La Seigneurie Gardens, Sark
A video showing the beautiful La Seigneurie Gardens on the island of Sark in the Channel Islands. It is the home of the Seigneur of Sark, Michael Beaumont who is the Queen's representitive for Sark.
Sark Seigneurie Gardens
July and despite drought conditions everything was blooming. Many thanks to La Seigneurie Gardens Trust - great work.
Through The Maze - La Seigneurie Gardens, Sark
Going through the maze in La Seigneurie Gardens on the island of Sark in the Channel Islands.
Sark a World Apart
A short film about the beautiful Channel Island of Sark. Photographed and produced by Sue Daly. Music composed and performed by Peter Gabriel Byrne.
La Sablonnerie Hotel, Sark.
A delightful hotel on the magical island of Sark. La Sablonnerie is an hotel of rare quality situated in a time warp of simplicity on the tiny, idyllic Channel Island of Sark, where no motor cars are allowed and life ambles along at a peaceful, unhurried pace. The hotel has an enviable reputation for its superb food and wines.
La Sablonnerie Tea Gardens birdsong 4
Listening to the birds on a sunny spring day in the Tea Gardens at La Sablonnerie, Sark
Places to see in ( Sark - UK )
Places to see in ( Sark - UK )
Sark is an island in the Channel Islands in the southwestern English Channel, off the coast of Normandy, France. It is a royal fief, which forms part of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, with its own set of laws based on Norman law and its own parliament. It has a population of about 600. Sark (including the nearby island of Brecqhou) has an area of 2.10 square miles (5.44 km2).
Sark is one of the few remaining places in the world where cars are banned from roads and only tractors and horse-drawn vehicles are allowed. In 2011, Sark was designated as a Dark Sky Community and the first Dark Sky Island in the world.
Sark consists of two main parts, Greater Sark and Little Sark to the south. They are connected by a narrow isthmus called La Coupée which is 300 feet (91 m) long and has a drop of 330 feet (100 m) on each side. Protective railings were erected in 1900; before then, children would crawl across on their hands and knees to avoid being blown over the edge. There is a narrow concrete road covering the entirety of the isthmus that was built in 1945 by German prisoners of war under the direction of the Royal Engineers. Due to its isolation, the inhabitants of Little Sark had their own distinct form of Sercquiais, the native Norman dialect of the island.
The highest point on Sark is 374 feet (114 m) above sea level. A windmill, dated 1571, is found there, the sails of which were removed during World War I. This high point is named Le Moulin, after the windmill. The location is also the highest point in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Little Sark had a number of mines accessing a source of galena. At Port Gorey, the ruins of silver mines may be seen. Off the south end of Little Sark are the Venus Pool and the Adonis Pool, both natural swimming pools whose waters are refreshed at high tide.
All the Sark rocks (and those of the nearby Channel Islands of Guernsey and Alderney) formed during geological activity in the continental crust above an ancient subduction zone. This geological setting would have been analogous to the modern-day subduction zone of the Pacific Ocean plate colliding and subducting beneath the North and South American continental plate.
Sark also exercises jurisdiction over the island of Brecqhou, only a few hundred feet west of Greater Sark. It is a private island, but it has recently been opened to some visitors. Since 1993, Brecqhou has been owned by Sir David Barclay, one of the Barclay brothers who are co-owners of The Daily Telegraph. They contest Sark's control over the island. However, the candidates endorsed by their various business interests on the Island failed to win any seats in the elections held in 2008.
Sark's economy depends primarily on tourism and financial services. Sark has no company registry and relies on Guernsey's financial services commission. Sark is fiscally autonomous from Guernsey, and consequently has control over how it raises taxes. There are no taxes on income, capital gains or inheritances.
The Isle of Sark Shipping Company operates small ferries from Sark to St Peter Port, Guernsey. The service takes 45 minutes for the 9 miles (14 km) crossing. A high-speed passenger ferry is operated in summer by the French company Manche Iles Express to Jersey. A 12-passenger boat, the Lady Maris II, operates regular services to Alderney.
( Sark - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Sark . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Sark - UK
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Travel Trident arrives & leaves Herm's Rosaire Steps
This is the passenger ferry Travel Trident which ferries passengers between St. Peter Port harbour, Guernsey and the Island of Herm in the Channel Islands. It can hold up to 250 passengers. In this video it is seen arriving and leaving Herm's Rosaire Steps. It only comes to Rosaire Steps when the tide is too low for it to go to Herm Harbour. When the tide is higher it will go to Herm Harbour.
Look at my You Tube channel for seperate videos of it arriving and leaving Herm Harbour and Guernsey's St. Peter Port harbour.
SARK 'Unspoilt Sark ' ANF.mp4
music by peter gabriel byrne
The Artists for Nature Foundation is a unique organisation that uses the creative output of artists producing paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures, inspired and mostly created on location by renowned and talented artists from all over the world as a medium to draw attention to the need for nature to be appreciated as an essential element of sustainable development.
Sark Revisited
Example of Modern Day Feudalism: Sark
The Island of Sark (Part 2 of 2)
A video showing what you can see when you visit the island of Sark in the Channel Islands. Sark is a car free zone, the only transport is tractors, horse and carriage, bicycles and walking.
SARK, SMALL WORLD
Sark is a community of only 550 people and although formally part of the United Kingdom, it is actually constituted with its own parliament and law.
The complete film can be watched online at
Sark Venture ferry arrives and leaves Sark
A video showing the Sark Venture ferry as it arrives and leaves Maseline Harbour on the Island of Sark in the Channel Islands. This ferry takes passengers between Guernsey and Sark. This was filmed on three seperate days to give the different views.
The Island of Sark (Part 1 of 2)
A video showing what you can see when you visit the island of Sark in the Channel Islands. Sark is a car free zone, the only transport is tractors, horse and carriage, bicycles and walking.
RARE SIGHT - Roadworks on the Island of Sark
This is a rare sight to see. It is roadworks on the Island of Sark in the Channel Islands. The work is being performed by Cable and Wireless on one of Sark's untarmaced roads.
Love and War On Sark
Phyllis Baker was just 16 when the Germans occupied her small island home. This is her story of love and war. Shortlisted in the 2018 Imperial War Museum Short Film Festival. Thanks to the family of Corporal Eugen Biedenbach for use of his wartime film footage, shot while on active service with the Wehrmacht. Thanks to Roger Jones of Seaflower Books, publisher of Island Destiny: A True Story of Love and War in the Channel Island of Sark, by Richard Le Tissier (2006).
British archive newsreel and stills courtesy of the Imperial War Museum. German archive newsreel courtesy of the German Federal Archives.
Sark Vlog
Part two of mine and Emma's channel islands camping holiday!
Sailing to Sark from Guernsey, Pomme de Chien campsite, Dixcart Bay Sark Henge, La Coupee across to Little Sark, Dolmen, old mines, Caragh chocolate shop, the Gouliot headland and La Seigneurie gardens.
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A Visit to the Island of Sark Channel Islands - May 2014
Uma visita à Ilha de Sark Ilhas do Canal - Maio 2014
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