White Rock
White Rock is a lighthouse in Guernsey. White Rock is situated nearby to Castle Breakwater Lighthouse, as well as near the museum Castle Cornet.Photo: Wolfgang Fricke, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Guernsey
- Also known as: “White Rock Pier Light” and “White Rock Pier Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Castle Cornet and Castle Breakwater Lighthouse.
Castle Cornet
Museum
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. Castle Cornet is situated 350 metres south of White Rock.
Castle Breakwater Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Castle Breakwater Lighthouse is situated 210 metres southeast of White Rock.
Hauteville House
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hauteville House is a house where Victor Hugo lived during his exile from France, located at 38 Hauteville in St. Peter Port in Guernsey. In March 1927, the centenary year of Romanticism, Hugo's descendants Jeanne, Jean, Marguerite and François donated the house to the City of Paris. Hauteville House is situated 1 km southwest of White Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Peter Port and St Martin.
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 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 3 km southwest of White Rock.
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 3 km west of White Rock.
White Rock
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.45625° or 49° 27′ 23″ northLongitude
-2.5265° or 2° 31′ 35″ westElevation
4 metres (13 feet)Open location code
8CXVFF4F+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1251974680OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
6420380Wikidata ID
Q129259837
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“White Rock” goes by many names.
- French: “phare de White Rock Pier”
- French: “Phare de White Rock Pier”
- German: “Leuchtturm White Rock Pier”
- German: “White Rock Pier Lighthouse”
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