Vale
Vale is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Channel Islands. In 933 the islands, formerly under the control of William I, then Duchy of Brittany were annexed by the Duchy of Normandy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: one of the ten parishes of Guernsey
- Also known as: “Clos du Valle”, “Le Clos du Valle”, “Le Vale”, “Lé Vale”, “Le Valle”, “Vale, Guernsey”, and “Valle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Vale Castle and St. Sampson Church.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Peter Port and Herm Harbour.
St Peter Port
Town
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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 Peter Port is situated 3½ km southwest of Vale.
Herm Harbour
Locality
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Herm Harbour is a locality, which is situated 5 km east of Vale.
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 5 km southwest of Vale.
Vale
- Category: parish of Guernsey
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Vale” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Vale”
- Breton: “Lé Vale”
- Cebuano: “Vale (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Vale”
- Chinese: “瓦爾”
- Chinese: “韋爾”
- Chinese: “韦尔”
- Cornish: “Vale, Gernsi”
- Dutch: “Vale”
- French: “Le Valle”
- German: “Clos du Valle”
- German: “Le Clos du Valle”
- Interlingue: “Vale”
- Lithuanian: “Valei parapija”
- Narom: “Lé Vale”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Vale”
- Norwegian: “Vale”
- Polish: “Vale”
- Spanish: “Le Clos du Valle”
- Spanish: “Vale (Guernsey)”
- Spanish: “Vale”
- Swedish: “Vale”
- Urdu: “ویل، گرنزی”
- “Vale”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Sampson Harbour and Mont Crevett.
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