St Julian's Pier is a
pier
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Saint Peter Port Harbour
Saint Peter Port Harbour is located in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. It was a natural anchorage used by the Romans which has been changed into an artificial harbour that is now the island's main port for passengers. Loose cargo, liquids and gas ar ...
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Guernsey.
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The pier runs from the base of St Julian's Avenue, where a roundabout is now located, eastwards.
The cambridge berth is a later construction built at right angles to the pier, in a southerly direction as is the New Jetty and at the eastern extremity, the White Rock Pier.
To the north of the pier is the Queen Elizabeth II marina.
Monuments and memorials
The pier has a number of monuments and memorials
* 50th Anniversary liberation monument in the form of a large
obelisk
An obelisk (; from grc, ὀβελίσκος ; diminutive of ''obelos'', " spit, nail, pointed pillar") is a tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape or pyramidion at the top. Originally constructed by An ...
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sundial.
* Liberation stone
* Plaque commemorating the evacuation of children and adults ahead of the Occupation of the Island by German forces in June 1940
* Plaque to victims of the Holocaust
* Plaque to remember the Deportees
* Harbour bombing memorial
* Plaque to remember the Foreign Workers
* Guernsey Resistance plaque
References
Saint Peter Port
Piers in the United Kingdom
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