Torteval Church

Torteval Church is a church in Torteval, Guernsey. Torteval Church is situated nearby to Siblé Nature Reserve, as well as near the aerodrome Guernsey Airport.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: church in Guernsey, Channel Islands
Also known as: “St Philippe, Torteval”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Guernsey Airport and Fort Grey.

Guernsey Airport

Aerodrome

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Guernsey Airport is an international airport on the island of Guernsey and the largest airport in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is located in the Forest, a parish in Guernsey, 2.5 nautical miles southwest of St. Guernsey Airport is situated 3 km east of Torteval Church.

Fort Grey

Castle

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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 northwest of Torteval Church.

Lihou Island

Islet

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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 northwest of Torteval Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Andrew and St Martin.

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 east of Torteval Church.

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 6 km east of Torteval Church.