Three libraries on the Bailiwick, founded seven years apart. Guille-Allès (1882), the States-grant-supported public lender with 100,000+ books, and Priaulx (1889), in Candie House — a local-studies library holding newspapers back to 1785. Both sit in St Peter Port; Alderney's volunteer-run branch houses the Bayeux Tapestry. —
St Peter Port
Part of States of Guernsey
✦137-year heritage (1889)
Free lending and reference library in St Peter Port, collecting, cataloguing, and preserving records, artefacts, and books documenting Guernsey's history since 1889.
Alderney
Library on Alderney run by a 10-member volunteer committee, linked with Guernsey Library for new volume loans, and houses the Alderney Bayeux Tapestry.
St Peter Port
✦144-year heritage (1882)
Hub for culture, learning, and community in St Peter Port, operating since 1882 and founded by Thomas Guille and Frederick Allès.