Why is it call West End

[kylake]

Why historically is the Cliff area referred to as the West End. I just had to ask and I expect I will get a lot or you moron type replies but I have wondered since our first trip last year. When I think of the way Jamaica is on a compass and the position of Negril, I by compass, consider the cliff area to be on the East side of Negril.

[poolguywindsor]

I will be nice, so have you looked at a map? Negril is on the western end of the island, and the beach road was already the beach road so why not the westend as its on the western side of the island.

[Accompong]

I by compass, consider the cliff area to be on the East side of Negril.

Okay, must be one of those "moron type"s you are referring to but, wouldn't that be on the South Side of Negril?

Inquiring morons want to know.

Peace and Guidance

[kylake]

I will be nice, so have you looked at a map? Negril is on the western end of the island, and the beach road was already the beach road so why not the westend as its on the western side of the island.

Yup, I know Negril is on the west end of the island and have looked at it on a map I guess my mistake is thinking of Negril roundabout as the center/hub and it that case the beach end would be west and the cliff end would be east. I guess I should, as you point out, be thinking of the island as a hole and if I do that then the cliffs and beach are the West End

[poolguywindsor]

LMOA, I thought maybe I misread it, I think your holding the compass upside down.

[kylake]

Okay, must be one of those "moron type"s you are referring to but

Peace and Guidance

I was referring to myself as a "moron type" not anyone else on this board just "me" I guess I could have worded it more clearly

[Rob]

When Negril was smaller, the Lighthouse Road (also called the West End Road and One Love Drive) started at the roundabout and went west only as far as Tigress Lane. So, the West End is called the West End because that the direction the road went from the roundabout. Also, the point between 3 Dives and the property just south of it is the western most spot on the island, so it is really as west as you can get.

[captaind]

[kylake]

I was thinking that maybe the cliffs and Negril as a whole got the name West End from people living in say Savanna La Mar or Belmont area. I mean Negril beach area not just the cliff area is about as far west as you can get on the island of Jamaica?

[Rob]

Nope, the West End has never included the beach area - it got the name from the locals who lived in Negril decades, perhaps hundreds of years ago...