Le Catioroc & Lihou Island
St Saviour·Attraction
Part of The National Trust of Guernsey
Standout
Benedictine priory ruins (1114)
36-acre tidal island
Story
Land at Le Catioroc donated to National Trust of Guernsey in 1965 by Col HA Randall; memorial stone carved in 1966 in memory of Marie Randall MBE. Lihou Island purchased by States of Guernsey in January 1995.
Le Catioroc & Lihou Island is a headland and a serene nature reserve. Lihou is the furthest west of the Channel Islands and is linked to the L'Erée headland on Guernsey by a 400 m stone causeway at low tide. This site, which measures 426 hectares, encompasses Lihou Island, La Claire Mare Nature Reserve, and the Colin Best Nature Reserve, designated as Guernsey's first Ramsar site on 1st March 2006. Over 200 species of seaweed have been listed, five of which are not recorded for any other site in the Channel Islands. —
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Industries served
Residential (inferred from the source page)
Credentials
Memberships & accreditations
- National Trust Guernsey (inferred from the source page)
Visiting & access
- Wheelchair access
- Not suitable for wheelchairs or those with impaired mobility (inferred from the source page)
- Parking
- Small car park on the nearby headland
- Public transport
- Bus routes 62, 91, 92
Hours
Open access; Lihou Island causeway accessible at low tide only — check tide times before visiting
Last checked 5 April 2026·visitguernsey.com
Contact
- Phone
- +44 7781 106461
- emc@nationaltrust.gg
- Website
- nationaltrust.gg
- Address
- Le Catioroc, Rue des Bordes, St Saviour, Guernsey (inferred from the source page)
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