St Peter Port
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This is a map of Guernsey. St Peter Port is shaded in red. St Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey, and also the main port of the island. In French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town along with its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port.
As well as being a parish, St Peter Port is a small town consisting largely of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes.
The post code for addresses in this parish begins with GY1.
Geography
View of St Peter Port from the South. St Peter Port is found around the East coast of Guernsey. It borders St Sampson's around the North, The Vale within the North-West, St Andrew's at the West and St Martin's in the South.
Beaches
Most of the coast is used up by the harbour but the beaches in St Peter Port include:
Part of Belle Greve Bay
Havelet Bay
Soldiers Bay
Part of Fermain Bay
Relief
The land around the North and also by the harbour is low lying but around the South, the land gets much higher (but not as high as St Martin's or even the Forest). This means that there are quite some cliffs over the coast among Havelet as well as Fermain.
Features
St Peter Port church. The features of the town includes:
The Royal Court House, seat of the Bailiwick's government
Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's house of exile (presently a museum run by the city of Paris)
The Town Church
St Peter Port Harbour
Castle Cornet, the historic fortress that guarded the strategic entrance to the port. The castle was formerly a tidal island but it is currently joined by a breakwater to the enlarged harbour.
Main roads
The following main roads (listed from North-South) provide major links among St Peter Port and also the other parishes:
Les Banques (leads up the coast to St. Sampsons along with the North of the Island)
Rue Des Varendes (leads to the parish of Castle)
Mount Row (leads to St Andrew's and also the West of the Island)
Ruette Brayes (leads to St Martin's along with the South of the Island)
Fort Road (leads to St Martin's)
The following coastal roads (listed from North-South) also are very significant as they provide accessibility to shops, car parks and also the harbour:
St George's Esplanade
North Esplanade
South Esplanade