Southwest Platte

Southwest Platte is in Guernsey. Southwest Platte is situated nearby to the locality Rocques Barrées, as well as near Les Monmains.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vale Castle and Bordeaux Harbour.

Vale Castle

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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.

Bordeaux Harbour

Beach

for other uses, see Port of Bordeaux Bordeaux Harbour is a fishing port and bay in the parish of Vale in the northeast of Guernsey, about 2 miles north of Saint Peter Port.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Herm Harbour and St Peter Port.

Herm Harbour

Locality

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Herm Harbour is a locality, which is situated 3½ km east of Southwest Platte.

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 4 km southwest of Southwest Platte.

St Andrew

Hamlet

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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 6 km southwest of Southwest Platte.

Southwest Platte

Type: Rock
Category: landform
Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

49.48194° or 49° 28′ 55″ north

Longitude

-2.49944° or 2° 29′ 58″ west

Open location code

8CXVFGJ2+Q6

GeoNames ID

6420425

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rocques Barrées and Les Monmains.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include La Platte and Torode.

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