The Rifle Range is accessed from La Rue de la Fontenelle. The land is
owned by a variety of agencies but the Culture and Leisure Department
administers the Rifle Range.
Since 1987 the Home Department has been the authority responsible for
licensing ranges on the Island. Its duties include appointing the range
officers and issuing gun licences, whilst the Culture and Leisure Department
gives permission for the use of firearms on the Fort Le Marchant Range.
The current authorized user groups are Elizabeth College CCF, Guernsey
Rifle Club, Annemarie Shooting Club and the Guernsey Police Force.
The range consists of firing points (in the form of raised mounds) at
600yds, 500yds, 300yds, 200yds, 60yds and 40yds. The range consists of five
lanes and has a gallery with Hythe frames, stop butt and markers shelter.
The Police have also constructed their own 50metre range for training of
firearms officers.
To book the range, the Department requires the request in writing a
minimum of ten days in advance of the proposed date. All users of the Range
must act in strict compliance with the agreed Range Orders set out by the
Department and the Firearms Ordinance.
The red flags are raised 30 minutes before firing begins to warn public
and shipping that shooting is about to commence. Safety barriers with “NO
ENTRY” signs are positioned across paths and roads. A lookout is posted to
instruct shooters if any person or domestic animal is about to enter the
danger area in front of the firing point actually in use or any vessel about
to enter the sea danger area.
Under the Firearms Ordinance 1987 it is an offence for any person or
vessel to enter the danger area when shooting is taking place. Shooting is
not permitted at night or on a Sunday.
An annual programme of shooting can be found in the attachment.
