Leave the Ferry Terminal and
follow the road to the left as it heads towards the town of St Helier. Pass two double-gabled
warehouses on the right, then take the first
right to emerge
on a pier bordered by white railings.
Bearing left, walk over to the railings adjacent to the harbour and continue
beside them towards the top of the pier. At the top, turn right to
follow the walkway passing the Liberation Statue on the left and
The Steam Clock on the right.
Where the walkway ends, cross straight over to carry on between the ’ship’
benches and the railings bordering the harbour. When we
reach the end of the railings, tide permitting, turn right to cross the small harbour. Once
out of the harbour, walk along a short stretch of pavement before dropping into another small harbour Climb
the steps and turn left immediately to cross to a flight of steps directly across the road.
At the top of the steps turn right. When the pavement ends, cross diagonally to
descend to another short flight of steps Climb the steps and follow the
pavement as it rises.
Just before a patch of grass, surrounded by a small hedge, bear to the right to descend between a
tall granite wall and the power station on the right. When the slope flattens,
bear left to continue along the old promenade as it skirts the beach at Havre des Pas. Walk
on, crossing a slipway and passing hotels and restaurants until emerging beside the main road
Here, turn right to pass the Bathing Pool, a large building joined to the land by a jetty.
Pass the Bathing Pool and the ornate Victorian facades of the hotels and houses, until we
reach a junction, where we turn right towards a squat granite building beside a slipway. Follow the pavement, passing the slipway
and the granite building on your right. In the last few yards we have left St Helier and are now in the narrow strip of St Saviour that boasts a coastline and within minutes we will be
in St Clement.
We pass a filling station on the left and soon reach a slipway which heralds another stretch of beachside walking.
The dangers of the surrounding reefs are further endorsed by the lighthouse on the sea wall ahead.
The pavement dips and rises as it passes La Mare slipway Once again we lose sight of the sea as we pass a shop and a tiny Methodist
chapel on the left. Avoid a turning on the right that goes to the sea at Green Island.
Walk on until the pavement ends, then cross over to continue eastwards on the far pavement. On reaching a small
war memorial, slightly set back, in front of St Clement’s Parish Hall, cross over
again to a patch of grass that borders the beach. Carry on in the direction
of the Jersey round tower, Le Hocq Tower, leaving the green by the gap in the roadside wall. Bear right to follow the main road as it
climbs gently to the left. When the pavement ends, walk on the roadside for a short distance.
After the slipway, we regain the pavement but lose our sea view for a mile or so.
The road meanders, rises and falls, as we approach Jersey’s south-east corner at La Rocque Harbour
Continue, past a lane off to the right, on the right hand side of the road until a pavement on the other side of the road appears. When
this pavement finishes, just beyond the corner, cross over to the gravel car park. Turn left and walk towards the telephone box at the
far end.
Cross the slipway ahead and follow the granite seawall. We leave the pavement as the road straightens and we are obliged to walk on the
roadside once more. Pass what looks like a block of 1930’s apartments on the right, strangely close to a Jersey round tower;
St.Sampsons Tower. We catch a brief glimpse of the sea as we pass the Seymour Inn on the left.
Shortly we pass another Jersey round tower, Keppel Tower and, within another few hundred yards, yet another. This one has had a house constructed around it.
Just beyond this tower, and the nearby slipway, is a gap in the sea
wall (marked by an Itex way mark) which will lead us down to a concrete platform running beside the beach. If the tide allows, descend the steps. (high tide is at 04.34hrs BST)
At the bottom of the steps turn left and walk along the concrete platform towards an imposing granite house with a round
tower at its heart. Where the platform finishes, turn left, to climb the stairs to the promenade above.
Here turn right.
When the promenade joins the golf links, continue straight ahead along the path that runs alongside the seawall.
After the second gun emplacement, continue along the sandy path beside the seawall. Once past a raised section of anti-tank wall,
abandon the path and bear left to skirt a hedge that surrounds an unusual property built on a Napoleonic redoubt.
On reaching the gravel track that serves this house, descend it, to enter the car park ahead through a narrow gap in the bank.
Section Length: 12.6km / 7.8 miles
Cumulative Distance: 12. 6km / 7.8 miles
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