Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Beaucette Marina is a marina on the northeast tip of Guernsey, [1] in the Channel Islands, to the north of Bordeaux Harbour. Nearby is the Déhus Dolmen. [2] The marina area was once a large quarry, with blue granite reserves. In the 1960s, the quarry was purchased by Vale Investments, who saw the potential for converting it into a marina.
Bordeaux Harbour is a fishing port and bay in the parish of Vale in the northeast of Guernsey, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Saint Peter Port The harbour is now used primarily as a beach, which is flat and low, "with stretches of fine sand and groups of boulders".
2020 saw the RNLI's 1,500th call out from Guernsey, during which time 600 lives have been saved and 2,000 people taken to safety. [7] In 2024, St Peter Port received a new B-class (Atlantic 85) lifeboat, Harold Hobbs (B-943), in memory of the RNLI volunteer who was killed by German forces while serving on a Guernsey lifeboat in 1940. [8]
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
St Peter Port Harbour; Town Church, Guernsey, the parish church of St Peter Port at the heart of the town; Buildings The Royal Court House (La Cohue Royale), seat of the States of Guernsey; Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's house of exile, which is now a museum under the aegis of the city of Paris). National Trust of Guernsey Victorian shop [10]
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.