This walk takes in some of the island’s fascinating architecture, migrant birds and spectacular coastal views and will take around one-and-a-half hours. The trail starts at the Visitor Information Centre. Turn right up Victoria Street and take the first right through the grand granite archway of the Prince Albert Memorial Gate to St Anne’s Church.

ST ANNE’S CHURCH St Anne’s church was completed in 1850 and was one of the early works of the famous Victorian architect, Sir George Gilbert Scott. It is often referred to as the ‘Cathedral of the Channel Islands’.

THE ISLAND HALL The Island Hall was built in 1763 on the site of an earlier mansion, home to the Le Mesurier family, hereditary governors of Alderney from 1721. In 1779 the mansion became Government House and it remains the seat of the States of Alderney to this day, hosting the island’s government offices.

LES MOURIAUX HOUSEReputed to be the finest Georgian house in the Channel Islands, Les Mouriaux House was the second fine mansion built by the Le Mesuriers. It is built of local stone with classical proportions. Both Queen Victoria and Queen Elizabeth II have visited.

THE LUFTWAFFE HEADQUARTERS AND LISTENING POSTThe Luftwaffe Headquarters and listening post is one of the most obvious remnants of the extensive fortifications built by the occupying German forces in 1940-45. This imposing tower would have played an important role in observing incoming enemy aircraft and co-ordinating defensive fire.

bRICKFIELDSThe Brickfield site was used by German forces as accommodation and workshops for the Strongpoint, flak battery and radar position located to the south of the Airport Road. Just after the war, the re-established farming industry used the buildings at Brickfields.

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bURHOU ISLAND Burhou Island is part of the internationally important Ramsar site which includes a large area of coast and inshore water between Alderney and Ortac, the pyramidal rock that can be seen beyond Burhou. The home of a very important seabird colony, Burhou provides nesting sites for puffins, storm petrels and lesser black backed gulls.

GARDEN ROCKS (LES ETACS)In 1940, a single pair of Northern Gannets nested on Les Etacs. The colony grew, partly through lack of disturbance from any fishing activity during World War Two, and by 2011, there were 5,765 pairs of gannets on Les Etacs, and a further 2120 pairs on Ortac. These colonies account for 2% of the world population.

FORT CLONQUEConstructed in 1855, Fort Clonque was built on a rocky islet in the Swinge, on the exposed northwest coast of Alderney. Today it is owned by the Landmark Trust, and is one of the most popular properties in their collection of heritage buildings available for holiday lettings.

FORT TOURGISFort Tourgis, completed in 1855, was designed to accommodate 346 men, and was originally planned as the largest of Alderney’s Victorian forts. It mounted 33 heavy cannon in five batteries, together with four 13-inch mortars.

ALDERNEY bREAKWATERCompleted in 1864, the breakwater was intended to provide a harbour for the Royal Navy. This was developed by successive Admiralty Boards during 1854-58, the final proposal being a west breakwater 2012 metres long and an east breakwater from Chateau à L'Etoc 518 metres long enclosing 150 acres. The final cost was £1,274,200 – a huge sum in mid Victorian Britain.