The National Trust of Guernsey

St Peter Port

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Active since 1960

Story

Founded 1960, became 'The National Trust of Guernsey' in 1967. HQ at 26 Cornet Street may be the earliest remaining complete building within St Peter Port's medieval boundaries. Victorian Shop & Parlour opened 1987. Folk Museum established 1968 as joint venture with La Societe Guernesiaise. Les Caches Farm opened 2009. Fermain Tower bequeathed 2002.

The National Trust of Guernsey is an independent heritage charity founded in 1960 that preserves Guernsey's natural beauty, historic buildings, open spaces, and wildlife. It is the island's third largest landowner, managing coastal headlands, farmland, and properties including the Folk & Costume Museum at Saumarez Park, Victorian Shop & Parlour in St Peter Port, Les Caches Farm, and Fermain Tower. With over 2,000 members and patrons including the Lieutenant-Governor and Bailiff, membership provides reciprocal access to National Trust organisations worldwide.

Specialises in6

Each capability links to every business in the Baliwick that shares it.

Walking tours

Guided walking tours and coastal path excursions.

From their website

Guided walks

Historic & heritage venues

Historic houses, castles, heritage sites and heritage attractions used as event venues.

From their website

Event space hire

Gifts & giftware

Shops selling gifts and giftware — boutique, handmade, personalised and luxury gift retail.

Established

1960 · 66 years

People10

  • Mike BrownPresident
  • Jemma Charlotte FieldEstate Manager and Co-ordinator
  • Sara-Jane LampittVice President, Honorary PR Officer
  • Steve HoggHonorary Treasurer
  • Ross GregoryHonorary Secretary
  • Colin GaudionLands Manager
  • Olly BrockPlanning Officer
  • Elainer LainéManager, Folk and Costume Museum
  • Caro DrakeManager, Victorian Shop & Parlour, Costume Curator
  • Sean MartinCouncil Member

From their website

Original phrasing from their website — lines covered by a capability above appear within its card.

  • Folk & Costume Museum
  • Victorian Shop & Parlour
  • Holiday property hire (Fermain Tower)
  • Event space hire (Les Caches Farm, Folk & Costume Museum)
  • Membership with reciprocal access to National Trust organisations worldwide

Hours

Victorian Shop & Parlour at 26 Cornet Street: Monday to Saturday 10am-4pm; Folk & Costume Museum: Spring through October

Contact

Social
Address
26 Cornet Street, St Peter Port, Guernsey GY1 1LF

History5

Key dates and recorded company events for The National Trust of Guernsey.

  • 1967Became The National Trust of Guernsey
  • 1968Folk Museum established · Established as a joint venture with La Societe Guernesiaise
  • 1987Victorian Shop & Parlour opened
  • 2002Fermain Tower bequeathed
  • 2009Les Caches Farm opened

Subsidiaries18

Other businesses under The National Trust of Guernsey, across all of Island Graph.

  • Church HouseSt Sampson

    Church House is a listed 1850 wedge-shaped heritage property in St Sampson, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey and privately tenanted since its 2022 restoration.

  • Creve Coeur and No. 79Vale

    Creve Coeur and No. 79 is a heritage site and emerging nature reserve on the Chouet peninsula in Vale, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey.

  • Fermain TowerSt Martin

    Fermain Tower is a converted 18th-century loophole tower on Fermain Bay, St Martin, offering self-catering accommodation for two, owned by the National Trust of Guernsey.

  • Folk & Costume MuseumCastel

    Folk & Costume Museum is a free National Trust of Guernsey museum at Saumarez Park in the Castel, housing over 8,000 costume and textile items.

  • Houmet ParadisVale

    Houmet Paradis is a tidal islet nature reserve in Vale, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey and accessible only at low spring tides.

  • Jemma Charlotte Field

    Jemma Charlotte Field is Estate Manager and Co-ordinator at The National Trust of Guernsey.

  • Jerbourg FieldSt Martin

    Jerbourg Field is a coastal headland and nature reserve in St Martin, gifted to the National Trust of Guernsey in 1971 and offering free access to cliff path connections.

  • La Prévôté and Clifton ValleySt Pierre du Bois

    La Prévôté and Clifton Valley is a free coastal headland and wooded valley in St Pierre du Bois, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey, featuring a WWII observation tower and a two-mile circular walking route.

  • Le Catioroc & Lihou IslandSt Saviour

    Le Catioroc & Lihou Island is a National Trust of Guernsey coastal property featuring megalithic, military and monastic heritage including Benedictine priory ruins dating from 1114, walking trails, and a 36-acre tidal island.

  • Le Gouffre, Le Bigard & La Plaine des CamprôtsForest

    Le Gouffre, Le Bigard & La Plaine des Camprôts is a free, open-access coastal walking area in Forest parish, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey.

  • Le Moulin de QuanteraineSt Pierre du Bois

    Le Moulin de Quanteraine is a 16th-century water mill in St Pierre du Bois, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey, with a restored working waterwheel and free admission.

  • Le Petit Pré Orchid Field & The Ron Short WalkSt Andrew

    Le Petit Pré Orchid Field & The Ron Short Walk is a free wild orchid meadow and woodland trail in the Talbot Valley, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey.

  • Les Blanc Bois ArchwayCastel

    Les Blanc Bois Archway is a 17th-century double arch built from Jersey stone, a Protected Monument and heritage site managed by the National Trust of Guernsey since 2003.

  • Les Caches FarmForest

    Les Caches Farm is a historic farmhouse complex in Forest parish, managed by the National Trust of Guernsey, free to visit and available for venue hire.

  • Les TiellesTorteval

    Les Tielles is a National Trust of Guernsey managed coastal cliff walk and climbing site in Torteval, established in 2018 and featuring multiple crags and 46 boulder problems.

  • Mike Brown

    Mike Brown is the elected President of The National Trust of Guernsey since 2022, with a finance background and previous service as Lands Manager and on the States' Committee for Employment & Social Security.

  • The Ivy Gates ArchwaySt Peter Port

    The Ivy Gates Archway is a 17th-century double granite arch at the top of the Rohais, St Peter Port, built around 1640. A Protected Monument managed by the National Trust of Guernsey.

  • Victorian Shop & ParlourSt Peter Port

    Victorian Shop & Parlour is a National Trust of Guernsey heritage attraction and working shop in St Peter Port's earliest complete medieval building.

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