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By Tours of Guernsey

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Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$62 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h
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Overview

    • Step back in time as you explore the largest gun emplacements in the area
    • Learn about the history of the Batterie Mirus fortification from your guide
    • Discover a labyrinth of once-secret corridors and rooms from World War II
    • See exclusive photographs from a private collection of the fortification
    • Hear about how the extraordinary guns were transported to the island

Activity location

    • United Kingdom
    • United Kingdom, England

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • C9X7+V3W, Guernsey GY8 0DS, Guernsey | La Houguette School car park, adjacent to the main road. The guide will be wearing a high-viz gillet.
    • United Kingdom, England

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Guernsey: Batterie Mirus Gun Emplacement Guided Tour

  • Activity duration is 2 hours2h
    2h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 10:15 AM
Price details
NZ$61.77 x 1 AdultNZ$61.77
Total
Price is NZ$61.77
Until Sat, 15 Aug

What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Approx 1.75/2 hour guided tour. Exclusive access to a WW2 gun emplacement located on private land. View WW2 photographs from a private collection. A WW2 expert will be in attendance.

Know before you book

    • Not suitable for: Children under 5 years, People with mobility impairments, Wheelchair users

What you can expect

  • Embark on a captivating journey as you join a guided tour of one of the historic gun emplacements that make up part of the remarkable Batterie Mirus fortification.

    Gain private access to a hidden gem of military history, revealing a labyrinth of once-secret corridors and rooms of the largest gun emplacements built in the Channel Islands during WW2.

    Hear about how the extraordinary guns were transported to the island and eventually to the site, and view exclusive photographs from a private collection.

    Your tour will be led by an accredited tour guide with a WW2 expert in attendance, both of whom are Festung Guernsey volunteers who maintain and restore this site.

    Your tour will start and end at the meeting point (La Houguette School car park). You will be walked to the site from this location, approx 5 minute walk. This tour is not suitable for anyone with mobility issues.

Location

Activity location

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    • United Kingdom
    • United Kingdom, England

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • C9X7+V3W, Guernsey GY8 0DS, Guernsey | La Houguette School car park, adjacent to the main road. The guide will be wearing a high-viz gillet.
    • United Kingdom, England