Alderney Celebrates 2005 :
The Year of the Sea
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The
year 2005 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar
and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson. To celebrate Britain’s relationship with
the sea, its coastline and its estuaries, the National Maritime Museum and
VisitBritain are staging a year-long festival entitled:
In
2005, the Channel Island of Alderney will join these nationwide
celebrations of the Battle of Trafalgar with its very own 
programme of nautical and maritime events which are in addition to the
island’s already very busy annual diary of events published on this website.
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Please
bookmark this page and visit us again.
Meanwhile,
Alderney has released its own set of stamps to commemorate the famous Battle of Trafalgar and a has commissioned the Royal Mint to produce a Trafalgar
Commemorative coin.
For
more information click
here
To
find out what else is happening in Alderney during 2005, click here
For
the latest news relating to ,
click the News
Flash button on the left-hand menu of this page.
For the
latest general news in Alderney, hot off the press, click here
The Alderney Sailing Club has its own busy diary of events and the popular
clubhouse, overlooking Braye Harbour, welcomes all visiting yachtsmen and
crews. For more details click here
To find out what’s happening in the other Channel Islands, go to:
SeaSark 2005
Jersey Tourism
To
find out about the 
programme of events , click here
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