La Pointe de Pleinmont
La Pointe de Pleinmont is a point in Guernsey. La Pointe de Pleinmont is situated nearby to the locality Les Pezeries, as well as near La Lague.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lihou Island and Fort Grey.
Lihou Island
Islet
Photo: algo52, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lihou is a small tidal island just off the west coast of the island of Guernsey, in the English Channel, between Great Britain and France. Administratively, Lihou forms part of the Parish of St Peter's in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and is now owned by the States of Guernsey, although there have been a number of owners in the past. Lihou Island is situated 3½ km north of La Pointe de Pleinmont.
Fort Grey
Castle
Photo: Angus MacRae, CC BY 2.0.
Fort Grey, colloquially known as the "cup and saucer", is a Martello tower located on a tidal rock in Rocquaine Bay in Saint Peter, Guernsey on the west coast of the island.
Les Hanois Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Les Hanois Lighthouse was constructed between 1860 and 1862 to a design by James Walker, and was first lit on 8 December 1862. It is sited on the rock known as Le Biseau, or Le Bisé, part of the reef Les Hanois one mile north west of Pleinmont where the Trinity House cottages were built.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Andrew and St Martin.
St Andrew
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint Andrew is located in the centre of Guernsey and as such is the only parish on the island to be landlocked. As it is customary to list the parishes round the coast, either clockwise or anti-clockwise, starting with St Peter Port, St Andrew is usually the last parish to be mentioned in such a list. St Andrew is situated 8 km east of La Pointe de Pleinmont.
St Martin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the Channel Islands. Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France. St Martin is situated 9 km east of La Pointe de Pleinmont.
La Pointe de Pleinmont
- Type: Point
- Also known as: “Pleinmont Point”
- Category: landform
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.43028° or 49° 25′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.67472° or 2° 40′ 29″ westElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
8CXVC8JG+44GeoNames ID
3042302
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