at Manse Road.
A house on Bodden Town Road.
A house on Bodden Town Road.
The Vernon Jackson Memorial Library, on Bodden Town Road. The library was once a school.
Houses on Bodden Town Road.
A house on Bodden Town Road.
The Queen Victoria Monument, on Bodden Town Road at Monument Road. The monument was dedicated in 1912.
Coe Wood Beach, on Bodden Town Road at Monument Road.
As the town's main public beach, it has the largest section of sand in the town.
Houses on Bodden Town Road.
A restaurant overlooking the beach on Bodden Town Road.
A house on Bodden Town Road.
The Bodden Town Seventh-Day Adventist Church, on Bodden Town Road. The church was built in 1952.
The Turtle Nest Inn, on Bodden Town Road.
Houses on Gun Square Road. The road entrance is marked with 18th century cannons on either side, buried upright into the ground. Gun Square was a battery that overlooked the natural harbor and shipping channels that have since disappeared.
Houses on Daffodil Street.
The Mission House, on Gun Square Road. The house was built in 1840, with the upper floor added in 1908 when it was turned into a schoolhouse. It was rebuilt in 2005 after being destroyed by a hurricane.
The Clayton Nixon House, on Gun Square Road. The house was built in the early 1800s, and is believed to be one of the first houses in the Cayman Islands owned by a former slave.
Looking down Bodden Town Road.
A shopping plaza on Bodden Town Road.
Webster United Memorial Church, on Bodden Town Road. The church was established in 1874.
A cemetery on Bodden Town Road, across from Webster United Memorial Church. Legend has it that several pirates are buried in unmarked graves in the cemetery.
A bed & breakfast on Bodden Town Road.
A house on Bodden Town Road.
Governor Russell Beach, on the east side of town.
A house on Bodden Town Road.
The Bodden Town Civic Center, on the Bodden Town Bypass. Haig Bodden Stadium, home of the soccer team Bodden Town F.C. of the Cayman Islands Premier League, is in the background to the right.
The Jesse Ritch Memorial Health Centre, on Bodden Town Road.
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