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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 ...
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 ...
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.
St Martin comprises part of the South East administrative division with St Andrew. In the 2016 Guernsey general election there was a 3,363 or 73% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) being Heidi Soulsby , Lindsay De Sausmarez , Peter Roffey , Rob Prow and Victoria Oliver .
Condor Ferries established the first high-speed car ferry service to the Channel Islands from Weymouth in 1993 using the 74m Incat catamaran Condor 10.In the winter of 1993/1994, one of Condor's parent companies; Commodore Shipping, took over British Channel Island Ferries (BCIF) which operated conventional ferry services to the Channel Islands from Poole.
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.