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Leisure & Recreation

261 active businesses47 niches across 9 sectors

Two hundred and two leisure operators across eight sub-sectors. Attractions lead at 52 — 18 heritage sites, nine museums, five WWII fortifications. Then 44 clubs and societies (the oldest founded 1882), 40 arts operators with 14 workshop studios, and 24 sports facilities where golf dominates with ten. Seventeen hold Visit Guernsey membership. —

Founded between 1392 and 2026

160 of 261 have a recorded year
1400145015001550160016501700175018001850190019502000
  • Clubs Societies54
  • Attractions & Activities35
  • Arts & Entertainment26
  • Sports & Recreation16
  • Children's Activities12
  • Outdoor Activities9
  • Other (2)8

Where they're based

219 of 261 in Guernsey
St Peter Port75
St Sampson28
Vale28
Castel26
10
10
Other parishes (4)27
15

219 in Guernsey · 30 on Alderney · 11 on Sark · 1 on Herm

Accreditations & memberships

79 of 261 hold ≥1
  • Visit Guernsey Member18
  • National Trust Guernsey8
  • Guernsey Chamber of Commerce6
  • States of Guernsey Heritage6
  • Guernsey Experience Accreditation4
  • Alderney Chamber of Commerce3
  • La Societe Guernesiaise3
  • Rhs3

↓ and 8 more accreditations carried across the sector.

Clubs Societies

75
7 niches

Forty-four clubs and societies across the Bailiwick — the oldest founded 1882, spanning cultural, conservation, and horticultural cohorts.

Attractions & Activities

54
Story

Fifty-two attractions across Guernsey and Alderney — 18 heritage sites, nine museums, and a five-strong WWII fortification cluster.

Arts & Entertainment

46
7 niches

Forty of Guernsey's 202 leisure operators host, make or teach the arts — fourteen workshop studios, five theatre groups.

Sports & Recreation

33
8 niches

Twenty-four of Guernsey's 202 leisure-and-recreation operators run sport facilities — golf dominates with ten, racket sports five.

Outdoor Activities

28
13 niches

Nineteen providers — ten nature-reserve sites under the National Trust and Alderney Wildlife Trust, plus nine active-adventure operators.

Children's Activities

25
7 niches

Twenty of the island's 193 leisure operators run children's activities — ten dance schools, four music schools, four drama schools.

Wellness & Relaxation

16
Compare

Twelve of the island's 195 leisure and recreation businesses offer wellness and relaxation — yoga-led, with four operators on Alderney.

Gaming & Hobbies

3
2 niches

Three of the island's 193 leisure and recreation businesses fall under gaming and hobbies — a tackle shop, a karting circuit, a games store.

Nightlife

2
Stub

Other businesses in this category1

Tagged in Leisure & Recreation but not in one of the sectors above.

  • Sark Tourism
    Official visitor centre & tourism promotion for Sark; World's First Dark Sky Island since 2011