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Saint Peter Port comprises two administrative division, St Peter Port South and St Peter Port North. In the 2016 Guernsey general election in: St Peter Port South there was a 2,068 or 63% turnout to elect five Deputies; St Peter Port North there was a 2,639 or 65% turnout to elect six Deputies.
Saint Peter Port Harbour is located in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. It was a natural anchorage used by the Romans which has been changed into an artificial harbour that is now the island's main port for passengers. Loose cargo, liquids and gas are shipped to and from St Sampson's harbour. Castle Cornet has formed the harbour main defence for ...
The main harbours of Guernsey and Herm face into the Little Roussel. There are many small rocks in the channel, including Hermetier , Castle Cornet (now joined to the mainland) and others. The Bréhon Tower (Fort Bréhon) is accessible only by boat and sits on Bréhon, an island in the Little Roussel about 1.5 km northeast of St Peter Port ...
St Peter Port station was re-opened in 1881. [ 1 ] The station currently operates a Severn-class All-weather lifeboat, 17-04 Spirit of Guernsey (ON 1203), on station since 1997, and a B-class (Atlantic 85) Inshore lifeboat, Harold Hobbs (B-943), on station since 2024.
St Julian's Pier is a pier in Saint Peter Port Harbour, Guernsey. [1] [2] The pier runs from the base of St Julian's Avenue, where a roundabout is now located, eastwards. Memorial in Saint Peter Port: "This plaque commemorates the evacuation of children and adults ahead of the Occupation of the Island by German forces in June 1940.
Fort George is situated in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, and was built to become the main island military headquarters and to protect barracks to house the island garrison for the British Army, in place of Castle Cornet. Planned during the Anglo-French War (1778–83), construction started in 1780 and was completed in 1812.
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His home in St Peter Port, Hauteville House, is now a museum administered by the city of Paris. In 1866, he published a novel set on Guernsey, Travailleurs de la Mer (Toilers of the Sea), which he dedicated to the island. Guernsey was his home for fifteen years. [9] Mabel Collins (1851–1927), a theosophist and prolific author, was born in St ...