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Alderney Destination Guide

Explore Alderney in United Kingdom

Alderney in the region of England with its 2,400 inhabitants is a town in United Kingdom - some 154 mi or ( 247 km ) South-West of London , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Alderney

Current time in Alderney is now 09:06 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Guernsey " with a UTC offset of 0 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Southampton, Portsmouth, London, Liverpool, and Cambridge. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Southampton . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Alderney ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Sailing a Bristol Pilot Cutter Annabel J in Rough Water

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www.annabel-j.co.uk Sailing a Bristol Pilot Cutter Annabel J in Rough Water ..

Aug09 Duncan at Alderney Race

0:08 min by iainsailsonthesea
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Duncan waving hello as we sail South from Alderney to Guernsey in Aug 09 ..


Qu'est-ce qu'être Ambassadeur de La Cité de la Mer?

1:44 min by ComLucie
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Fat Bloke fishing part 4.

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River Severn ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Alderney concentration camps

The Alderney concentration camps were prison camps built and operated by Nazi Germany during its World War II occupation of the Channel Islands. The Channel Islands were the only part of the British Isles to be occupied by the Nazis. The Nazis built four concentration camps on the island of Alderney, subcamps of the Neuengamme camp outside Hamburg.

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Located at 49.72 -2.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Nazi concentration camps on Alderney, Neuengamme concentration camp

Alderney Railway

The Alderney Railway on Alderney is the only railway in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, and the only working railway in the Channel Islands. (There is a standard gauge railway at the Pallot Heritage Steam Museum in Jersey, but this provides no actual transport link, but only pleasure rides. ) The Alderney Railway opened in 1847 and runs for about two miles (3 km), mostly following a coastal route, from Braye Road to Mannez Quarry and Lighthouse.

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Located at 49.72 -2.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: Heritage railways in the Channel Islands, Railway lines in the Channel Islands, Standard gauge railways in the Channel Islands, Transport in Alderney, Transport in Guernsey

Braye Road railway station

Braye Road is a station on the Alderney Railway, in the island of Alderney; it runs along Braye Harbour

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Located at 49.72 -2.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
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Lager Borkum

Lager Borkum was a Nazi concentration camp on Alderney, in the Channel Islands, named after the East Frisian Island of Borkum. The Germans built four concentration camps on the island, subcamps of the Neuengamme concentration camp. Each subcamp was named after one of the Frisian Islands: Lager Norderney located at Saye, Lager Borkum at Platte Saline, Lager Sylt near the old telegraph tower at La Foulère and Lager Helgoland, situated in the northwest corner of the island.

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Located at 49.72 -2.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Defunct prisons in the Channel Islands, Nazi concentration camps on Alderney, Neuengamme concentration camp

Lager Helgoland

Lager Helgoland was a Nazi concentration camp on Alderney in the Channel Islands, named after the Frisian Island of Heligoland, formerly a Danish and then British possession located 46 kilometres off the German North Sea coastline and belonging to Germany since 1890. The Germans built four concentration camps on Alderney, subcamps of the Neuengamme concentration camp.

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Located at 49.72 -2.21 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Defunct prisons in the Channel Islands, Nazi concentration camps on Alderney, Neuengamme concentration camp