discover the unique island Why not visit ... MAP REF Alderney Visitor & Wildlife MAP REF Alderney Museum MAP REF Val du Saou Nature Reserve 4 Information Centre 4 15 This interesting museum displays a record of Alderney’s and Countryside Centre Pop into the information centre in Victoria Street where fascinating history including exhibits of materials from This 7 hectare reserve is an ideal place to watch and a team of volunteers will be able to provide you with the German Occupation, the islanders’ mass evacuation enjoy Alderney’s rich wildlife and is also home to the up-to-date information, advice and a selection of free in 1940 and return in 1945, the building of the harbour Countryside Centre, which is housed inside a German literature, walking guides and bird lists. and breakwater, an Elizabethan wreck, an early Iron Age bunker and contains information on the island’s natural Tel 01481 823737. pottery and the Gallo-Roman occupation. and military history. Open 7 days a week. Tel 01481 822935. Tel 01481 823222. MAP REF MAP REF St. Anne’s Church Alderney Train 4 Open from April to October, Weekdays 10.00-12.00 and 1 14.30-16.30, Weekends 10.00-12.00. Will open on special The Channel Islands’ only working railway operates Known as the Cathedral of the Channel Islands, with request for groups outside of these dates. every Saturday, Sunday and on Bank Holidays from beautiful stained glass windows. Built in 1850. Entrance fee: Adults £3; under 16’s free. Easter to the end of September. The train leaves Braye Station at 14.30 and 15.30 throughout the season. Tel 822978 or visit www.alderneyrailway.com MAP REF Alderney Cinema Victoria Street 4 Return tickets: Adults £4.50; Children £2.50. Enjoy a night at the Cinema, viewing the recent West MAP REF End releases. Tickets available from Direct Rentals, 11 Ramsar and Gannet Colonies Victoria Street. Tel 01481 824277. The designated Ramsar site extends to 1,500 hectares, some 600 hectares more than mainland Alderney and MAP REF Mannez Lighthouse includes all the waters from the island’s west coast out 13 to the northern gannet colony of Ortac, Burhou, the Open for guided tours Easter Saturday and Sunday and islets and reefs that surround it and includes Les Etacs. May Bank Holiday weekends at 15.00. Weekends in June The site contains a mixture of habitats ranging from at 15.00; July and August at 14.30 and 15.30; September coastal grassland, shingle shorelines, rocky intertidal to at 15.00. sub-tidal kelp forests. For more information contact the Adults £3; Children (under 16) £2. Alderney Wildlife Trust. Tel 01481 822935. MAP REF MAP REF Longis Nature Reserve 9/14 The Nunnery Roman Fort 13/14 and Birdhide Alderney has the best-preserved small Roman fort in Britain. Its walls once stood almost 7 metres high and Ideal place to watch and enjoy Alderney’s rich wildlife in a visitors can see where the old Roman battlements fantastically positioned, peaceful environment. were blocked up in the Middle Ages. Tel 01481 822935. The fort is situated at the bottom of Longis Hill..