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6 stops · 1 films · 37 km end to end

Bond's
Kingston

Where it all started in 1962: the airport, the club and the harbour.

  1. Dr. No (1962) · Pinpoint · Private

    Liguanea Club (the film's Queen's Club)

    80 Knutsford Boulevard, Kingston 5

    The station chief leaves his bridge game at a colonial members' club and is shot dead by three 'blind' beggars on the pavement outside.

    Stand hereThe gates on Knutsford Boulevard. The club is members-only, so shoot from the road.
  2. ↓ 1.5 km from the last stop

    Dr. No (1962) · Pinpoint · Off-limits

    King's House

    Hope Road, Kingston

    Bond calls at the colonial governor's residence to ask about the dead station chief, and the officials there are not much help.

    Stand hereThe gates on Hope Road. Grounds open only on special occasions.
  3. ↓ 6.5 km from the last stop

    Dr. No (1962) · Vicinity · Public

    Harbour Street

    The very first shot of the series: three blind men tap their way along a downtown street to a calypso beat.

  4. ↓ 3.4 km from the last stop

    Dr. No (1962) · Pinpoint · Public

    Norman Manley International Airport (then Palisadoes Airport)

    Bond steps off the plane on his first ever screen mission and is met by a chauffeur who was never sent for him.

    Stand hereThe Palisadoes road into the airport, sea on both sides: the drive Bond takes into town.
  5. ↓ 6.2 km from the last stop

    Dr. No (1962) · Pinpoint · Public

    Morgan's Harbour (now Grand Hotel Excelsior Port Royal)

    Port Royal, Kingston

    Bond questions a wary boatman on a wooden jetty, then follows him into a waterfront bar where a brawl breaks out.

    Stand hereThe wooden jetty at the marina, looking back at the brick building. It has barely changed since 1962.
  6. ↓ 19 km from the last stop

    Dr. No (1962) · Region

    Mountain roads above Kingston

    A hearse full of gunmen chases Bond's convertible up hairpin roads and ends up going over the edge.

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