Les Hanois Lighthouse
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Guernsey
- Also known as: “Les Hanois lighthouse”
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 4 km northeast of Les Hanois Lighthouse.
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 3½ km east of Les Hanois Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Andrew.
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 10 km east of Les Hanois Lighthouse.
Les Hanois Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.43497° or 49° 26′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.70237° or 2° 42′ 9″ westOpen location code
8CXVC7MX+X3OpenStreetMap ID
node 1543875388OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q15242263
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In Other Languages
From French to Polish—“Les Hanois Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare Les Hanois”
- French: “Phare Les Hanois”
- German: “Leuchtturm Les Hanois”
- Polish: “Latarnia morska Les Hanois”
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