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St. Peter Port is a town and one of the ten parishes on the island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. It is the capital of the Bailiwick of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2021 was 19,295.
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Worth seeing in and around Saint Peter Port
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Castle Cornet
Castle Cornet is a large island castle in Guernsey, and former tidal island, also known as Cornet Rock or Castle Rock. Its importance was as a defence not only of the island, but of the roadstead.
800 m · island castle in Guernsey · Wikipedia - 02Little Chapel
The Little Chapel is situated in the Les Vauxbelets valley, Saint Andrew, Guernsey. It was created in July 1914, by Brother Déodat.
3.9 km · chapel in Saint Andrew, Guernsey · Wikipedia - 03Saumarez Park
Saumarez Park is the largest public park on the island of Guernsey.
3.5 km · park in Castel, Guernsey · Wikipedia - 04Our Lady of the Rosary Church, Saint Peter Port
The Our Lady of the Rosary Church Also Notre Dame Du Rosaire church is the name given to a religious building that is affiliated with the Catholic Church and is located in the town of Saint Peter Port in Guernsey, a dependency of the British Crown, part of the Channel Islands.
400 m · Catholic church in Guernsey, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 05Sausmarez Manor
Sausmarez Manor is a historic house in Saint Martin, Guernsey.
2.3 km · country house in Saint Martin, Guernsey · Wikipedia - 06Vale Castle
Vale Castle, is a protected building located in the Vale, Guernsey. The original name was "Le Château St Michel", later it became "Château de Val" or "Château de Valle" and is over 1,000 years old.
3.9 km · castle in Guernsey · Wikipedia - 07Bréhon Tower
The Bréhon Tower is accessible only by boat and sits on Bréhon Rock, an island in the Little Russell channel about 1.5 km northeast of St Peter Port, Guernsey, between the port and the islands of Herm and Jethou. Thomas Charles de Putron built the oval tower of granite from Herm, completing the work in 1857.
3.9 km · sea fort in Guernsey · Wikipedia - 08King George V Sports Ground
The King George V Sports Ground is a cricket ground in Castel, Guernsey. The venue hosted matches in the 2009 ICC World Cricket League Division Seven tournament, and in the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Europe Qualifier tournament in June 2019.
3.3 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia - 09The Corbet Field
The Corbet Field is a multi-use stadium in St Sampson, Guernsey. It is currently used for football matches and Crown Green Bowling.
3.3 km · multi-use stadium in St Sampson, Guernsey · Wikipedia - 10Artparks Sculpture Park
The ArtParkS Sculpture Park sculpture trail is located in Saint Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands, in the grounds of the historic Sausmarez Manor. It shows up to 200 mostly contemporary sculptures every year by approximately 70-80 artists from the United Kingdom and around the world.
2.4 km · sculpture trail is located in Saint Martin's, Guernsey, Channel Islands · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Castle Cornet
This was built in the 13th century on a tidal island, and was serially besieged, blown up, garrisoned, occupants massacred, added to, and used as a prison.
- 02Hauteville House
38 Rue Hauteville, St Peter Port GY1 1DG, hugohouse@cwgy.net.
- 03German Naval Signals HQ
This bunker has been restored to its 1940s form, when it handled all the island's important military radio comms under occupation.
- 04Sausmarez Manor
Gardens & Artpark, Route de Sausmarez, St Martin GY4 6SG,.
- 05German Underground Hospital
May-Sep daily, Apr & Oct Fri-Mon, 10AM-4PM.
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Things to do
Beaches: over two dozen, those to the north and west being flat and sandy, those east rocky. The south has little coves beneath the cliffs, scenic (Renoir enjoyed painting them) but access is not as easy. West, looking towards Lihou island, are Rocquaine & Portelet Bay, L’Eree, Vazon Bay (which has surfing), Cobo Bay and Grandes Rocques.
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Where to eat
Cream teas are a Guernsey tradition, to take to the beach or eat in. The many outlets include Victoria Cafe in Candie Gardens, the kiosks in Saint's Bay, Port Soif or Portelet Bay (this one is more accessible for wheelchair users); or splurge at Old Government House Hotel. Le Nautique, Quay Steps, St Peter Port GY1 2LE,. Tue-Sat noon-2PM, 6:30-10PM.
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Getting to Saint Peter Port
- Airports
- Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 177 km · Bristol (BRS), 215 km · Cardiff (CWL), 223 km
- Stations
- Victoria Tower, 500 m · Footes Lane, 2.1 km · Guernsey Railway, 400 m · Saint Peter Port Harbour, 800 m · St Julian's Pier, 500 m
- Brest → Saint Peter Port1858 km · quickest by road, 28h 49m · $180–245
- London → Saint Peter Port285 km · quickest by road, 8h 56m · £35–47
- Bristol → Saint Peter Port222 km · quickest by road, 9h 38m · £42–55
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Saint Peter Port
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Saint Peter Port. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThey also fly to and from Jersey and Alderney, and a day trip is possible.
- Get inLoganair flights from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle upon Tyne connect in Southampton with the Blue Islands direct flight.There are several flights daily between Guernsey and Jersey and a day trip is possible.
- Get inBrittany Ferries took over Condor in 2025.
- Get inThese ferries are year-round and take vehicles, with daily sailings in summer, but the fast-cat from Poole is more likely to be cancelled in bad weather.
- Get inThese are for foot-passengers only and are scheduled for day trips from Normandy, with one outward sailing in the morning and one return late afternoon.
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Next door to Saint Peter Port
- Saint Martinparish in Guernsey, Channel Islands2.5 km
- Saint Sampsonparish in Guernsey3 km
- Saint Andrewparish in Guernsey3.1 km