Saint Sampson
St Sampson is a parish of Guernsey, an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, directly north of St Peter Port.
St Sampson is a parish of Guernsey, an island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, directly north of St Peter Port. It is on the north-west and north-east coasts of the island and is split into two sections, intersected by Vale.
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Worth seeing in and around Saint Sampson
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.
3.4 km · island castle in Guernsey · Wikipedia - 02Saumarez Park
Saumarez Park is the largest public park on the island of Guernsey.
3.1 km · park in Castel, Guernsey · Wikipedia - 03Our 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.
3.2 km · Catholic church in Guernsey, United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 04Vale 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.
2.3 km · castle in Guernsey · Wikipedia - 05Bréhon 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.
4 km · sea fort in Guernsey · Wikipedia - 06The 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.
500 m · multi-use stadium in St Sampson, Guernsey · Wikipedia - 07King 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.
2.6 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia - 08Chateau des Marais
The Chateau des Marais is a protected chateau in Saint Sampson, Guernsey. The colloquial name is Ivy Castle.
1.1 km · castle in Guernsey · Wikipedia - 09The Vale Church, Guernsey
St. Michel du Valle is the parish church of Vale, Guernsey.
1.2 km · church on Guernsey · Wikipedia - 10Priaulx Library
The Priaulx Library, located in St Peter Port, Guernsey, contains the island's principal collection of local and family history.
2.5 km · public library in Guernsey · Wikipedia
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Getting to Saint Sampson
- Airports
- Brest Bretagne airport (BES), 179 km · Bristol (BRS), 212 km · Cardiff (CWL), 220 km
- Stations
- Saint Peter Port, 2.6 km · Victoria Tower, 2.7 km · Footes Lane, 2.5 km · Guernsey Railway, 2.6 km · Saint Peter Port Harbour, 3.3 km
- Brest → Saint Sampson1857 km · quickest by road, 28h 55m · $180–245
- London → Saint Sampson282 km · quickest by road, 9h 3m · £36–48
- Bristol → Saint Sampson219 km · quickest by road, 9h 45m · £42–55
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No local-transport research exists yet for Saint Sampson
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 Sampson. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Guernsey, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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