British Afro-Caribbean people are a British ethnic group. They are British people whose recent ancestors originate from the Caribbean, and further trace their ancestry back to Africa or they are nationals of the Caribbean who reside in the UK. There are some self-identified Afro-Caribbean people who are multi-racial. The most common and traditional use of the term African-Caribbean community is in reference to groups of residents continuing aspects of Caribbean culture, customs and traditions in the UK.
Ridley Road Market in Dalston, London, which sells African-Caribbean music, textiles, and food including goat meat, yams, mangos and spices.
Photograph of Mary Seacole, taken for a carte de visite by Maull & Company in London (c.1873)
Barbadian and Trinidadian pilots in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War
In 1998, an area of public open space in Brixton was renamed Windrush Square to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the ship bringing one of the first large groups of West Indian migrants to the United Kingdom.
Stonebridge, London
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Stonebridge is a locality in the London Borough of Brent. Stonebridge is situated in southern Brent, on Harrow Road between Harlesden and Wembley. The A404 runs through the district known locally as Brentfield and Hillside, while to the south are railway tracks and to the west is the North Circular Road along with Stonebridge Park station. The area is known for the previously troubled 1960s Stonebridge housing estate, which was completely redeveloped in the 2010s.
Old and new developments of Stonebridge Estate, 2007
The former Unisys office building at the Stonebridge Park North Circular Road junction, abandoned since c. 1996
Church of St Michael & All Angels on Hillside, Stonebridge
Inside Royal Mail's Princess Royal Distribution Centre, mainly used as a road mail hub but with some going by rail