Grandes Rocques

Grandes Rocques is a locality in . Grandes Rocques is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include La Mare de Carteret High School and Saumarez Park.

School
was a high school on the island of in the , located in the parish. The school is expected closed in 2025 due its rebuilding costs and had stopped accepting Year 7 pupils, since September 2023.

Park
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is the largest public park on the island of .

Fort
Photo: Acad Ronin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fort Hommet is a fortification on Vazon Bay headland in . It is built on the site of fortifications that date back to 1680, and consists of a from 1804, later additions during the Victorian Era, and bunkers and casemates that the Germans constructed during World War II.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Andrew and St Peter Port.

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Saint Andrew is located in the centre of 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, is usually the last parish to be mentioned in such a list. is situated 4 km south of Grandes Rocques.

Town
Photo: Alistair Young, CC BY 2.0.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the . Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France. is situated 4½ km southeast of Grandes Rocques.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey is a group of islands in the English Channel, part of the . Guernsey is the main island, some 50 miles west of the Cotentin Peninsula in France. is situated 6 km south of Grandes Rocques.

Grandes Rocques

Latitude
49.48658° or 49° 29′ 12″ north
Longitude
-2.58505° or 2° 35′ 6″ west
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
Open location code
8CXVFCP7+JX
Geo­Names ID
3042368
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