Guernsey2005
- Year of the SeaAdmiral Lord de Saumarez
Lighthouses around Guernsey
Wrecks
Castles
Towers
Sea Themes on Stamps
Maps of Old Guernsey
Victor Hugo - sea novels
Sailing Trust of Guernsey
National Curriculum Links
Children Only - activities,quizzes.
Lighthouses around Guernsey
Have you ever fancied spending a holiday in a lighthouse? Well you can, in Alderney.
Les Hanois Lighthouse - Trinity House site
Ray Dafter
has written a super book about Les Hanios Lighthouse. He writes:-
Have you ever fancied spending a holiday in a lighthouse? Well you can, in Alderney.
Les Hanois Lighthouse - Trinity House site
Les Hanois is truly an exceptional lighthouse.
Built in response to a spate of fateful shipwrecks the lighthouse
has helped to prevent numerous maritime accidents since it became
operational in 1862.
Its construction method was trend-setting,
making the tower immensely strong. It was the first to use photovoltaic
cells as an electrical power source, and it was the last Trinity
House rock tower to be manned.
This is the story of the remarkable lighthouse. It not only recounts its colourful history and the numerous shipwrecks and maritime mishaps associated with that part of Guernsey but it also features the exploits of the dedicated men who served on Les Hanois.
The book can be ordered from :- Matfield Books
The images below are old Guernsey postcards and more can be seen here.
Les Casquets rocks and lighthouse
Hanois Lighthouse and Castle breakwater light
The Castle breakwater in storm seas and the two lighthouses in St Peter Port harbour
White Rock lighthouse
Thanks
to Philip de Jersey for giving
his permission to include the above images on this site.
Channel Island Lighthouses
- a site devoted to
lighthouses around the Channel Islands.
Lighthouses of Alderney - a site showing some old and new images of lighthouses.
Lighthouses of Alderney - a site showing some old and new images of lighthouses.