Victoria Tower

#2860 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Victoria Tower, Jersey, is a Martello tower that the British completed in 1837 and named after Queen Victoria, who succeeded to the Throne in that year. The tower sits on Le Mont Nicholas in Saint Martin, and its builders placed it there to impede an enemy from siting guns there with which to bombard Mont Orgueil. Currently, the National Trust for Jersey administers the tower. ()

Coordinates: 49°12'9"N, 2°1'15"W

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Saint MartinUnited Kingdom

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Victoria Tower – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mont Orgueil, La Hougue Bie, Jersey Zoo, Samarès Manor.

~1160 ftS
Castle with secret rooms and scenic views
Mont Orgueil
6 min walk • Mont Orgueil, a striking example of medieval architecture, stands guard over the eastern shores of Jersey in the Channel Islands, United Kingdom. This formidable castle, also known as Gorey Castle, has overseen the landscape since the 13th century, serving as a symbol...
1.9 miW
Neolithic tomb and archaeological finds
La Hougue Bie
50 min walk • La Hougue Bie is a historic site, with museum, in the Jersey parish of Grouville. La Hougue Bie is depicted on the 2010 issue Jersey 1 pound note.
3 miNW
Wildlife park with endangered species
Jersey Zoo
77 min walk • Jersey Zoo is a zoological park established in 1959 on the island of Jersey in the English Channel by naturalist and writer Gerald Durrell. It is operated by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. It has approximately 169,000 visitors per year; visitor numbers tend to vary with the tourist trade to Jersey.
3.3 miSW
Historical place, Manor house
Samarès Manor
84 min walk • Samarès Manor is a manor house with medieval origins in the Vingtaine de Samarès, in the parish of St. Clement in Jersey, and is the traditional home of the Seigneur de Samarès. The name Samarès is an old French word meaning salt-marsh, and much of the low-lying surrounding areas are or were coastal marshes.
1.9 miSW
Church
Grouville Church
49 min walk • Grouville Church is one of the twelve ancient parish churches in the island of Jersey; it is sited in the eastern parish of Grouville.
3 miSW
Tower
Nicolle Tower
77 min walk • Nicolle Tower is a tower in the parish of St Clement in Jersey. It was built in 1821 for Philippe Nicolle as a hexagonal folly house on the site of an earlier navigation tower on Mont Ubé. It is adjacent to the Mont Ubé dolmen.
3 miNW
Manor house
Les Augrès Manor
78 min walk • Les Augrès Manor is a manor house on La Profonde Rue in the Vingtaine de Rozel in the parish of Trinity in Jersey. The present building mostly dates from the 19th century, although the site has medieval origins. It is a listed building.
~1180 ftS
Forts and castles
Grosnez Castle
6 min walk • Grosnez Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in Saint Ouen, situated in Grosnez in the north-west corner of the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
~1510 ftW
Archaeological site
Haut de la Garenne
8 min walk • The Jersey Accommodation and Activity Centre is a building just north of Gorey in the parish of Saint Martin, Jersey, in the Channel Islands. It was formerly known as the Industrial School, the Jersey Home for Boys, and Haut de la Garenne.
2.6 miS
Harbor
Vingtaine de la Rocque
67 min walk • Vingtaine de la Rocque is one of the four vingtaines of Grouville Parish on the Channel Island of Jersey. It includes the uninhabited Minquiers.
3 miSW
Park
Le Hocq, Saint Helier
77 min walk • Le Hocq is an area in the parish of St. Clement, in the south-east of Jersey, Channel Islands. Le Hocq is a Jèrriais name, and means 'the headland' or 'the cape' in English. The fortified Jersey Round Tower at Le Hocq, was built in the 1780s. Alongside the tower is the Millennium Cross of St.