Hellshire Beach, Jamaica, is located near Portmore, and famed for its fried fish and safe swimming.

[1] Exposed when there is a sea running to the south, the waters close to shore are often quite cloudy due to the stirred up sand.

[1] It is a popular public beach conveniently located for the residents of Portmore and weekend visitors from Kingston.

[1] Once called "Healthshire" due to its reputation as a health retreat its name has since evolved into "Hellshire" though both pronunciations are technically correct.

In the early nineteenth century, colonial records describe hundreds of runaway slaves escaping to "Healthshire" where they flourished for several years as a community of Free black people in Jamaica before they were captured by a party of Jamaican Maroons.