St Brelade Parish Walk
Jerseys second largest parish, St Brelade, offers a blend of breathtaking scenery with varied urban development. Enjoy spectacular views over St Aubin's, Portelet and St Brelade's bay.
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Attractions:
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Reg's Garden
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Jersey Lavender Farm
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Shell Garden
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Harbour Gallery
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St Aubins Harbour
Refreshment Stops:
St Aubin's Harbour has a range of cafes, pubs and restaurants. Jersey Lavender has its own cafe called 'Sprigs' and refreshments can be in St Brelade's Bay along the beachfront. The west coast provides ideal stop offs for light lunches.
Bus Routes:
9, 12, 14 or 15
Distance:
Full 14 miles / Part 8 miles
The second largest and arguably the most beautiful of Jersey’s parishes, St Brelade offers a blend of breathtaking scenery with varied urban development. The 17th century merchants’ houses in St Aubin are in a class of their own, contrasting with post-war housing schemes and shopping precincts at Red Houses, to the magnificent mansions overlooking St Brelade’s Bay. St Brelade developed rapidly particularly during the early 1960’s when the island’s offshore finance industry started to boom.
The parish’s natural beauty has survived this urban encroachment; from the headlands of Noirmont, Portelet and Beauport with their spectacular vistas across St Aubin’s, Portelet and St Brelade’s bays to Corbière and its lighthouse, the most southerly in the British Isles, and the vast expanse of St Ouen’s bay in the west. The championship golf course at La Moye, which hosts a round of the European Seniors’ tour, provides players with superb views from many of the tees and fairways.
The parish boasts a nature reserve of gorselands and the sand dunes of Les Blanches Banques, a protected area, where a number of neolithic remains are to be found. The picturesque little harbour of St Aubin, the unique Fishermen’s Chapel and the beautiful Parish Church are important features, and amongst its many churches representing many divergent beliefs, the parish also contains the only Synagogue in Jersey.
Starting and finishing at the Parish Hall in St Aubin, the walk passes the Parish Church, Millennium Stone and Millennium Cross. The Church, Parish Hall and Millennium Cross and Stone are some distance apart, so the complete walk is a long one at approximately 14 miles (22.5kms). However, there are a number of places for refreshment en route and several options to return to St Aubin either by foot or by bus along the way. The surface is a mixture of metalled road, cliff path, beach and sandy track, which can be wet underfoot, so suitable footwear is recommended.
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