Lyford Cay occupies roughly 1,000 acres on New Providence’s western tip, developed beginning in 1955 by Canadian businessman E.P. Taylor as Nassau’s first private residential community. Its early design, a private club, a school, and year-round service built in from the start, set a template later developments have followed since, and its standing was cemented in December 1962, when President Kennedy met British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan here. It remains the address against which every newer Nassau community is still measured.
Roughly 450 homes make up the community, ranging from original Island Colonial residences with verandas to fully modernized and newly built estates, and vacant lots remain available for buyers who want to build new. Sunnyside, a five-acre hilltop condominium complex, offers the community’s primary condo option, apartments with 24-hour concierge, underground parking, a lap pool, and a putting green.
The Lyford Cay Club holds six dining venues and eight bars, with poolside dining and bar service at the club’s heated pool. Recreation runs through an 18-hole championship course originally designed by Dick Wilson and redesigned by Rees Jones, twelve Har-Tru tennis courts, ten lit for night play, a private member sailing club with Olympic class dinghies, and a yacht harbour with full-service slips. Club membership carries its own initiation fee and annual dues, separate from home ownership and worth confirming directly. Jaws Beach and several other private stretches of coastline sit nearby.
Lyford Cay sits close to Lynden Pindling International Airport, with arrival also possible by boat and private aviation available through FBO services. Lyford Cay International School, offering the full International Baccalaureate continuum, has its lower campus inside the community, and the community includes its own hospital facility.
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