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AIRLINE CONNECTIONS
Wallblake Airport: The Valley,
✆264 497 2514
No international long-haul flights
Inter-island flights daily to St Maarten, St Thomas
and other neighbouring islands by local
airlines.
FERRY CONNECTIONS
Daily service between Blowing Point and Marigot
(St-Martin)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Calling from abroad: ✆(1)264 + 7 digits
Local call: 7 digits
Public call boxes: Caribbean Phone Card
TOURIST INFORMATION
Tourist Office, The Valley ✆264 497 2759
Fax 264 497 2710
www.ivisitanguilla.com
Department of Fisheries, The Valley,
✆264 498 2871 Fax 264 497 8657
Email dfmr@anguillanet.com
FESTIVALS/EVENTS
Carnival and boat races: July/August
Moonsplash Music Festival: March
Anguilla Day (Independence): end of May
Anguilla Summer Festival: July
PUBLIC HOLIDAYS
New Year’s Day (1 January), John Ronald Webster
Day (March✆Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labour
Day (May), Whit Monday, Anguilla Day (end of
May), Queen’s Birthday (June), August Monday
(1st Monday in August), August Thursday (1st
Thursday in August), Constitution Day (1st Friday
in August), National Heroes and Heroines Day (19
December), Christmas Day (25 December), Boxing
Day (26 December)
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PLACES TO SEE
Wallblake Historic House (1787)
Heritage Collection Museum, South Hill Plaza:
local household artefacts
The Fountain National Park: Cave and pre-
Columbian site
Big Spring Heritage Site (Island Hbr)
Crocus Hill Prison: old prison and island’s highest
point
St Gerard’s Roman Catholic Church
ROAD TRANSPORT
Drive on the left. Local licence compulsory
Hire car companies and taxis in The Valley and at
the airport
REGULATIONS
Underwater Reserves: spear fishing, taking of
stock and jet skiing forbidden.
Regulated anchoring/mooring areas, fees for
buoys
Marine Park office open 0600-1900
see www.anguillalife.com for an article about
Anguilla’s marine parks
FORMALITIES
Arriving by air customs and immigration at the
airport
Arriving by sea
Blowing Point Harbour, commercial dock little
used by yachts. Open 0700–2000.
Road Bay by the dinghy dock (no overtime).
Open daily 0830–1200 and 1300–1600
Simultaneous clearance in and out for stays of
less than 24hrs.
Fees and taxes
Immigration tax for entry and exit payable per
person
Harbour tax charged according to length of boat
Cruising permit: obligatory and charged
according to tonnage and length of stay
The cumulative burden of these fees can be quite
heavy depending on your vessel.
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