Vale, Guernsey

Vale, Guernsey

Infobox Channel Island parish
native_name=Vale




island=Guernsey
area=8.8 km²
population=9573
population_density=1087.8/km²
electoral_district=Vale

Vale (Guernésiais: Lé Vale; French: Le Valle) is one of the ten parishes of Guernsey.

Until 1806 the parish occupied territory on the mainland of Guernsey as well as the whole of Le Clos du Valle, a tidal island forming the northern extremity of Guernsey separated from the mainland by La Braye du Valle, a tidal channel.

La Braye du Valle was drained and reclaimed in 1806 by the British Government as a defence measure. Vale now consists of two non-contiguous territories.

Among features of the parish are:
*L'Ancresse Common
*Le Dolmen de Déhus, which incorporates a dolmen deity known as "Le Gardien"
*Vale Castle (which hosts the annual music festival 'Vale Earth Fair')
*Bordeaux Harbour
*Fort le Marchant shooting range

The parish was twinned with the Normandy port of Barneville-Carteret in 1987.


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