Cultural and Historic Places in Guernsey from OpenStreetMap

An OpenStreetMap export of cultural and historic places in Guernsey, provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT). The dataset includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites, last updated on 2026-05-15. It is sourced from volunteer contributions to OpenStreetMap.

Use Cases

• Map cultural heritage assets for protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities based on the `tourism` and `amenity` tags.
• Create a cultural tourism guide for Guernsey using the categorized points of interest.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural point-of-interest types: museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites.
• Available in multiple geospatial file formats: GEOPACKAGE, KML, HTML, SHP, GEOJSON, JSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative world map built by volunteers.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org)

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed geographic data exported via the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 11:25:30.563520; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Guernsey