VALE, GUERNSEY

'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.