Attraction · Teshie
Fort Augustaborg
Fort Augustaborg (Fort Teshie) is a ruined 1787 Danish fort in Teshie, Greater Accra, listed among Ghana's UNESCO-inscribed coastal forts and castles.
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Heritage sites in Greater Accra Region
Greater Accra holds more than a dozen heritage places that trace the region's story from Danish and Dutch trading forts to Ga shrines, markets and memorials. Along the coast you can find Fort Augustaborg in Teshie, Fort Fredensborg at Old Ningo, Fort Kongenstein at Ada Foah and Osu Castle (Christiansborg), while Accra itself gathers James Fort, Ussher Fort and its museum, the Jamestown Lighthouse and the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park. Inland, the National Museum of Ghana and Makola Market show the city's everyday life, and the Nkyinkyim Museum at Nuhalenya-Ada honours enslaved African ancestors through sculpture.
What these places share is a long Atlantic and Ga history, told through forts, faith and craft. They differ in condition and in mood. Some are ruined or eroded, such as Fort Fredensborg and Fort Kongenstein; some are working sites, like the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop in Teshie, where craftspeople make abebuu adekai, the design coffins known as boxes with proverbs. Others are living and sacred, including the Lalue Kpledo Shrine at Prampram and the Osabu-Ayiku Shrine in Teshie, seat of the Teshie Wulomo. The Ada Foah Presbyterian Church and Missionary Cemetery adds a quieter missionary chapter.
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Before you go
Plan around a few places rather than all fifteen, as they spread from Accra to Teshie, Prampram, Old Ningo and Ada Foah. Accra's sites cluster in Jamestown and Osu, so pair James Fort, Ussher Fort and the Jamestown Lighthouse on one outing, and Makola Market with the National Museum of Ghana on another. Check opening status before travelling: James Fort is currently listed as temporarily closed, and shrines and the working carpentry workshop are best visited with respect and, where possible, a local guide. Confirm access and any festival timing locally, since Lalue Kpledomi and the Homowo rites follow their own calendars.
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Attraction · Old Ningo
Fort Fredensborg
Fort Fredensborg is a ruined 1734 Danish-Norwegian slave-trading fort at Old Ningo on Ghana's Gulf of Guinea coast, part of a UNESCO World Heritage serial property.
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Attraction · Accra
James Fort
James Fort is a 17th-century British fort in Jamestown, Accra, built in 1673, later a prison and now a GMMB-managed heritage site that is currently listed as temporarily closed.
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Attraction · Accra
Jamestown Lighthouse
Jamestown Lighthouse is a 28 m red-and-white banded tower in Jamestown, Accra, built in 1932 to replace an 1871 lighthouse, with 112 steps to summit views.
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Attraction · Teshie
Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop
A working carpentry studio in Teshie, Accra, where Ga craftspeople make design coffins — abebuu adekai, "boxes with proverbs" — and welcome visitors to watch the work.
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Attraction · Accra
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
Accra's memorial park and mausoleum honouring Ghana's first President, Kwame Nkrumah, and his wife Fathia, on the Old Polo Grounds.
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Attraction · Accra
Makola Market
Makola Market is Accra's largest and most famous open-air market, a 1924 trading district in the city's Central Business District on Kojo Thompson Road.
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Attraction · Accra
National Museum of Ghana
Ghana's national museum on Barnes Road in Adabraka, Accra, opened in 1957 and run by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board.
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Attraction · Accra
Osu Castle
Osu Castle (Christiansborg) is a 17th-century fort at Osu, Accra, run by the Ghana Museums and Monuments Board and part of a UNESCO World Heritage listing.
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Attraction · Accra
Ussher Fort
Ussher Fort is a 17th-century Dutch-built fort in James Town, Accra, now home to the Ussher Fort Museum on the history of the slave trade in Ghana.
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Attraction · Ada Foah
Ada Foah Presbyterian Church and Missionary Cemetery
A missionary church in Ada Foah, described as built by the first generation of Ghanaian Christians around 1890, with an adjoining cemetery of colonial-era and later graves.
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Attraction · Ada Foah
Fort Kongenstein
Fort Kongenstein is a largely sea-eroded 1783 Danish trading fort at Ada Foah, Greater Accra, where only traces of the structure remain.
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Attraction · Prampram
Lalue Kpledo Shrine
Lalue Kpledo Shrine in Prampram, Greater Accra, is the sacred shrine of the Lalue deity and the focus of the three-part Lalue Kpledomi festival.
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Attraction · Fantevikope
Nkyinkyim Museum
Nkyinkyim Museum is an outdoor museum and evolving sculpture installation in Nuhalenya-Ada, Greater Accra, created by artist Kwame Akoto-Bamfo to honour enslaved African ancestors.
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Attraction · Teshie
Osabu-Ayiku Shrine
Traditional Ga shrine and seat of the Teshie Wulomo in Teshie, Greater Accra, and customary venue for the Bloahejuu and Abele kuu rites of the Homowo season.