Autumn Walking Festival 10 – 25 September 2016 Explore. The island break.
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Breathe in. Breathe out.
Jersey is an island shaped by the sea, where things are revealed – to any who choose to look.
Our diverse landscapes are waiting to be explored, from the cliffs of the north coast to the epic dunes of the west, you’ll find a place where you can reconnect and revitalise. Breathe in the atmosphere, it’s a liberating experience that will put a smile on your face and a freshness in your heart.
Saturday 10 September TIME GRADE NO.
Seigneurs, Surf & Sandpipers 10:00 - 13:00 Easy 41
From Royals to Wonders 10:00 - 12:30 Easy 20
Battle Stations 10:30 - 12:30 Moderate 60
Turrets, Towers & a Tomb 13:00 - 16:00 Moderate 29
Climate Change is Nothing New – 14:00 - 17:00 Moderate/Difficult 40 North West Jersey Uncovered
Meet the Guides, The Merton Hotel 15:30 - 19:00 Social N/A
Sunday 11 September
Pre Sunday Lunch Ramble 10:00 - 13:30 Difficult 52
A Sailor Prince, Governors & Heroes 10:00 - 12:15 Easy 19
St. Helier – Occupation to Liberation 10:30 - 13:00 Easy 12
Corbière Lighthouse – Seeing the Light TBC on booking Easy 44
Towers, Tides & Turnstones 14:00 - 16:30 Easy 27
Climate Change is Nothing New – 14:00 - 17:00 Moderate/Difficult 40 North West Jersey Uncovered
Monday 12 September
Around Island Walk – Day 1 09:30 - 18:00 Difficult 1
Victoria’s Favourite Place – 10:00 - 13:00 Moderate 55 History, Ancient & Modern
Rags to Riches 10:30 - 12:45 Easy 46
German Occupation Coastal Trail 10:45 - 13:15 Easy 50
St. Helier’s Hills & Harbours 13:45 - 16:15 Difficult 13
A Queen’s Favourite 13:00 - 15:30 Moderate 56
Russians & Raiders 14:00 - 16:00 Difficult 34
Rambling Around St. Ouen 14:30 - 16:30 Moderate 62 Tuesday 13 September TIME GRADE NO.
Around Island Walk – Day 2 09:30 - 17:30 Difficult 2
Boat Builders & Oyster Shells 10:00 - 13:30 Moderate 14
Vikings, Mills & Bunkers 10:05 - 13:00 Difficult 59
A Harbour Master’s History 10:30 - 12:30 Easy 6 of St. Helier Harbour
The First Battle of Jersey 14:00 - 17:00 Moderate 37
Murder, Muck & Mayhem 19:30 - 21:30 Easy 8
Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars – 22:00 - 23:30 Easy/Moderate 26 Bioluminescence on the Beach
Wednesday 14 September
Around Island Walk – Day 3 09:30 - 17:30 Difficult 3
Turrets, Towers & A Tomb 10:00 - 13:00 Moderate 29
Creative Textiles – Howard Davis Park 10:00 - 16:00 Easy 21
A Taste of St. Aubin 10:30 - 13:00 Moderate 51
Simple Pleasures 10:30 - 13:00 Easy 36
From Village to Castle, & Back Again 14:00 - 16:00 Easy/Moderate 28
A Sailor Prince, Governors & Heroes 17:00 - 19:15 Easy 19
Thursday 15 September
Around Island Walk – Day 4 09:30 - 17:45 Difficult 4
Victoria’s Favourite Place – 10:00 - 13:00 Moderate 55 History, Ancient & Modern
The Saint, the Fish and the Rose – 10:00 - 12:30 Easy 7 The Story of the Churches of St. Helier Rambling around Gorey 10:30 - 12:30 Moderate 30
Gourmet Oyster Trail with Tasting 12:00 - 14:00 Easy 24
The West Side’s Story – 14:00 - 16:00 Easy/Moderate 47 St. Brelade’s Bay Discovered Heart of the Island 14:00 - 16:30 Easy 57 Friday 16 September TIME GRADE NO.
Around Island Walk – Day 5 10:00 - 13:30 Moderate 5
The Return of the King: The Story of the 10:00 - 12:30 Moderate 54 Royal Mace
Rambling Around St. Lawrence 10:30 - 12:30 Easy 58
St. Helier’s Old Quarter 10:30 - 12:45 Easy 11
Following the Tide to Seymour Tower – 11:30 - 14:30 Easy/Moderate 22 A walk on the Seabed
Corbière Lighthouse – Seeing the Light TBC on booking Easy 44
Edmund Blampied & St. Martins Heartland 14:00 - 17:00 Moderate/Difficult 33
Liberate – Jersey Pride Walk 17:45 - 19:15 Easy 49
Full-Moon-Walk to Seymour Tower 23:45 - 02:15 Easy/Moderate 23
Saturday 17 September
Towers, Tides & Turnstones 10:00 - 12:30 Easy 27
From Royals to Wonders 10:00 - 12:30 Easy 20
Turrets, Towers & A Tomb 13:00 - 16:00 Moderate 29
Corbière Lighthouse – Seeing the Light TBC on booking Easy 44
Strongpoint Plemont – 14:00 - 16:00 Difficult 38 In Defence of a Coastline
Sunday 18 September
Great North Coast Charity Challenge 08:00 - 17:00 Difficult 32
Pre Sunday Lunch Ramble 10:00 - 13:30 Difficult 52
Historical St. Ouen’s Bay 10:30 - 12:30 Easy/Moderate 43
Behind Enemy Lines 10:30 - 12:45 Easy 10
Karame Beacon – A walk on the Seabed 13:00 - 17:00 Moderate 25 to the End of Jersey
Hidden Plemont 14:00 - 16:30 Moderate/Difficult 39
Seigneurs, Surf & Sandpipers 14:00 - 17:00 Easy 41
Deceptive Calm 14:00 - 16:00 Easy 45 Monday 19 September TIME GRADE NO.
Victoria’s Favourite Place – 10:00 - 13:00 Moderate 55 History, ancient & modern
To the Manor Born 10:30 - 12:30 Easy 61
A Taste of St. Helier 10:30 - 13:00 Easy 9
German Occupation Coastal Trail 10:45 - 13:15 Easy 50
A Queen’s Favourite 13:00 - 15:30 Moderate 56
St. Helier’s Hills & Harbours 13:45 - 16:15 Difficult 13
La Pulente & the Ormering Tide 14:00 - 16:30 Easy/Moderate 42
Rambling around St. Ouen 14:30 - 16:30 Moderate 62
Tuesday 20 September
Coast to Coast Challenge, SE to NW 09:20 - 14:20 Moderate 16 Day 1, La Rocque to Sion
Vikings, Mills & Bunkers 10:05 - 13:00 Difficult 59
Living With the Enemy 10:30 - 12:45 Easy 53
A Harbour Master’s History of St Helier 10:30 - 12:30 Easy 6 Harbour
The West Side’s Story – St. Brelade’s Bay 14:00 - 16:00 Easy/Moderate 47 Discovered
The First Battle of Jersey 14:00 - 17:00 Moderate 37
Murder, Muck and Mayhem 19:30 - 21:30 Easy 8
Wednesday 21 September
Coast to Coast Challenge, SE to NW 09:10 - 11:50 Moderate 17 Day 2, Sion to St. Mary
Turrets, Towers & a Tomb 10:00 - 13:00 Moderate 29
A Taste of St. Aubin 10:30 - 13:00 Moderate 51
Simple Pleasures 10:30 - 13:00 Easy 36
From Village to Castle, & Back Again 14:00 - 16:00 Easy/Moderate 28
Gourmet Oyster Trail with Tasting 16:30 - 18:30 Easy 24
A Sailor Prince, Governors & Heroes 17:00 - 19:15 Easy 19 Thursday 22 September TIME GRADE NO.
Coast to Coast Challenge, SE to NW 09:30 - 13:40 Moderate 18 Day 3, St. Mary to Plemont
Victoria’s Favourite Place – 10:00 - 13:00 Moderate 55 History, Ancient & Modern
The Saint, the Fish & the Rose – 10:00 - 12:30 Easy 7 The Story of the Churches of St. Helier
Rambling Around Gorey 10:30 - 12:30 Moderate 30 Heart of the Island 14:00 - 16:30 Easy 57 King or Country: Jersey & the Great War 14:00 - 16:30 Moderate 15
Following the Tide to Seymour Tower – 15:45 - 18:45 Easy/Moderate 22 A Walk on the Seabed
Friday 23 September
The Return of the King – 10:00 - 12:30 Moderate 54 The Story of the Royal Mace
A Stable Stroll 10:00 - 11:00 Easy 35 A Taste of Gorey 10:30 - 13:00 Moderate 31 St. Helier’s Old Quarter 10:30 - 12:45 Easy 11 Edmund Blampied & St. Martin’s Heartland 14:00 - 17:00 Moderate/Difficult 33
Saturday 24 September
From Royals to Wonders 10:00 - 12:30 Easy 20 Battle Stations 10:30 - 12:30 Moderate 60 Turrets, Towers & a Tomb 13:00 - 16:00 Moderate 29 Singles Walk – St. Brelade’s Bay Uncovered 14:00 - 16:00 Easy 48 Strongpoint Plemont – in Defence of a Coastline 14:00 - 16:00 Difficult 38
Sunday 25 September
Pre Sunday Lunch Ramble 10:00 - 13:30 Difficult 52 Historical St. Ouen’s Bay 10:30 - 12.30 Easy/Moderate 43 Behind Enemy Lines 10:30 - 12:45 Easy 10 Russians & Raiders 14:00 - 16:00 Difficult 34 SEPTEMBER 12 13
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Around Island Walk – Day 1 Around Island Walk – Day 2 St. Helier to Corbière Corbière to Grève de Lecq Time: 09:30 – 18:00 / Linear Walk Time: 09:30 – 17:30 / Linear Walk
You will leave the hustle and bustle of St. Helier Today will see you head north along the west behind as you head out west, across the coast, crossing the vast expanse of St. Ouen’s sands of St. Aubin’s Bay, towards the town Bay, known locally as the Five Mile Road. of St. Aubin itself. Take a break alongside A steep path leads to the top of the headland this old sailing Port, before you ascend a at the northern end of the bay, passing the steep climb to view the panoramic scene Pinnacle rock, the racecourse and Grosnez from Noirmont Point surrounded by WW2 Castle. From Plémont the walk follows the cliff fortifications, before dropping down into path to Grève de Lecq and the opportunity for the beautiful bay of St. Brelade. The day’s refreshments in one of the cafés or hostelries adventure will finish at the spectacular setting in this very popular little bay. Bring a packed of Corbière lighthouse, with a tempting glimpse lunch/refreshments. of what the next day has to offer. Our lunch stop will be at the Portelet Inn.
Blue Badge Guide Remi Couriard Blue Badge Guide Remi Couriard
£25 per day (£100 for the 5 day challenge) £25 per day (£100 for the 5 day challenge)
The Steam Clock, Liberation Statue, New North Quay, St. Helier Liberation Square, St. Helier
Difficult: 10 miles (16 Kilometres) Difficult: 12 miles (19 Kilometres)
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 822380 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 822380
N/A N/A 14 15
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Around Island Walk – Day 3 Around Island Walk – Day 4 Grève de Lecq to Bouley Bay Bouley Bay to Gorey Time: 09:30 – 17:30 / Linear Walk Time: 09:30 – 17:45 / Linear Walk
Be prepared for a day of undulating cliff paths, After a relatively difficult section of cliff paths passing many small coves once used for out of Bouley Bay, the walk becomes easier as ‘smugglers’ with views towards our French it descends into picturesque Rozel Bay with its neighbours of Normandy. You will also have old oyster fishing harbour. The perfect place a chance to explore some of Jersey’s ‘Green for you to have lunch surrounded by fishing Lanes’ through the parish of St. Mary and boats. After another short climb towards the St. John. The route passes through hidden Dolmen du Couperon, our walk takes on a valleys and above the coves that lead towards more gentle gradient towards the mid-19th Bonne Nuit Bay. It is here that you will stop for Century naval harbour at St. Catherine’s. This lunch before climbing up to Jersey’s highest has to be one of the highlights of your week as point at Les Platons (113 metres) then finally we pass Anne Port you will be greeted by the descending sharply to finish at Bouley Bay. impressive 13th Century Mont Orgueil Castle. Refreshments available at Bonne Nuit. Lunch stop: Rozel Bay - Bring a packed lunch.
Blue Badge Guide Remi Couriard Blue Badge Guide Remi Couriard
£25 per day (£100 for the 5 day challenge) £25 per day (£100 for the 5 day challenge)
Liberation Statue, Liberation Statue, Liberation Square, St. Helier Liberation Square, St. Helier
Difficult: 10 miles (16 Kilometres) Difficult: 8 miles (13 Kilometres)
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 822380 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 822380
N/A N/A SEPTEMBER 16 13 • 20
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Around Island Walk – Day 5 A Harbour Master’s History Gorey Harbour to St. Helier of St. Helier Harbour Time: 10:00 – 13:30 / Linear Walk Time: 10:30 – 12:30 / Circular Walk
The final stretch of the Around Island Walk Join a former Harbour Master of Jersey and along the east to south coastal shore will return Bronze Award Guide for a pleasant stroll us to our starting point in St. Helier. You pass around St. Helier Harbour, hear about its the remaining Jersey Round towers, with history, development and nautical traditions. Forts dating back to the 1780’s as we head The tour explores some of the lesser visited towards La Rocque harbour, the arrival point areas of the Harbour and is interspersed with of the French during the ‘Battle of Jersey’. the occasional maritime anecdote. The approach to St. Helier is via Havre des Pas with its Victorian swimming pool, with a short but scenic climb over Mount Bingham down into town. This will be a half-day rapid walk, allowing you to take advantage of the town to relax.
Blue Badge Guide Remi Couriard Captain Brian Nibbs
£25 per day (£100 for the 5 day challenge) £11 per person
Liberation Statue Outside Tourist Information Centre, Liberation Square, St. Helier Jersey Museum, Weighbridge, St. Helier
Difficult: 8 miles (13 Kilometres) Easy: 1.5 miles
Booking preferred. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 717604 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 822380 Email: [email protected]
N/A N/A 15 • 22 13 • 20
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The Saint, the Fish & the Murder, Muck & Mayhem Rose – St. Helier Churches Time: 19:30 – 21:30 / Linear Walk Time: 10:00 – 12:30 / Circular Walk
A wander through St. Helier, discovering Although St. Helier nowadays is a small and the part played by ‘churches,’ from a pretty town, Blue Badge Guide Tom Bunting Neolithic temple to present day buildings: will take you on a fascinating wander through The importance of an Anglo-Saxon Saint the lesser-known streets, revealing some of to the growth of the town. The role of the St. Helier’s murkier and quirkier moments Town Church in island government. How in the Island’s unique history. Revel in the the Newfoundland fishing industry brought gruesome events and bizarre characters that Methodism and John Wesley to Jersey. The formed the underbelly of Jersey society and church that grew out of 19th Century political learn a darker side of Jersey’s past that would parties. How ‘émigrés’ from the French otherwise remain forgotten. Revolution encouraged the return of the Catholic church and finally, the role of these churches in the community today.
Blue Badge Guide Jean Treleven Blue Badge Guide Tom Bunting
£10 per person (Under 16 free) £10 per person
Liberation Square, Royal Square, at entrance to Liberty Wharf, St. Helier St. Helier
Easy: 2 miles Easy: 2 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 839458 Booking not required Email: [email protected]
N/A N/A SEPTEMBER 19 18 • 25
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A Taste of St. Helier Behind Enemy Lines Time: 10:30 – 13:00 / Circular Walk Time: 10:30 – 12:45 / Circular Walk
Find out how a handful of fishermen’s huts Jersey, the oldest possession of the British grew into a major financial centre. Along the Monarchy left undefended, deserted and way you’ll hear about the Honorary Police, on its own. Turn the clock back seventy- there unusual relationship with the Monarchy years and learn the truth behind the German and the first postmaster! You’ll visit the Town Occupation that will surprise and shock. Hall, the Fish Market and the Victorian Central You think you’ve heard it all? Try the ultimate Market. Mix this with stories about Jersey’s Jersey Occupation Tour. famous cows and potatoes and maybe a tasting of something local. You will leave the covered market to go to the Royal Square to relive the last land battle fought in the British Isles.
Blue Badge Guide Arthur Lamy Blue Badge Guide Pete Webb
£12.50 per person £10 per person
Liberation Square, Liberation Statue, St. Helier Liberation Square, St. Helier
Easy: 3 miles Easy: 2 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 713592 Booking not required Email: [email protected]
N/A N/A 16 • 23 11
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St. Helier’s Old Quarter St. Helier – Occupation to Time: 10:30 – 12:45 / Linear Walk Liberation Time: 10:30 – 13:00 / Circular Walk
Discover secrets from the nooks and crannies Jersey was occupied by the Germans of St. Helier’s Old Quarter. Expose history, throughout World War II. Visit sites around art, culture, immigration, architecture and St. Helier’s harbour with poignant reminders the reformation with burnings at the stake - of events from both the occupation and this tour goes beyond the simple pleasures liberation of the Island. Hear what really of food, drink and shopping in a world class happened during those fateful days. financial centre.
Blue Badge Guide Pete Webb Blue Badge Guide Martin Walton
£10 per person £7 per person
Liberation Statue, Outside Maritime Museum entrance, Liberation Square, St. Helier St. Helier
Easy: 2 miles Easy: 2.5 miles
Booking not required Booking not required
N/A N/A SEPTEMBER 12 • 19 13
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St. Helier’s Hills & Harbours Boat Builders & Oyster Shells Time: 13:45 – 16:15 / Circular Walk Time: 10:00 – 13:30 / Linear Walk
Explore St. Helier from above, and also, You will walk along Jersey’s outstanding meander along the edge of the old harbour’s RAMSAR protected South East coastline. piers. From pre-historic times Le Mont de Hear about Jersey’s shipbuilding industry. la Ville (the Town hill) has been significant See where Baron de Rullecourt came ashore for Islanders. See where, and how, the last and Victor Hugo took photographs while in land battle to be fought on the British Isles exile. In Gorey harbour hear of a Lieutenant- unfolded and happened. Hear about the hill’s Governor’s fatal day that became known as ancient Dolmen that now resides in Henley- “The battle of the oyster shells”. The walk will on-Thames as a folly. Discover the views from finish at the bus stop in Gorey (buses return the nooks and crannies of Fort Regent and to Havre Des Pas and Liberation station in La Petit Mont de la Ville (South Hill). St. Helier).
Blue Badge Guide Nigel Diggle Blue Badge Guide Nigel Diggle www.jerseyuncovered.com www.jerseyuncovered.com
£15 per person £15 per person
Liberation Statue, Outside Fort D’Auvergne Hotel, Liberation Square, St. Helier Havre des Pas, St. Helier
Difficult: 2 miles Moderate: 7 Miles
Booking not required Booking not required
N/A 1 22 20
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King or Country – Coast to Coast Challenge – Jersey & the Great War Day 1, La Rocque to Sion Time: 14:00 – 16:30 / Circular Walk Time: 09:20 – 14:20 / Linear Walk
While Jersey’s occupation between 1940 and Day 1 of the Coast to Coast challenge takes 1945 has received great attention, the story of you from La Rocque on Jersey’s South East Jersey’s First World War is largely unknown. coast along winding green lanes through How did this terrible conflict impact on the beautiful countryside to the centre of the island, and how did islanders respond to the island at Sion. You will learn interesting demands of king or country? One hundred facts about Jersey, its history and language. years on from the ‘war to end all wars’, this 5 hours including a coffee and pub break, fascinating walk tells the story of Jersey’s with steep inclines (Bus fares extra). Suitable forgotten history in the locations it was made. walking shoes recommended. Walkers Learn about the island’s response to war, its are welcome on any individual day or all impact on ordinary islander’s lives and the three days. sacrifices made by soldiers and civilians.
Author and Historian Ian Ronayne Blue Badge Guide Helen Barnes
£10 per person £15 per person
General Don Statue in Parade Gardens, Liberation Station, St. Helier St. Helier, Bus 1
Moderate: 2.5 miles Moderate: 7 Miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 812529 Booking not required Email: [email protected]
N/A 1 Out • 5 Return SEPTEMBER 21 22
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Coast to Coast Challenge – Coast to Coast Challenge – Day 2, Sion to St. Mary Day 3, St. Mary to Plémont Time: 09:10 – 11:50 / Linear Walk Time: 09:30 – 13:40 / Linear Walk
Day 2 of the Coast to Coast challenge takes you Day 3, the grand finale of our Coast to Coast from Sion, the centre of Jersey, along winding challenge takes you from St. Mary through green lanes through tranquil valleys and beautiful coastal countryside to historic Grève woodland to St. Mary. You will learn about the de Lecq and along the dramatic cliffy North local history and architecture. Includes some East coast to Plemont. Includes one coffee steep inclines. Bus fares extra. Suitable walking break, with steep inclines and step (Bus fares shoes recommended. Walkers are welcome on extra). Suitable walking shoes recommended. any individual day or all three days. Walkers are welcome on any individual day or all three days.
Blue Badge Guide Helen Barnes Blue Badge Guide Helen Barnes
£12 per person £12 per person
Liberation Station, Liberation Station, St. Helier, Bus 5 St. Helier, Bus 7
Moderate: 4 Miles Moderate: 4 Miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 812529 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 812529 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
5 Out • 7 Return 7 Out • 8 Return 11 • 14 • 21 10 • 17 • 24
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A Sailor Prince, Governors & From Royals to Wonders Heroes / Circular Walk Time: 10:00 – 12:30 / Linear Walk 10:00 – 12:15 (11) & 17:00 – 19:15 (14 & 21)
A themed walk with Military overtones within On a gentle guided walk through St. Helier St. Helier and its eastern boundaries. From its you will learn the history of food and eating vibrant heart to some delightfully quiet less in Jersey. From traditional dishes, bean crock travelled byways. Includes stunning coastal and conger soup, through the development of views, facts and gossip regarding local and the famous Jersey cow and the Jersey Royal nationally recognisable characters and tales potato, and the growth of restaurants in the of heroes all associated with this amazing post occupation tourism boom to the present small island’s history. day foodie scene. Your guide, Rex, was a chef for forty years, of which half were in Jersey after returning to his family home. But the proof of the pudding is in the tasting and there will be Genuine Jersey products, oysters, black butter and cheese for your pleasure.
Blue Badge Guide Terry Underwood Island Host Rex Barker
£10 per person £15 per person
The Royal Square, Liberation Statue, St. Helier Liberation Square, St. Helier
Easy: 4.5 miles Easy: 1.5 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 717113 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 752464 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
N/A N/A SEPTEMBER 14 16 • 22
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Creative Textiles – Howard Following the Tide to Davis Park Seymour Tower Time: 10:00 – 16:00 / Circular Walk 11:30 – 14:30 (16) & 15.45 – 18:45 (22)
Using a photograph or drawn design taken Discover Jersey’s unique marine wilderness from Howard Davis park as inspiration, create on a daytime ‘Moonwalk ‘ to Seymour Tower. a fabric picture inspired by your walk through This iconic landmark dominates Europe’s Howard Davis Park using scraps of material largest rocky intertidal area. Join local and thread. Studio owner Rachel Concannon residents as you cross gullies, sandbars will show you how you can use the machine and shingle banks and enter a world that is and hand stitching to complete or embellish uncovered by the ocean twice a day. Hear a stitched final design. After a 45-minute walk about local history and have fun exploring around the park you will return to the studio rock pools teeming with life. to look at ideas and work on a stitched piece. All materials and equipment are included. Expect to get your feet wet. Watershoes/Wellington boot Refreshments are provided, but you will need hire available £1 per pair. to bring lunch with you.
Bronze Award Guides Derek Hairon/Trudie Rachel Concannon Hairon-Trox
£65 per person (includes all materials required) £15 Adults / £7.50 Children
Rachel’s Textiles Studio, South east coast; advised when booking 47 La Colomberie, St. Helier
Easy Easy/Moderate: 2 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 1534 878877 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 853033 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
N/A 1 16 15 • 21
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Full-Moon-Walk to Seymour Gourmet Oyster Trail with Tower Tasting Time: 23:45 – 02:15 12:00 – 14:00 (15) & 16:30 – 18:30 (21)
Leave the lights of Jersey behind you and Enjoy a stroll through the biggest oyster beds stroll beneath the rays of the full moon to in the British Isles. Hear about the thriving Seymour Tower, one mile off shore. The oyster cultivation in the Royal Bay of Grouville receding tide reveals a seascape where and the history of oyster fishing in the 19th the reflections of the stars twinkle in century. As a highlight taste Jersey’s most the rock pools, along with the sparkle of delicate shellfish in a traditional pub a stone’s bioluminescence. On a clear night catch a throw from where they grow. glimpse of a shooting star and the milky way. Around your feet marine creatures scurry Expect to get your feet wet. Watershoes/Wellington boot about on nocturnal missions, while your figure hire available £1 per pair. casts a moon shadow.
Expect to get your feet wet. Watershoes/Wellington boot hire available £1 per pair.
Bronze Award Guides Derek Hairon/Trudie Bronze Award Guide Derek Hairon Hairon-Trox
£19 per person £16.50 Adults / £8.50 Children (including oysters)
South east coast; advised when booking South east coast; advised when booking
Easy/Moderate: 3 miles Easy: 1.5 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 853033 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 853033 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
1 1 SEPTEMBER 18 13
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Karame Beacon – A Walk Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars on the Seabed – Bioluminescence Time: 13:00 – 17:00 Time: 22:00 – 23:30
Join our local guides on one of the lowest tides As night descends and the ocean recedes, of the year. Walk into a world of remarkable star like shapes of luminous green begin to colours at the edge of Jersey. We will wander twinkle and sparkle in a few special places almost two miles offshore across the seabed around Jersey. Experience the uniqueness – beyond Seymour Tower to Karame Beacon of secretive bioluminescent creatures and in the lunar like seascape of the Violet Bank. other marine life on this “moonwalk” across Only squawking seagulls, the sound of the seabed. the ocean and stillness surround us in this exceptional area which is covered by some Expect to get your feet wet. Watershoes/Wellington boot of the highest tides in the world. hire available £1 per pair.
Expect to get your feet wet. Watershoes/Wellington boot hire available £1 per pair.
Bronze Award Guides Derek Hairon/Trudie Bronze Award Guides Derek Hairon/Trudie Hairon-Trox Hairon-Trox
£17 Adults / £8.50 Children £15.50 Adults / £7.50 Children
South east coast; advised when booking South east coast; advised when booking
Moderate: 5 miles Easy/Moderate: 1 mile
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 853033 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 853033 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
1 1 11 • 17 14 • 21
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Towers, Tides & Turnstones From Village to Castle, Time: 14:00 – 16:30 (10) & Back Again Time: 10:00 – 12:30 (17) / Circular Walk Time: 14:00 – 16:00 / Circular Walk
A guided walk around the south east corner Enjoy a light-hearted meander around the of our delightful Island. You will learn about environs of Gorey. The trail follows a circular the history of La Rocque and all about Jersey route, from golf course, to station house, into Round Towers, and visit a Lavoir. You will also and out of the charming village steeped in be able to see some interesting wildlife. history, before ascending to admire a rural view high above the harbour. A gentle stroll Good walking shoes required. takes us back down charming footpaths into the shadow of the castle. Along the way discover tales of romance, treachery, espionage and loyalty. Hear of famous battles, and our lucrative shipbuilding, and oyster farming industries. Gorey is a village filled with history and charm, come and discover its beauty.
Blue Badge Guide Roger Noel Blue Badge Guide Kary Day www.jerseyuncovered.com www.jerseyuncovered.com
£15.00 per person £15 per person
La Rocque Harbour car park, Longbeach Car Park, by the telephone box, St. Clement Gorey Village, Grouville
Easy: 4 miles Easy/Moderate: 3.5 miles
Booking preferred. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 741176 Booking not required Email: [email protected]
1 1 • 1a SEPTEMBER 10 • 14 • 17 • 21 • 24 15 • 22
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Turrets, Towers & a Tomb Rambling Around Gorey Time (Wed): 10:00 – 13:00 Time: 10:30 – 12:30 / Circular Walk Time (Sat): 13:00 – 16:00 / Circular Walk
Starting from the bus shelter on Gorey pier, Enjoy the beautiful harbour of Gorey with its this circular ramble will head to the outer ward magnificent ancient castle fortified over 8 and out the main gate of the medieval Gorey centuries from 1204. Hear about Geoffrey’s castle, then the Conway tower of L’Archirondel Leap, Queen Victoria’s Tower, visit a Neolithic and back to Gorey pier via green lanes, the dolmen, see beautiful granite houses in leafy Martello tower on Mont Saint Nicholas, and lanes and enjoy stunning views and fabulous La Pouquelaye de Faldouet popularly known countryside. as the Faldouet Dolmen. I will show you some of my most favourite places to sit and admire the wonderful scenery and quiet spots on this side of Jersey. Various viewing points along the way give you the chance to see Dolphins, Falcons and Red Squirrels.
Blue Badge Guide Nigel Diggle Blue Badge Guide Ned Malet de Carteret www.jerseyuncovered.com
£15 per person £10 per person
Gorey Pier bus stop, Gorey Pier bus stop, Grouville Grouville
Moderate: 3 Miles Moderate: 3 miles
Booking not required Booking not required
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A Taste of Gorey The Great North Coast Time: 10:30 – 13:00 / Circular Walk Charity Challenge Time: 08:00 – Onwards / Linear Walk
Come and explore Gorey, a cheerful village Visitors and locals alike are invited to join shaped by a history that stretches from the together in a 19 mile charity challenge along Neolithic to the present day. Hear about the island’s north coast. Proceeds support the oyster fishing boom, how the castle locally based charity, Hands Around The was captured by treachery, and how local World Jersey which supports community boy, Harry Vardon, won six British Open projects in Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia. Golf Tournaments. See where the man The walk starts at St. Catherine’s Breakwater who captured the Rosetta Stone lived, and between 08:00 and 09:00 and ends near the where novelist George Eliot entertained her racecourse at Grosnez. It is expected that the married lover George Lewes. Visit the unique participants will take between 4 and 10 hours Faldouet dolmen, and Victoria Tower the last to complete the distance. Spectators are Martello built in Europe, and follow the route welcome. of the Jersey Eastern railway.
Blue Badge Guide Arthur Lamy Not guided
£12.50 per person Registration fee applies
Gorey Pier bus stop, St. Catherine’s Breakwater, Grouville St. Martin
Moderate: 3 miles Difficult: 19 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 713592 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 787149 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
1 • 1a • 2 2 Out • 8 & 9 Return SEPTEMBER 16 • 23 12 • 25
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Edmund Blampied & Russians & Raiders St. Martins Heartland Time: 14:00 – 16:00 / Circular Walk Time: 14:00 – 17:00 / Circular Walk
A walk through quiet roads and Green lanes, Visit towering cliffs, leafy valleys and hidden woodland tracks and along the coast to the bays on this stunning north coast walk. Along heart of St. Martin, the birthplace of Jersey’s the way you will learn about the fortifications best well known artist. Home to some of here and soldiers who defended this part Jersey’s oldest families, with stunning coastal of the Island in years gone by. Among them views, fortifications, government folly and the were a group of renegade Russians, sent to 11th century church of a soldier saint. All of Jersey on a doomed cause but who left their these come together to make up the history permanent mark nevertheless. You will also of this beautiful parish. hear about the only British Commando raid on Jersey during the World War ll, and retrace the steps of brave men whose mission ended in tragedy.
Blue Badge Guide Terry Underwood Author and Historian Ian Ronayne
£10 per person £10 per person
Public carpark opposite St. Martins Bouley Bay Pier next to the crane, Public Hall, St. Martin Trinity
Moderate/Difficult: 6.5 miles Difficult: 4 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 717113 Booking not required Email: [email protected]
3 4 23 14 • 21
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A Stable Stroll Simple Pleasures Time: 10:00 – 11:00 / Circular Walk Time: 10:30 – 13:00 / Circular Walk
Fancy trying a walk with a difference? Take a Rural architecture and traditional agriculture 30-minute stroll on a horse through the leafy provide the themes for a circular walk, green lanes of this northern parish, dotted visiting the National Trust for Jersey HQ at with pink granite farm houses and manicured The Elms, with its walled garden, cider-apple gardens. This is also a great chance to spend orchard and press house set amid lush water some time with these beautiful animals. meadows. Country lanes off the beaten track Suitable for beginners. provide a circular route with wild flowers all along the way, and surprising structures to be found. Our walk ends at St. Mary’s Pub, where lunchtime refreshments are available.
Le Claire Stables riding instructor Blue Badge Guide Sue Hardy
£20 per person £10 per person (10% discount to NT members)
Le Claire Stables, St. Mary’s church gate, Rue Militare, St. John St. Mary
Easy: 1.5 miles Easy: 3 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 1534 862823 Booking not required
5 7 SEPTEMBER 13 • 20 17 • 24
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The First Battle of Jersey Strongpoint Plémont – Time: 14:00 – 17:00 / Circular Walk In Defence of a Coastline Time: 14:00 – 16:00 / Circular Walk
Two years before the famous 1781 Battle of Plémont on Jersey’s rugged north-west coast Jersey, another less-well known battle took has been making headlines for many years place in St. Ouen’s Bay that involved some of now. Before the controversial holiday camp the same adversaries. Hear the story of that appeared, however this historic location was attempted invasion on this panoramic walk the scene of considerable military activity. following in the footsteps of Jersey’s gallant Discover Napoleonic-era fortifications on 1779 defenders. Enjoy spectacular views this walk and hear about the island’s first and a natural environment, visit a mysterious telegraph system and its reinforcement and Neolithic tomb en-route, and some of the protection during the First World War. Explore many fortifications studding this, the island’s the concrete reminders of Hitler’s Atlantic most defended coastline. Wall in this part of Jersey before turning back in time to visit one of the island’s least known prehistoric sites.
Author and Historian Ian Ronayne Author and Historian Ian Ronayne
£10 per person £10 per person
Outside front entrance to St. Ouen’s Outside Plémont Beach Cafe, Parish Hall, St. Ouen St. Ouen
Moderate: 4 miles Difficult: 2.5 miles
Booking not required Booking not required
9 8 18 10 • 11
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Hidden Plémont Climate change is nothing Time: 14:00 – 16:30 / Circular Walk new Time: 14:00 – 17:00 / Circular Walk
Explore the caves of Plémont beach and then Starting at L’Etacq you will be looking at the walk over the newly acquired headland to features which show us that sea level and see what the National Trust for Jersey have climate change is nothing new. This includes achieved since demolishing the holiday camp. fossil stacks and raised caves. You will also This short walk involves clambering over walk along a major geological boundary rocks and through rock pools. The beach is marking over 200 million years of rock always changing and sometimes there are formation. See bunkers and guns from the deep pools to get into the caves so sandals occupation, one of Jerseys Mesolithic sites, (not flip flops), neoprene shoes or trainers and the jewel of the walk, a steep walk down to which can get wet are essential as well as the raised cave at La Cotte à la Chèvre where some walking shoes. You will find out how many flints and bones from the Palaeolithic earthquakes are responsible for today’s era have been found. From here you will landscape. return to L’Etacq. Walking footwear essential.
Blue Badge Guide Nicky Mansell Blue Badge Guide Nicky Mansell www.jerseyuncovered.com www.jerseyuncovered.com
£15 per person (reductions for groups) £15 per person (reductions for groups)
The bus stop at the top of the bay, L’Etacq by Faulkener Fisheries, Plemont Road, St. Ouen St. Ouen’s Bay, St. Ouen
Moderate/Difficult Moderate/Difficult: 4 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 731768 Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 731768 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
8 • 9 22 SEPTEMBER 10 19
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Seigneurs, Surf & Sandpipers La Pulente & the Ormering Time: 10:00 – 13:00 (10) / Circular Walk Tide Time: 14:00 – 16:30 / Circular Walk
A delightful voyage of discovery around the A slow paced walk through spectacular northern end of St. Ouen’s Bay. Learn about coastal scenery, including excerpts from, the wildlife of this beautiful part of Jersey. ‘The Ormering Tide,’ by Roger Pilkington, Hopefully see some birds on St. Ouen’s Pond. a novel written in 1974, based on the Jersey Good walking shoes required. legend of the Spanish Ships. We will identify the elements of the landscape that feature in the story, including Les Blanches Banques and La Sergenté dolmen, seeing how they are used to create atmosphere.
Blue Badge Guide Roger Noel Blue Badge Guide Jean Treleven www.jerseyuncovered.com
£15.00 per person £10 per person (Under 16 free)
Big Verns car park, Car park opposite Le Braye Café, opposite The Wetland Centre, St. Ouen St. Ouen’s Bay, St. Ouen
Easy: 5 miles Easy to moderate: 2 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 839458 Booking not required Email: [email protected]
22 22 18 • 25 11 • 16 • 17
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Historical St. Ouen’s Bay Corbière Lighthouse – Time: 10:30 – 12:30 / Circular Walk Seeing the Light / Circular Walk Time: To be confirmed on booking
Walk in the footsteps of Neolithic man – visit A rare opportunity to see inside Jersey’s ancient standing stones and an ossuary on famous Corbière Lighthouse. Cross the the edge of the sand dunes. Hear about the causeway from the dramatic headland and First World War POW Camp at Les Blanches hear tales of tides, shipwrecks and stormy Banques. Learn about the Occupation and weather. Learn about the building of the the Atlantic Wall. Walk to the oldest dolmen lighthouse tower, and the men who kept watch on Jersey with stunning views over St. Ouen’s for over 100 years before automation. There Bay and La Corbière Lighthouse. is more than meets the eye – and there are 100 steps before you climb the spiral stair to the lantern, to discover the 19th, 20th and 21st century developments in technology, as well as a wealth of information, illustrated with archive photographs and obsolete equipment!
Blue Badge Guide Ned Malet de Carteret Blue Badge Guide Sue Hardy and Sheila Mallet
£10 per person £15 per person (includes a donation to the RNLI)
Le Braye Café car park, Lighthouse Keeper’s Cottages St. Ouen’s Bay, St. Ouen Lower car park, La Corbière, St. Brelade
Easy/Moderate: 3 miles Easy: 1 mile
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 1534 722536 Booking not required Sundays: +44 (0) 7797 814694
22 12 • 22 SEPTEMBER 18 12
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Deceptive Calm Rags to Riches Time: 14:00 – 16:00 / Circular Walk Time: 10:30 – 12:45 / Circular Walk
While St. Brelade’s Bay and Ouaisne may be Encounter mansions and villas and enjoy among Jersey’s finest beaches, their peaceful a morning of famous names and residents beauty masks a dramatic past. During the living the dream. Discover too, another type Napoleonic and World War II, they bristled of wealth on this walking extravaganza as with towers, canons, bunkers and guns. you explore a photogenic coastline, rich in Military cemeteries, a soldier’s rest home colour and detail. You will also travel back in and firing ranges also once filled this seaside time to riches of a bygone age with mysteries setting. On this short walk you will discover revealed. the extensive remains of this military past and learn about the men who once served – and laboured – here during Jersey’s wartime past.
Author and Historian Ian Ronayne Blue Badge Guide Pete Webb
£10 per person £10 per person
St. Brelade’s Church Lychgate, Promenade in front of Oyster Box Restaurant, St. Brelade’s Bay, St. Brelade St. Brelade’s Bay, St. Brelade
Easy: 2.5 miles Easy: 2 miles
Booking not required Booking not required
12 12 • 12a 15 • 20 24
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The West Side’s Story – Singles Walk – St. Brelade’s St. Brelade’s Bay Discovered Bay Uncovered Time: 14:00 – 16:00 / Circular Walk Time: 14:00 – 16:00 / Circular Walk
St. Brelade’s Bay was recently voted the UK’s Jersey has a great variety of clubs and bars in third best beach. But there is much more to which single islanders can meet new people St. Brelade’s Bay than its golden, sandy beach and perhaps even find ‘the one’. But if the and clear blue waters. Let Blue Badge Guide club scene isn’t your thing or if you want to Tracey take you time travelling, and along the find friends with whom you can pursue similar way you will encounter Medieval mysteries, interests, then the Autumn Walking Festival tales of smuggling, stories of heroism in war Singles Walk is perfect for you. Led by Jersey and peace and you will hear about the bay’s Uncovered’s Tracey Radford, a qualified Blue more famous residents from Ice Age hunters Badge Tourist Guide, the walks are a great to dot-com millionaires. Tracey will reveal way to meet new people in a relaxed and some of Jersey’s quirky characteristics and friendly environment and also to learn a bit explain what it is like to be an islander today. more about this beautiful island. Why not grab a drink afterwards?
Blue Badge Guide Tracey Radford Blue Badge Guide Tracey Radford www.jerseyuncovered.com www.jerseyuncovered.com
£15 per person £15 per person
The Fountain, Esplanade Gardens, The Fountain, Esplanade gardens, St. Brelade’s Bay, St. Brelade St. Brelade’s Bay, St Brelade
Easy/Moderate: 2.75 miles Easy: 3 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 740664 Booking preferred. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 740664 Email: [email protected]
12 12 • 14 SEPTEMBER 16 12 • 19
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Liberate – Jersey Pride Walk German Occupation Time: 17:45 – 19:15 / Circular Walk Coastal Trail Time: 10:45 – 13:15 / Circular Walk
There is much more to St. Brelade’s Bay Against a backdrop of spectacular coastal than its golden, sandy beach and clear blue cliff scenery, walk around Jersey’s dry land waters, so why not join Blue Badge Guide and battleship, Battery Lothringen. Conclude with St. Brelade local Tracey Radford to find out a guided visit inside the restored underground more, and enjoy a tour of history and tales, armoured Command Bunker, with its two including well-known local resident Claude storey exhibition, bringing back how life was Cahun. This is a great chance to celebrate in those dramatic Occupation days. as both the Autumn Walking and Liberate Festivals join forces. At the end of the walk you will also have the chance to socialise and meet new people at one of the local bars overlooking St. Brelade’s Bay.
Blue Badge Guide Tracey Radford Blue Badge Guide Martin Walton www.jerseyuncovered.com
£10 per person £8 per person (includes entry to Command Bunker)
The Fountain, Esplanade gardens, Portelet Inn bus stop, St. Brelade’s Bay, St. Brelade Portelet, St. Brelade
Easy Easy: 1.5 miles
Booking essential Tel: +44 (0) 7797 740664 Booking not required Email: [email protected]
12 • 14 12a 14 • 21 11 • 18 • 25
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A Taste of St. Aubin Pre Sunday Lunch Ramble Time: 10:30 – 13:00 / Circular Walk Time: 10:00 – 13:30 / Circular Walk
Take a stroll around St. Aubin, once the This circular Sunday Ramble before lunch commercial heart of Jersey and its main will take you from St. Aubin past an old court port. Hear about merchants, benefactors, house, a manor house and above one of privateers and fishermen. Find out how the Europe’s most important Neanderthal caves. village grew, the coming of Methodism, the Experience coastal foot paths with spectacular Cod Triangle and the legend of Ghost Hill. views, farming country full of colour, smells and See the old elementary school, the church of sounds, plus Ice Age features along a beach St. Aubin on the Hill with its window created used to quarantine plague ships and their by Edward Burne-Jones, the Pre-Raphaelite crews. Sturdy footwear required. An appetite is artist; the pub where Karl Marx stayed and the not a prerequisite; however you may have built ancient seat of the Seigneurs of Francfief. one up by the end of the walk, in which case St. Aubin’s Village is the perfect spot to finish with many good eateries.
Blue Badge Guide Nigel Diggle Blue Badge Guide Arthur Lamy www.jerseyuncovered.com
£12.50 per person £15 per person
St. Brelade’s Parish Hall, Outside St. Brelade’s Parish Hall, St. Aubin’s Village, St. Brelade St. Aubin’s Village, St. Brelade
Moderate: 3 miles Difficult: 5 miles
Booking essential Tel: +44 (0) 7797 713592 Booking not required Email: [email protected]
12 • 12a • 15 10 • 12 • 12a • 14 • 15 SEPTEMBER 20 16 • 23
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Living with the Enemy The Return of the King: Time: 10:30 – 12:45 / Linear Walk The Story of the Royal Mace Time: 10:00 – 12:30 / Linear Walk
Jersey has a unique perspective on life during A gentle walk around St. Aubin’s Bay and into World War II. Blue Badge Guide Tom Bunting St. Helier to discover the exciting impact of takes you on an insightful journey through the English Civil War on Jersey and the role the countryside, explaining what life was like Jersey and its people played. See St. Aubin’s for the Islanders during the occupation, cut Fort - one time home to the Parliamentarians off from the outside world and with dwindling - and Elizabeth Castle - refuge of both Sir rations. You will visit some original trenches and Philip De Carteret, the Royalist Bailiff, and structures, including an anti-aircraft battery, Charles 2nd, as Prince and King. Walk around built by the German occupying forces. You The Royal Square – home of Jean Chevalier, will also see a fascinating array of relics which Jersey’s ‘Samuel Pepys’ and location of key had lain undisturbed for over 60 years before events including cannon fire from the castle. being excavated by Channel 4’s “Time Team”. End with a visit to the Town Church where the The walk finishes at the Jersey War Tunnels. King worshipped to see memorials.
Blue Badge Guide Tom Bunting Blue Badge Guide Jean Treleven
£10 per person £10 per person (Under 16 free)
Gunsite Café, Coronation Park bus stop. The walk ends at Beaumont, St. Peter St. Helier Parish Church/Liberation Station
Easy: 2 miles Moderate: 3 miles
Booking not required Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 839458 For information Tel: +44 (0) 7797 780868 Email: [email protected]
9 • 12a • 14 • 15 • 22 12 • 15 12 • 15 • 19 • 22 12 • 19
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Victoria’s Favourite Place – A Queen’s Favourite History, Ancient & Modern Time: 13:00 – 15:30 / Circular Walk Time: 10:00 – 13:00 / Circular Walk
This is a guided ramble through the A Queen’s favourite valley with shady quiet lanes of St. Lawrence and down into woodlands, watermills, wetlands and flower St. Peter’s Valley. You will look at the history meadows. Explore some of the island’s and geography of the area and admire the famous Green Lanes and quiet roads with landscape. You will also take a look at the tales of war and occupation along the way, historical buildings which you will encounter some old Jersey houses and architecture, along the way. a healing spring and a church in the desert. Take this chance to experience some panoramic views that showcase Jersey’s agricultural heritage.
Blue Badge Guide Jon Osmont Blue Badge Guide Terry Underwood
£7 per person £10 per person
Bus shelter at Jersey War Tunnels, The lower carpark Jersey War Tunnels, St. Lawrence St. Lawrence
Moderate: 4.5 miles Moderate: 5.9 miles
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 717113 Booking preferred. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 735147 Email: [email protected]
8 8 SEPTEMBER 15 • 22 16
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Heart of the Island Rambling Around Time: 14:00 – 16:30 / Circular Walk St. Lawrence Time: 10:30 – 12:30 / Circular Walk
A brief visit to the ancient Church and the 19th Enjoy a stunning walk through the beautiful century Parish Hall will help to explain some countryside in the heart of the island. See of Jersey’s unique customs. Undiscovered wonderful stained glass in the church and country lanes and footpaths lined with wild hear about of the Battle of Jersey. Admire flowers reveal farm-houses, where the beautiful granite houses and farms including National Trust for Jersey are guardians of two spectacular National Trust of Jersey some of the island’s charming secret interior. properties. We may see the hunt and will The St Laurent country pub provides tea and hear about cider making and farming life. cake (or something stronger) for those who require refreshments at the end.
Blue Badge Guide Sue Hardy Blue Badge Guide Ned Malet de Carteret
£10 per person (10% discount to NT members) £10 per person
St. Lawrence Church, La Grande Route de St. Lawrence Church, La Grande Route de Saint Laurent, St. Lawrence Saint Laurent, St. Lawrence
Easy: 3 miles Easy – 2 moderate hills
Booking not required Booking not required
7 7 13 • 20 10 • 24
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Vikings, Mills & Bunkers Battle Stations Time: 10:05 – 13:00 / Circular Walk Time: 10:30 – 12:30 / Circular Walk
A fast paced walk, enjoying the shaded This is a guided tour around the rarely seen narrow paths of St. Peter’s Valley, climbing former German Battle Headquarters in a steep lane up the valley side to Occupation St. Peter, with a chance to learn about the Battle HQ (The Kernwerk) at the top. The walk German Commanders and see their former will include a look inside the engine room and bunkers. Learn what life was like for the other features of Tesson Mill and at the end Germans and civilians during the Occupation. of the walk the opportunity to visit Quétivel The tour will include a visit to one of the Mill – free to National Trust members, £3 to large fortress two-level command bunker non-members. complexes.
Blue Badge Guide Jean Treleven Historian Colin Isherwood
£10 per person (Under 16 free) £10 per person (OAP and Children £5)
Car Park at Quetivel Mill Pond, Car park entrance of the Living Legend, St. Peter’s Valley, St. Peter Rue du Petit l’Aleval, St. Peter
Difficult: 4 miles Moderate
Booking essential. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 839458 Booking preferred. Tel: +44 (0) 7797 743144 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]
8 • 28 8 • 28 SEPTEMBER 19 12 • 19
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To the Manor Born Rambling around St. Ouen Time: 10:30 – 12:30 / Circular Walk Time: 14:30 – 16:30 / Circular Walk
Ned’s family “de Carteret” have lived in A ramble through the beautiful parish of historic St. Ouen’s Manor for over 800 years. St. Ouen. Hear about the Occupation, Dating from 15th Century this beautiful Jersey farming (cows and Jersey Royal potatoes). granite manor house is one of the jewels in See fabulous views of the bay, visit a Neolithic Jersey’s crown. Learn about its history and tomb and walk part of an ancient sanctuary family tales. You will also explore the Parish path. You will finish with a visit to the Parish Church of St. Ouen. church whose bell has been rung each Christmas Eve for over 500 years and about the Malet de Carteret family connection.
Blue Badge Guide Ned Malet de Carteret Blue Badge Guide Ned Malet de Carteret
£12 per person £10 per person
St. Ouen’s Manor, St. Ouen’s Church car park, la Grande Route de Saint Ouen, St. Ouen la Ville de l’Eglise, St. Ouen
Easy Moderate
Booking not required Booking not required
9 9 • 10 Important Notes for Participating Walkers
Please bring suitable clothing and footwear for your walk. Whilst many of the walks are on country lanes, some are on coastal paths, off road or on the beaches, so walking boots or stout shoes with good grips are recommended. If walking on the beach, please be aware of tides, streams that cross the beach and sand that can be very soft in places.
Whilst the walks in this programme have been designed to suit all abilities, please take care in choosing your walk and consider carefully whether you can complete the longer walks. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
All persons participating in any aspect of this programme do so at their own risk and neither Visit Jersey nor the walk guides take responsibility for personal injury. Please note that all distances shown are approximate.
The guides reserve the right to refuse participation to any walker if they are not suitably attired or, in the guides opinion, would be unsuitable to undertake the walk.
Where possible, all have been programmed to coincide with local bus services. All specified public bus routes and timings are correct at the time of print. For updated information, contact Liberty Bus - Tel: +44 (0) 1534 828555. Visit Jersey can accept no responsibility for any subsequent alteration to bus timings and routes shown in this programme. All suggested bus routes start and finish at Liberation Station in St. Helier. Plemont
38 Bonne Nuit Bay 39 Grève de Lecq
St. John 40 Bouley Bay St. Ouen 37 35 34 St. Mary 62 61 36 32 Trinity 41 St. Martin St. Lawrence St. Catherine’s 60 57 58 Bay St. Peter St. Ouen’s 33 Bay 59 55 56
54 42 53 28 St. Saviour 43 St. Helier 31 Grouville 30 St. Brelade 15 51 52 8 19 29 47 Grouville 46 16 21 Bay 44 48 45 17 6 49 St. Aubin’s 18 1 St. Clement Bay 12 St. Brelade’s 50 Bay 14 2 3 4 27 Havre des Pas 22 23 24 25 26 Portelet 5 7 9 10 Bay 11 13 20 St. Clement’s Bay Meeting points advised when booking Plemont
38 Bonne Nuit Bay 39 Grève de Lecq
St. John 40 Bouley Bay St. Ouen 37 35 34 St. Mary 62 61 36 32 Trinity 41 St. Martin St. Lawrence St. Catherine’s 60 57 58 Bay St. Peter St. Ouen’s 33 Bay 59 55 56
54 42 53 28 St. Saviour 43 St. Helier 31 Grouville 30 St. Brelade 15 51 52 8 19 29 47 Grouville 46 16 21 Bay 44 48 45 17 6 49 St. Aubin’s 18 1 St. Clement Bay 12 St. Brelade’s 50 Bay 14 2 3 4 27 Havre des Pas 22 23 24 25 26 Portelet 5 7 9 10 Bay 11 13 20 St. Clement’s Bay Meeting points advised when booking Dates for your diary 2017
Saturday 29 April – Monday 1 May Barclays Jersey Boat Show
Tuesday 9 May Liberation Day
Saturday 17 June Collas Crill Around the Island Walk
Friday 14 July Legend in the Park
Saturday 15 July Big Gig in the Park
Saturday 2 – Sunday 3 September Jersey Live Music Festival
Thursday 7 September International Air Display
Saturday 16 September – Sunday 1 October Autumn Walking Festival
Sunday 1 October – Sunday 12 November Tennerfest
1 December – 31 December La Fête de Noué
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