Saint Peter | |
Native Name: | Saint Pierre du Bois |
Settlement Type: | Parish |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Coordinates: | 49.4411°N -2.6411°W |
Subdivision Type: | Crown Dependency |
Subdivision Name: | Guernsey, Channel Islands |
Leader Title: | Electoral district |
Leader Name: | West |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 6.2 |
Population Total: | 2036 |
Population As Of: | 2019 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | GMT |
Timezone1 Dst: | UTC+01 |
St Peter's (Guernesiais: Saint Pierre), known officially as Saint Pierre du Bois (English: "St. Peter in the Wood"), is a parish in Guernsey. It is the centre for the Guernsey Western Parishes which includes Torteval, St Saviour's and the Forest.
The old Guernesiais nickname for people from Saint Pierre was etcherbaots which means beetles.
The postal code for street addresses in this parish begins with GY7.
St Peter's won the Britain in Bloom small coastal prize in 2015.[1] and a gold medal in the 2016 Champion of Champions competition.[2]
The parish is located in the West of the Island and has borders with the parishes of Torteval, St. Saviour's, Forest and St. Andrew's.
The parish is mainly countryside with a small village in the centre. The parish church is one of the most unusual in the islands as it is built at the bottom of a small valley and the interior of the church is not flat but diagonal in appearance.
The features of the parish include:
The parish of the Vale hosts:
Residents of Saint Peter vote in the Island wide voting for deputies, the last election was the 2020 Guernsey general election.