Guernsey

The second largest of the Channel Islands, and the most Western (30 miles from France and 125 miles south of England), Guernsey is approximately nine miles by five miles wide in a triangular shape covering 24 square miles in area.

The French writer Victor Hugo described the Channel Islands as "Little bits of France dropped into the sea and picked up by Britain". This little group of islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Hern lie in the English Channel, just off the coast of France's Normandy. They are blessed with reliable sunny weather and sandy beaches making them popular with families for a seaside holiday. They are also popular with the yachting world and have beautiful marinas at St. Helier, Jersey's capital and St. Peter Port, Guernsey's capital. There are pleasant beaches, good walks and cycle rides on the islands, and the famous conservation zoo started by Gerald Durell is on Jersey.

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