Fort Pezeries
Fort Pezeries is a fort in Guernsey. Fort Pezeries is situated nearby to the islet Lihou Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
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 2½ km north of Fort Pezeries.
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. Fort Grey is situated 1¼ km east of Fort Pezeries.
Les Hanois Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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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. Les Hanois Lighthouse is situated 2½ km west of Fort Pezeries.
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 Fort Pezeries.
St Martin
Village
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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 8 km east of Fort Pezeries.
St Peter Port
Town
Photo: Alistair Young, CC BY 2.0.
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 Peter Port is situated 10 km east of Fort Pezeries.
Fort Pezeries
- Type: Fort
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
49.43707° or 49° 26′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.67129° or 2° 40′ 17″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
8CXVC8PH+RFOpenStreetMap ID
way 1062185522OpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortGeoNames ID
6417275
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