Two Mile Hill, Saint Michael, Barbados
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The area named Two Mile Hill, is located two miles away from Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...

, in the Parish of Saint Michael
Saint Michael Parish, Barbados
StatisticsParish:Saint MichaelArea:Largest city:BridgetownPopulation :94,860 inhab.Population density:2,432.31 inhab/km²Parliamentary representation- House seats11MapParishes of Barbados...

. The Two Mile Hill area was historically one of the railway stations on the island of Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...

. The railway was a part of the island's colonial
Colonialism
Colonialism is the establishment, maintenance, acquisition and expansion of colonies in one territory by people from another territory. It is a process whereby the metropole claims sovereignty over the colony and the social structure, government, and economics of the colony are changed by...

 distribution network for the sugar cane industry while the country was under the control of Britain. The location no longer has any railway and is now instead known more so for the Sherbourne Conference Centre
Sherbourne Conference Centre
The Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Conference And Cultural Centre , is a conference centre facility found on the Caribbean island of Barbados...

located in that area.
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