Autumn Walking Week

Experience the wonderful autumnal colours of Jersey and join in a full free programme of unique countryside, coastal and history walks with some of the Island’s most experienced guides. Highlight of the week includes the ‘Around Island Walk’.

Jersey Tourism produces a dedicated Autumn Walking Week programme.

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Last year, travel writer Andy Stansfield took part in one of the walking festivals. Get a feel for what it's all about by reading his article.

Autumn Walking Week
Saturday 13th – Saturday 20th September 2008

Experience Island life with a wealth of walks showcasing the very best of Jersey. Enjoy woodland wanders, seaside strolls and rural rambles, through country lanes, across sandy beaches and along cliff top paths, all in the company of the island’s most respected and experienced walking guides.

Important Notes for Participating Walkers

Most of the walks featured in this programme are FREE and unless otherwise stated do not require pre-booking or carry a fee.

Unless otherwise stated all routes are circular and will bring you back to your starting point. All routes where possible have been programmed to coincide with local bus services.

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.

Walks are taken at your own risk. 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 if 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 Jersey Tourism nor their appointed agents and guides can 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 guide’s opinion feel they would be unsuitable to undertake the walk.

All specified public bus routes and timings are correct at time of print. For updated information, contact Connex – Tel: 877772.  Connex also offer special 5 and 6 day passes and unlimited travel passes. Jersey Tourism can accept no responsibility for any subsequent alteration to bus timings and routes shown in this programme.

This Week’s Highlights

Around Island Walk

Join your guides for a week of exploration and fun on this unique walking extravaganza. From beach to spectacular headland, past towers, castles and ancient burial chambers – these are just some of the experiences you’ll encounter on this five-day trek that aims to take in every inch of Jersey’s coastline.

Walkers can participate in any of the daily walks – but those who complete the entire five-day ‘challenge’ will receive a certificate of achievement. Your guides for the walks will ensure you are suitably looked after throughout the week as well as providing ample supplies of encouragement and sweets!

As these are linear walks, courtesy coach transfers are included to take you to the start point every day, except for Monday 15th September when the start is from Liberation Square, St Helier. Advance reservations for these walks, including the coach service, are required – contact Jersey Tourism - Tel: 448877.

Genuine Jersey Food Trails

Celebrate the diverse range of goods produced, grown or made in Jersey by joining one of our ‘Food Trails’.  From oyster fishing, to Happy Hens, Classic Cattle, Jersey Royals, Wine Estates and cheese production, each walk will give you a taste of the real Jersey – literally!
For more information on Jersey produce visit www.genuinejersey.com  

Programme of Walks

Saturday 13th

10:00 – 12:30     Tour of Jersey’s Parliament, Royal Court & the Parish Church of St Helier
Meeting Point: King George II statue, Royal Square, St Helier. Guide: Paul Nicolle. £5.00. Maximum of 25 of a first come first served basis. Tel: 872665.
Discover the events and people, both past and present that have influenced the development of the Island, and take the opportunity to view the imposing buildings and art treasures, which are not generally accessible to members of the public.

10:00 – 13:00   Corbière Lighthouse – Seeing the Light
Meeting point: Corbière causeway entrance, lower car park. Bus 12 or Island Explorer Blue Route. Guides: Sue Hardy and Pete Double. £11.00 (includes a donation to RNLI). Easy – 2 m (3.2 k) + steps! Book in person at Jersey Tourism.
Enjoy a rare opportunity to see inside the famous lighthouse of La Corbière. Explore the dramatic headland with your guides and be entertained with tales of tides and shipwrecks, the building of the lighthouse, and the men who kept watch for over 100 years. Cross the causeway uncovered at half tide and climb up the spiral staircase to the lantern room to discover the intricacies of 19th, 20th and 21st century technology, and to enjoy spectacular views.

11:20 – 13:45  High Hills & Heritage
Meeting point: Trinity Church, Trinity. Bus 4.Guide: Angelika Harms-Stentiford. Moderate – 3m (4.8k).  
Starting from the pretty little parish church of Trinity, this circular walk encompasses country lanes, north coast cliff paths, with their stunning sea views, and a special visit to ‘Sous les Bois’, an early 17th century cottage, owned by the National Trust for Jersey, especially opened as part of Heritage Day 2008.

13:00 – 16:00  St Aubin - Cod, Smugglers and Privateers
Meeting point: St. Brelade’s Parish Hall, St. Aubin.  Bus 12 – 15 or Island Explorer Blue Route.  Guide: Hugh Gill.  Easy – 3m (4.8k)
Soak up the ambience of the picturesque town of St Aubin, but get there early to browse the Farmers' Market outside the Parish Hall (from 09:30 – 13:30) before enjoying a leisurely stroll exploring this small harbour town, with its 18th century harbour. Learn of the riches gained from the sea, as the privateers counted their spoils from plundered French shipping and of the merchants and their houses in the small harbour town that grew around them. 

14:15 – 16:45  People of the Past
Meeting point: Statue of King George V, Howard Davis Park, St Helier.  Guide: Sue Hardy.  Easy – 2.5m (4k), Suitable for small children / pushchairs and wheelchairs – with care on roads. 
Stroll through the beautiful gardens of Howard Davis Park, then head to the beach as you step back in time to discover the decorative architecture of the Victorian and Edwardian period at Havre des Pas. Peep into the affairs of seafarers, the famous and the infamous people from Jersey’s past as you meander beside the seaside, before returning to the park.

Sunday 14th

From 08:00  The Great North Coast Charity Challenge
Starting point: St Catherine’s Breakwater, St Martin.  Check in between 08:00 – 09:00.  Registration £10.00 per person.  Application forms available from Jersey Tourism, or for more information Tel: 498650 or visit www.hast.org.uk.  Difficult – 20m (32k)
Every year hundreds of locals and visitors challenge themselves on this 20 mile walk along the Island’s north coast.  Why not join them?  All proceeds raised will go to the locally based charity ‘Help an African Schoolchild’.  Walkers can expect water stops and check in points along the way as well as friendships made as you achieve personal goals together.  Participants normally take between 3 to 10 hours to complete.

10:15 – 17:00  Hidden Parts of our South West Headlands
Meeting point: Bus stop at the bottom of La Haule Hill, near St Aubin.  Linear Route. Bus 12 – 15 or Island Explorer Blue Route. Guide: Remi Couriard.  Moderate – 12m (19.3k)
Starting on the seashore of St Aubin’s Bay, the walk heads through private woodlands to reach hidden views of the bay and the village of St Aubin, visiting an organic farm along the way. Stroll through St Brelade’s ‘Green Lanes’ passing Norman granite dwellings and pop into a WWII Underground Tunnel en-route. Cross Belcroute Bay to reach your lunch stop at ‘The Old Portelet Inn’ and spend the afternoon admiring the outstanding views over Ouaisnè and St Brelade’s Bay before passing a ‘Smugglers Inn’ and heading up to your finish at Noirmont Point to see a WWII Memorial and Command Bunker.

11:00 – 14:00   Corbière Lighthouse – Seeing the Light
Meeting point: Corbière causeway entrance, lower car park. Bus 12 or Island Explorer Blue Route. Guides: Sue Hardy and Pete Double. £11.00 (includes a donation to RNLI). Easy – 2 m (3.2 k) + steps! Book in person at Jersey Tourism.
Enjoy a rare opportunity to see inside the famous lighthouse of La Corbière. Explore the dramatic headland with your guides and be entertained with tales of tides and shipwrecks, the building of the lighthouse, and the men who kept watch for over 100 years. Cross the causeway uncovered at half tide and climb up the spiral staircase to the lantern room to discover the intricacies of 19th, 20th and 21st century technology, and to enjoy spectacular views.

11:30 – 14:30    Moonwalk to Seymour Tower
Meeting point advised when booking. Bus 1. Guide: Derek Hairon. £12.50. Maximum of 12 participants. Booking essential Tel: 07797853033, log onto www.jerseywalkadventures.co.uk  or email derek@jerseywalkadventures.co.uk.  Moderate – 3m (4.8k)
Walk the gullies and gutters, cross sand bars, rock pools and discover Jerseys' very own wilderness area. Revel in the stillness and expanse of an area that is covered twice a day by the ocean. Participants should be prepared to get wet to the knee (and sometimes higher!). Please note: due to the speed the tide rises you should not venture into this area unless you have local knowledge.

14.00 - 16.30  Napoleonic Sea Defence – Jersey’s Round Towers
Meeting point: La Rocque Harbour bus stop/car park. Bus 1. Guide:  Martin Walton. Moderate – 4m (6.4 k)
Starting at historic Le Rocque Harbour where the French landed, imagine Jersey in Nelson's time as you journey along the shore. See five Jersey round towers and forts on this circular ramble and hear of vraic gathering and shipwrecks, before heading to Harry Vardon's memorial by 'The Royal Jersey Golf Club' at Grouville Common.

Monday 15th

09:30 – 17:00   Around Island Walk
Day 1 – St Helier to Gorey via Green Island and La Rocque
Meeting point: Liberation Square, St Helier. Courtesy coach available. Booking essential – Tel: 448877. Difficult – 8m (13k)
Local Blue Badge guides Arthur Lamy and Remi Couriard ‘host’ a five day trek that will take in every inch of the Islands coastline.  This is by far the flattest part of the 5-day walk along the east coast. Some sections may be completed along the beach. It starts with a short climb over Mount Bingham towards the east coast, passing Havre des Pas and the Victorian open-air swimming pool. The walk continues towards Gorey passing a number of forts and Jersey Round Towers, which were built in the 1780’s and 90’s. Bring a packed lunch and refreshments.

10:00 – 13:00  St Clement’s Circuit
Meeting point: Parish Hall, St Clement. Bus 1a or Island Explorer Green Route. Guide: Paul Nicolle. Moderate – 3m (4.8k)
Journey through quaint country lanes that hug the island’s east coast on this circular tour, taking in the delights of one of Jersey’s smaller parishes. Visit the Parish Church before heading along a hidden network of verdant lanes offering spectacular views over Jersey’s rugged south-east coast. Discover the route of Jersey’s Eastern Railway and hear tales of witches and evil happenings within this diverse parish.

10:15 – 16:30  Classic Cattle, Classy Wines – St Peter & St Mary Food Trail
Meeting point: Manor Farm, St Peter.  Bus 9.  Guide: Hugh Gill.  Moderate – 7.5m (12k)
Heading out from Manor Farm in St Peter, with their prize herd of Jersey cows, pigs and their own milk and cheese production, the route passes The Elms, headquarters of the National Trust for Jersey before visiting La Mare Wine Estate in St Mary. There is a lunch stop at the St Mary's Country Inn and in the afternoon a visit to John Le Feuvre's farm and a chance to mingle with his beautiful prize-winning cows

11:00 – 13:00  Western Fortifications WWII
Meeting point: L’Etacq bus stop, (car park in front of Faulkner's Fisheries) St Ouën. Bus 12a or Island Explorer Red Route. Guide: Martin Walton. Moderate – 2.5m (4k)
Discover the guns and the restored ‘Battery of Moltke’ together with the observation tower at Les Landes – the most impressive of the German fortifications, as you explore the north western corner of the island which boasts spectacular coastal views.

12:00 – 15:00   Corbière Lighthouse – Seeing the Light
Meeting point: Corbière causeway entrance, lower car park. Bus 12 or Island Explorer Blue Route. Guides: Sue Hardy and Pete Double. £11.00 (includes a donation to RNLI). Easy – 2 m (3.2 k) + steps! Book in person at Jersey Tourism.
Enjoy a rare opportunity to see inside the famous lighthouse of La Corbière. Explore the dramatic headland with your guides and be entertained with tales of tides and shipwrecks, the building of the lighthouse, and the men who kept watch for over 100 years. Cross the causeway uncovered at half tide and climb up the spiral staircase to the lantern room to discover the intricacies of 19th, 20th and 21st century technology, and to enjoy spectacular views.

13:30 – 16:00   Trinity Tales and Trails
Meeting point: Parish Church, Trinity. Bus 4. Guide: Tom Bunting.  Easy – 4.5m (7.2k)
Visit the heart of the Parish of Trinity on a walk that takes you back in time and introduces you to some of the rich heritage that is associated with Jersey.  Find out about the Island’s agricultural history, its famous Jersey cow and cider making at a time of year when the apples are ripe and the leaves are falling, leaving the country lanes splendid in a carpet of red, orange and yellow. 

Tuesday 16th

09:30 – 17:45  Around Island Walk
Day 2 – Gorey to Bouley Bay via St Catherine’s, Fliquet and Rozel.
Meeting point: Liberation Square, St Helier. Courtesy coach available. Guides: Arthur Lamy and Remi Couriard. Booking essential - Tel: 448877. Difficult - 8m (13k)
The walk starts at the Gorey bus terminus, below the impressive 13th century Mont Orgueil Castle that towers over the Royal Bay of Grouville. The walk then takes you to the mid-19th century naval harbour at St Catherine’s. Once past St Catherine’s and hidden coves, the walk gets more challenging as you head for the island’s north coast, descending into picturesque Rozel Bay before the climb up towards Bouley Bay. Bring a packed lunch and refreshments.

10:00 – 13:00  Grand Gorey
Meeting point: Gorey bus terminus. Bus 1 or Island Explorer Green Route. Guide: Paul Nicolle.  Moderate – 3m  (4.8k)
Explore Gorey Harbour and hear about Jersey’s ancient Mont Orgueil Castle, visit an ancient Neolithic tomb, and get up close to one of the defensive towers built around Jersey’s shores, before discovering the delights of the quaint Gorey Village, with its unique history and culture. All set against the dramatic sweep of the beautiful Royal Bay of Grouville, is lots to see and experience in this very attractive corner of the Island.

10:30 – 16:30  Beautiful Bonne Nuit
Meeting point: St John’s Parish Church. Bus 5 or Island Explorer Yellow Route. Guide: Sue Hardy. Moderate – 7 miles (11.5 kilometres)
Enjoy a leisurely all day walk, with time to peep inside the Parish Church of St John, before you are taken along country lanes and cliff paths at a modest pace. Take in the fabulous sea views, tales, legends and folklore as you descend into the Bay with its quiet harbour and café. Once suitably refreshed, take a steep climb to regain the heights that will bring you back to your starting point.

10:30 – 12:30    Living With The Enemy – Local Life During The Occupation
Meeting point: Gunsite Café, Beaumont (linear route) Bus 9 -15 or Island Explorer Blue Route. Guide: Tom Bunting. £5.00. Easy – 2m (3.2k)
Take a stroll through beautiful St Peter’s Valley as you delve into life in Jersey when it was occupied in World War II. What was life like for everyday people? What did they eat? How did they know what was going on in the outside world? The walk takes you through country lanes to woodland where one can still see the original trenches built by the occupying forces before ending up at the famous Jersey War Tunnels.  Visit the Gardens of Reflection, dine in the Sanctuary Restaurant or explore the War Tunnels - one of Jersey’s most popular sites. (Lunch and entrance to the site at own expense).

13:45 – 17:00  Classic Cattle
Meeting point: Gunsite Café, Beaumont. Bus 9 -15 or Island Explorer Blue Route. Guide: Hugh Gill.  Moderate – 4.5m (7.2k)
Enjoy an afternoon walk through country lanes and wooded valleys, passing old mills and granite houses. The highlight of the walk will be visits to both the Blanc Pignon and Manor (Classic Herd) Farms, working farms filled with prize cows, Jersey bulls, calves, pigs and piglets.  Both farms have a reputation for producing some of the best Jersey cows and bulls in the island and Manor Farm is now producing prize-winning cheese from their own rich Jersey milk.

14:00 – 16:30  Fish, Feathers and Four Pence a Dozen
Meeting point: Seymour slip, Royal Bay of Grouville.  Bus 1. Guide: Pete Double.  Easy – 3m (4.8k)
Low water fishing is one of the oldest activities on this coast, from Neolithic hunter-gatherers. The boom days of the 19th century oyster fleets provide a fascinating story and the taste of fresh oysters will tell you why these shellfish were so highly prized.  Walk the margins of the tide at low water to visit the farmed oyster beds and discover how man works with nature, and about the natural world on the seashore. Wear old shoes to paddle in shallows.             

Wednesday 17th

09:30 – 18:15  Around Island Walk
Day 3 – Bouley Bay to Grève de Lecq via Les Platons, Bonne Nuit and Sorel Point
Meeting point: Liberation Square, St Helier. Courtesy coach available. Guides: Arthur Lamy and Remi Couriard. Booking essential – Tel: 448877.  Difficult – 10m (16k)
Be prepared for a strenuous day of undulating cliff paths through gorse and bracken as well as up and down the many little valleys carrying streams down from the island’s high north coast. The route passes Jersey’s highest point at Les Platons, 113 metres, and the hidden coves at Bonne Nuit, before descending sharply to the finish in Grève de Lecq. Bring a packed lunch and refreshments.

10:00 – 17:00  Hens Have Never Been Happier! The Grouville Food Trail
Meeting point: La Rocque Harbour.  Bus 1.  Guide: Hugh Gill.  Moderate – 8m (13k)
Grouville is one of Jersey’s most attractive parishes, combining a long stretch of sandy beach, fertile low-lying fields and hills providing spectacular views across to Mont Orgueil Castle and the Normandy Coast beyond.  Hear about the parish and its food, with its oyster fishing industry of the 19th century, ‘bouchot’ mussels grown on poles driven into the sand, 8000 ‘Happy Hens’, ‘cotil’ potatoes, beans, cows and acres and acres of tomatoes!  Enjoy a pub lunch or buy a delicious crab sandwich from the shack on the slipway (at own expense). 

10:45 – 12:45  St Ouen Coastline Campaign Walk:
Meeting point: Jersey Pearl, St Ouen’s Bay.  Bus 12a or Island Explorer Blue or Red Route. Guide: Mike Stentiford.  Easy – 2 m (3.2k)
As part of the National Trust’s Coastline Campaign, enjoy an informative and leisurely walk around the wide open spaces of Les Mielles, seeking out all that is wild and best about Jersey’s west coast.

10.45 – 13:30  Country Ways
Meeting point: Lych Gate, St Lawrence Church.  Bus 7. Guide Sue Hardy. Moderate – 3m (4.8k)
Come along to St Lawrence, the most lovely of country parishes, and hear tales of the Hamptonne family, starting in the church and taking in traditional farms along beautiful country lanes.  Delicious lunches are available in the local pub or at Hamptonne, where you can indulge in Jersey’s traditional dish of bean crock and Jersey cider (admission price at own expense).

13:15 – 16:15    Moonwalk to Icho Tower
Meeting point advised when booking. Bus 1. Guide: Derek Hairon. £12.50. Maximum of 12 participants. Booking essential Tel: 07797853033, log onto www.jerseywalkadventures.co.uk or email derek@jerseywalkadventures.co.uk.  Moderate – 3m (4.8k)
Walk on the sea bed through the gullies and gutters and rock pools and discover the stillness and expanse of the south east coast when the tide recedes. Participants should be prepared to get wet to the knee (and sometimes higher!). Please note: due to the speed the tide rises you should not venture into this area unless you have local knowledge.

14:00 – 17:00      Roses with Roly
Meeting point: Cooke’s Roses, Le Passage, St. Lawrence. Bus 7 (Carrefour Selous stop) or Island Explorer Yellow Route. Guide: Roly Cooke. £6.00 (includes farmhouse tea). Booking essential – Tel: 863124.  Easy – 2m (3.2k)
Join Britain’s most southerly rose grower on his beautiful 17th century farm for a guided tour of ancient flower meadows, bird aviaries, glasshouses and gardens. Roly, who still lives in the same house in which he was born, is a farmer and a keen horticulturalist and passionate about his award winning roses and his birds. Learn about the history of his farm and the neighbouring area on a stroll through the ‘Green Lanes’ surrounding the farm,  before enjoying an afternoon farmhouse cream tea.

14:00 – 17:00  The Mistress, The Major and The Mad Mathematician
Meeting point: Jersey Tourism, Liberation Place, St Helier. Guide Tom Bunting. Easy – 2.5m (4k)
Throughout the summer a street gallery of paintings from the Jersey National Collection has been on display around the streets of St Helier. This walk visits all of the paintings and many of the sights associated with the scenes and personalities portrayed in the pictures. The walk gives the rich and fascinating history of Jersey, as revealed in the paintings and around the streets of St Helier, with stories of the well-known mistress, the major and the mad mathematician.

14:30 – 16:00     Harbours and Havens
Meeting point: St Brelade War Memorial (by St Brelade’s Church) St Brelade’s Bay. Bus 14 or Island Explorer Blue Route. For further information – Tel:  633300 or visit www.jerseyheritage.com
Take a pleasant afternoon stroll around one of Jersey’s tranquil harbours and havens, in the company of a Blue Badge Guide or a member of the Jersey Heritage Trust Community Learning Team.  Listen to myths and legends and learn of the Island’s diverse history and of our maritime heritage.

Thursday 18th

09.30 – 18:15  Around Island Walk
Day 4 – Grève de Lecq to Corbière via L’Étacq and the ‘Five Mile Road’
Meeting point: Liberation Square, St Helier. Courtesy coach available. Guides: Arthur Lamy and Remi Couriard. Booking essential – Tel: 448877.  Difficult - 12m (19k)
Head south today as you follow the west coast from Grève de Lecq along the cliff path to Plémont. Passing Grosnez Castle, the racecourse and the Pinnacle Rock, the walk takes in the vast expanse of St Ouen’s Bay, known locally as the ‘Five Mile Road’ and ends up at the dramatic lighthouse at Corbière. Bring a packed lunch and refreshments.

10:00 – 13:00  Art in the Open Air – The St Helier Sculpture Trail
Meeting point: Liberation Square, St Helier.  Guide: Hugh Gill.  Easy – 3m (5k)
Enjoy a circular walk around the bustling town of St.Helier, visiting several of the parish’s iconic statues and monuments.  Find out how and when they were created, what inspired the artist and how these pieces of art fit into the jigsaw of Island heritage.

10:00 – 13:00  Fact, Fiction and Folklore
Meeting point: Green Island Car Park, St Clement's Coast Road. Bus 1. Guide: Gerladine Des Forges. £5.00. Not suitable for young children / 07797 747054 or visit www.walkjersey.co.uk. Moderate – 3m (4.8k)
Visit some of the most mysterious sites in the Parish of St Clement - once the centre of Island witchcraft on this circular walk. See where the witches met with the Devil; discover the sites of hidden standing stones and an ancient passage grave; hear about a Wandering White Lady. Can you decide what is fact, fiction, or folklore?

10:00 – 13:00  The Grandeur of St Catherine's Bay
Meeting point: Archirondel bus stop. Bus 1b. Guide: Martin Walton. Moderate – 4 m (6.4 k)
Immerse yourself in the Island’s history as you follow the coastline past Napoleonic Towers and German Fortifications. Hear the story of a grand harbour never completed and of the people who came to build it. Return through picturesque country lanes, beautiful woodland, old Jersey houses and Manor grounds along the way.

10:30 – 16:30  Valleys & Coasts
Meeting point: St Martin’s Public Hall, La Rue de la Croix au Maitre, St Martin. Bus 3, 3a or 23 or Island Explorer Green Route. Guide: Paul Nicolle.  Moderate – 7m (11k)
Wander through this attractive rural parish through tree-lined country lanes towards the heights above Bouley Bay, offering outstanding views of the French coast, and join the cliff path to Rozel Bay. After lunch in the bay (at own expense or bring a picnic), head into country paths passing the ancient Neolithic tomb of Le Couperon and  the imposing Rozel Manor to explore Rozel Woods before  a quick visit to the ancient Parish Church of St Martin, to hear about some of the history attached to this medieval building.

14:00 – 17:00  Hearty Heather! 
Meeting point: Portelet Inn bus stop, St Brelade. Bus 12. Guide: Hugh Gill.  Moderate – 4m (6.4k)
Enjoy an afternoon stroll around Noirmont and the heather-carpeted Portelet Headlands, with a refreshment stop at the Smuggler's Inn nestled in Ouaisné Bay. Hear stories of tidal currents and violent storms, of shipwrecks, and of man's presence here 250,000 years ago before the sea arrived to form an island!

14:15 – 16:45  A Walk on the Wild Side
Meeting point: Interpretation Centre – Kempt Tower, St Ouen’s Bay.  Bus 12a or Island Explorer Blue Route. Guide: Pete Double.  Easy – 1.6m (2.5k)
After enjoying the fascinating contents of Kempt Tower, Jersey’s first interpretation Centre, and the stunning view from the roof of this 19th century Martello Tower, explore the nature trails of the ‘wild west’ coast with their natural wetlands and maritime heath. The wild flora and birdlife bring this rugged west coast alive. This walk is a must if you are keen on natural history. Binoculars are an advantage.

Friday 19th

09:30 – 17:30  Around Island Walk
Day 5 – Corbière to St Helier via St Brelade’s Bay, Noirmont and St Aubin
Meeting point: Liberation Square, St Helier. Courtesy coach available. Guides: Arthur Lamy and Remi Couriard. Booking essential – Tel: 448877.  Difficult – 10m (16k)
Today’s walk will start at the spectacular setting of Corbière Lighthouse and head back to the hustle and bustle of St Helier. The walk takes you along the rugged cliffs to Beauport before dropping down into the beautiful Bay of St Brelade. Wander along the white sand before climbing to Noirmont Point and the war memorial before descending again into the harbour town of St Aubin and a walk along the beach towards St Helier. Certificates will be awarded at the end of the walk for those walkers who successfully completed all 5 sections of the walk. Bring a packed lunch and refreshments.

10:00 – 13:00     Talk of the Town  
Meeting point: Liberation Square, St Helier. Guide: Paul Nicolle. Easy – 2.5m (4k)
Discover the fascinating history of St Helier, the capital of Jersey, and the events and characters that helped shape the Island and its people. This leisurely walk provides an intriguing insight into the Island’s history, as well as visiting some of the important buildings and monuments that decorate our Town. Experience the sights and scents of our local markets, explore the streets and sounds of St Helier and marvel at the events that changed our Island.
Suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs

10:00 – 16:30  Water, Water Everywhere!  The St Lawrence Food Trail
Meeting point: The Hire Shop, Millbrook.  Bus 7 -15 or Island Explorer Red, Blue or Yellow Route. Guide: Hugh Gill.  Moderate – 7m (11k)
This walk takes in the heights of St Lawrence on the boundaries of St Helier and St John, visiting Rondels, one of the biggest growers of potatoes in Jersey, and the strawberry plantations at La Croix Anley.  After taking in the beautiful Waterworks valley, there is a lunch stop at the British Union, one of Jersey's genuine country inns, or bring a packed lunch. The afternoon takes in a narrow and secret medieval sanctuary path and some of St Lawrence's loveliest lanes, offering views across St Aubin's Bay on the way back to Millbrook

10:30 – 12:45   A View From The Dolmen
Meeting point: Les Laveurs car park - opposite Jersey Pearl, St Ouen’s Bay. Bus 12a or Island Explorer Red or Blue Route. Guide: Angelika Harms-Stentiford. Moderate – 4.5m (7.2k)
Experience the diversity of the Island’s landscapes and enjoy spectacular views out over St Ouen’s Bay, whilst climbing to the high grounds that have been home to the Dolmen de Grantez for thousands of years. Ramble through farmland and hidden wooded valleys to the wild flower grasslands of La Mielle de Morville before returning along the coast.

14:00 – 17:00   Corbière Lighthouse – Seeing the Light
Meeting point: Corbière causeway entrance, lower car park. Bus 12 or Island Explorer Blue Route. Guides: Sue Hardy and Pete Double. £11.00 (includes a donation to RNLI). Easy – 2 m (3.2 k) + steps! Book in person at Jersey Tourism.
Enjoy a rare opportunity to see inside the famous lighthouse of La Corbière. Explore the dramatic headland with your guides and be entertained with tales of tides and shipwrecks, the building of the lighthouse, and the men who kept watch for over 100 years. Cross the causeway uncovered at half tide and climb up the spiral staircase to the lantern room to discover the intricacies of 19th, 20th and 21st century technology, and to enjoy spectacular views. 

14:30 – 16:45  The Parish That Time Forgot 
Meeting point: Parish Hall, St. Ouen. Bus 8 or 9 or Island Explorer Red Route. Guide: Tom Bunting. Easy / Moderate – 4.5m (7k).
A walk around that most ‘Jersey’ of parishes, St Ouen. The walk will take in green country lanes and sweeping sea views, with Neolithic monuments, windmills, medieval farming and German fortifications- in fact the whole  of Jersey history from 250, 000 years ago to the present day.

19.00 – 21:30  The Walk of the Condemned
Meeting point: Royal Square, St Helier. Guide: Gerladine Des Forges. £5.00. Not suitable for young children / 07797 747054 or visit www.walkjersey.co.uk. Easy – 2.5m (4k)
Learn how Jersey criminals were punished in 16th to 19th Centuries; see where two former prisons were situated; follow the route condemned men took to the gallows; hear about notorious crimes, a duel and a failed hanging

Saturday 20th

10:00 – 14:00  Quiet Back-Streets and Country Lanes
Meeting point: Liberation Square, St Helier. Guide: Hugh Gill. Moderate - 6 miles (9.6 kilometres).
Enjoy a varied and fascinating walk seeing the hidden side to Jersey’s capital. Wander along quiet streets lined with Regency and Victorian buildings, leading out past meadows, woodland and country lanes. Head north through Regency St Helier toward Springfield and along wooded Vallee des Vaux up to the high ground, before dipping down into lovely Fern Valley. Return through one of the town’s 19th Century cemeteries and down Westmount ‘Gallows Hill’, with expansive views over the town and Elizabeth Castle.

11:00 – 13:00  Devil’s Delight
Meeting point: The Priory Inn, Devil’s Hole, St Mary. Guide: Angelika Harms-Stentiford. Bus 7. Moderate – 4 m (6.4 k)
Enjoy a bracing cliff-path and countryside meander taking in L’Ile Agois and some spectacular sea views of the nearby sister islands of Sark, Herm and Guernsey, plus the Normandy coast.

13:30 – 16:30  Lillie Langtry - Her Life and Times    
Meeting point:  St.Saviour's Church lych gate.  Bus 23. Guide: Arthur Lamy. Easy / Moderate – 3.5m (5.6km)
Travelling from her birth place to her final resting place, we follow the fascinating life of Lillie Langtry, the Jersey Lily. An astonishingly beautiful and single minded woman, she lived a life that others only dreamt of. Feted by society, friend of Oscar Wilde, mistress of the Prince of Wales, actress and successful business woman, Lillie took every opportunity that came her way.

14:00 – 17:00   Corbière Lighthouse – Seeing the Light
Meeting point: Corbière causeway entrance, lower car park. Bus 12. Island Explorer Blue Route. Guides: Sue Hardy and Pete Double. £11.00 (includes a donation to RNLI). Easy – 2 m (3.2 k) + steps! Book in person at Jersey Tourism.
Enjoy a rare opportunity to see inside the famous lighthouse of La Corbière. Explore the dramatic headland with your guides and be entertained with tales of tides and shipwrecks, the building of the lighthouse, and the men who kept watch for over 100 years. Cross the causeway uncovered at half tide and climb up the spiral staircase to the lantern room to discover the intricacies of 19th, 20th and 21st century technology, and to enjoy spectacular views.