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Le Grand Fort in the region of is a town located in Guernsey - some 8 mi or ( 13 km ) East of St Peter Port , the country's capital .
Local time in Le Grand Fort is now 05:04 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Guernsey " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: London, Cambridge, Bristol, Bournemouth, and Birmingham. When in this area, you might want to check out London . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Le Grand Fort ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
SARK, SMALL WORLD
Sark is a community of only 550 people and although formally part of the United Kingdom, it is actually constituted with its own parliament and law. The complete film can be watched online at www.docs ..
SARK 'Unspoilt Sark ' ANF.mp4
Donations great or small to HSBC Account name : 'Artists for Nature Sark' I BAN : GB46 MIDL 40222514138074 BIC CODE : MIDLGB22 Thank you. music by peter gabriel byrne The Artists for Nature Foundation ..
Jumping in Herm 2008
Airport BBQ ..
Diving Sark 2010
Scuba diving around the island of Sark in the Channel Islands. The anemones in the Gouliot Caves and the Cuckoo Wrasse were memorable. Music is 'Here to Stay' by Pat Metheny ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Sark
Sark is a small island in the Channel Islands in southwestern English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. It is a royal fief, geographically located in the Channel Islands in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population of about 600. Sark has an area of 2.10 square miles .
Located at 49.43 -2.36 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Operation Basalt
Operation Basalt was a small British raid conducted during World War II on the German occupied British Channel Island of Sark. On the night of 3–4 October 1942 ten men of the Special Operations Executive's Small Scale Raiding Force, and No. 12 Commando, landed on Sark with the object of offensive reconnaissance and capturing prisoners. Nine of the raiders broke into the house of a local while the tenth went to a covert rendezvous with an SOE agent.
Located at 49.43 -2.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Brecqhou
Brecqhou is one of the Channel Islands and part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. It is located just west of Sark and has a surface area of approximately 200 acres . Sark claims it as a tenement, and the Ministry of Justice, the department of the United Kingdom government with responsibility for the Channel Islands, considers Brecqhou part of Sark - but this is disputed by Brecqhou's current tenants.
Located at 49.43 -2.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Little Sark
Little Sark is a peninsula forming the southern section of the Channel Island of Sark. There is a hamlet here, and also a guesthouse and cafe at La Sablonnerie.
Located at 49.42 -2.37 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Herm
Herm is the smallest of the Channel Islands that is open to the public and is part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Cars are banned from the small island as they are on its Channel Island neighbour, Sark. Unlike Sark, Herm also bans bicycles. However, Herm does allow quad bikes and tractors for the locals. Herm won the 2002 and 2008 Britain in Bloom competition in the "Small Coastal Resort" category.
Located at 49.47 -2.45 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
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