Vazon Right Battery

Vazon Right Battery is a fort in Guernsey. Vazon Right Battery is situated nearby to the historic site WW2 bunker, as well as near the fitness club La Grande Mare Health Suite.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort Homme and Guernsey Airport.

Fort Homme

Fort

Photo: Acad Ronin, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Hommet is a fortification on Vazon Bay headland in Castel, Guernsey. It is built on the site of fortifications that date back to 1680, and consists of a Martello tower from 1804, later additions during the Victorian Era, and bunkers and casemates that the Germans constructed during World War II. Fort Homme is situated 760 metres northwest of Vazon Right Battery.

Guernsey Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Wdollivier, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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 4 km south of Vazon Right Battery.

Saumarez Park

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Saumarez Park is the largest public park on the island of Guernsey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Andrew and St Peter Port.

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 3½ km southeast of Vazon Right Battery.

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 5 km east of Vazon Right Battery.

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 5 km southeast of Vazon Right Battery.

Vazon Right Battery

Type: Fort
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

49.46865° or 49° 28′ 7″ north

Longitude

-2.60648° or 2° 36′ 23″ west

Open location code

8CXVF99V+FC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 367626596

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=fort

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