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Guernsey Transport

Guernsey

Guernsey is the second largest of the Channel Islands and can be reached by either air or ferry.

By Air

From most parts of the UK, the quickest way of reaching Guernsey is by air with flights operating from many UK airports. The principal airlines operating to the airport are Fly Be, Aurigny Air Services and Blue Islands. At the time of writing, Fly Be operate year round flights from Birmingham, Exeter, Jersey, London (Gatwick) and Southampton. They also operate summer services to Malaga, Minorca and Palma de Mallorca. Aurigny have year-round flights to Guernsey from Alderney, Bristol, Dinard, Jersey, London (Gatwick and Stansted), Manchester and East Midlands. They also operate a summer service to Grenoble. Blue Islands have year round flights to Jersey and Southampton. In addition during the summer months, Air Berlin fly to Guernsey from Dusseldorf, Hannover, and Frankfurt, City Jet fly to Guernsey from Rotterdam and Logan Air fly to Guernsey from Norwich.

By Ferry

Condor Ferries are the principal ferry operator to Guernsey and operate high-speed passenger and car ferries on the route from Poole and Weymouth to Guernsey and takes around 3 hours. Note that Weymouth is currently closed for re-building works so at present all ferries that would normally use Weymouth operate from Poole instead. Condor also run a conventional ferry from Portsmouth that takes 7 hours. They also operate a ferry service to Jersey most days and a service to St Malo in Normandy a few times a week.

Manche Iles Express run a passenger only ferry service from Granville and Dielette on the Normandy coast to St Peter Port in Guernsey. They also operate a limited number of services to Carteret, Jersey and Alderney.

Getting around the island

Guernsey has a good bus service providing links to most parts of the islands. For details see the Buses.gg. website. The most popular route for visitors is the 7 and 7A which run a route around the coast of the island, providing easy access to the many beaches and also serves the airport. Other routes go direct from St Peter Port to the north and west coasts of the island. St Peter Port is the hub of the network. A flat fare of £1 is charged for any journey and multi-journey Ormer smart cards are also available. The 7 is most frequent running around every 20 minutes. Other routes tend to run an hourly or half-hourly service although some routes run less often than this.

If you prefer to drive you can either bring your own car on the ferry from Poole, Weymouth or Portsmouth or hire a car on the island. The island roads can be narrow and speed limits are normally 15, 25 or 35mph. Parking is generally free but you need to obtain a parking disk to display in your car window and parking is often time-limited especially in St Peter Port.


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