Orchid Fields

Orchid Fields is a nature reserve in Guernsey. Orchid Fields is situated nearby to the hamlet Torteval, as well as near the village St Pierre du Bois.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lihou and Guernsey Airport.

Lihou

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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Andrew and St Martin.

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 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.

Orchid Fields

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Guernsey, Channel Islands, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

49.4446° or 49° 26′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.6469° or 2° 38′ 49″ west

Open location code

8CXVC9V3+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 587927261

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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