Guernsey Little Chapel: Better accessibility needed, says chairman

The chapel, in Les Vauxbelets valley, is approaching its centenery

Plans have been unveiled to improve accessibility at Guernsey's famous Little Chapel.

Andrew Warren, the new chairman at the Little Chapel Foundation, said he wanted to both preserve the building and help more people reach it.

He said he hoped a pathway could be built from the car park to the chapel.

Mr Warren said a fundraising campaign would be launched but he expected the project would be "reliant on a couple of big donations".

He told the BBC his personal history "goes back a long way" with the chapel and some of his grandmother's broken crockery was cemented into the wall.

He said: "We've already had some railings installed to help people up the steps which are quite steep, but we would ideally like to run a pathway from the car park at the entrance all the way to the top end of the Little Chapel so that everybody can have access to it."

He added there were plans to improve community engagement.

"We want to get people involved in actually maintaining the surrounding area so the gardens around it," he said.

"We're looking to develop some educational materials so when schools visit then they have activities they can do while they're on site."

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