Walking on Jersey
Author | Paddy Dillon |
Publisher | Cicerone Press |
ISBN | ISBN-13: 978 1 85284 638 1 (First Edition)
ISBN-13: 978 1 85284 792 0 (Second Edition) ISBN-13: 978 1 78631 103 0 (Third Edition) Also available in eBook and Kindle formats |
Price | £12.95 |

St Aubin’s Harbour, completely flooded at high tide, dries out completely at low tide.

Seymour Tower stands a long way from the Jersey coast, as a bulwark against invasion.

Fern Valley, a National Trust for Jersey property, offers a delightful short walk far inland.
This is one of two guidebooks that replaces Channel Island Walks, the other being Walking on Guernsey. All the routes in the old guidebook were checked and updated, and new routes were added. The new guidebooks are in full colour and contain the most up-to-date mapping produced in the Channel Islands.
Jersey is the largest and most southerly of the Channel Islands, explored by 24 one-day walks. 16 of those walks explore the coast and can be joined end-to-end to make a complete coastal circuit taking three or four days to walk. Jersey’s landscapes are mostly gentle, though there are impressive cliffs along the north coast and around the south-west coast. There is a tremendous amount of variety, ranging from sheer cliffs to level fields, with wooded valleys, villages, splendid country mansions, quaint farms and the bustling town of St Helier.
One thing that strikes visitors at an early stage is the amount of history and heritage available. Jersey has been battered and bruised by centuries of conflict and all kinds of fortifications have been raised in response. When the Channel Islands were declared indefensible during the Second World War, Nazi forces invaded and occupied the islands, building massive concrete structures around them. It is hardly possible to walk anywhere on Jersey without being constantly distracted by heritage features, as well as plenty of places offering food and drink, so that each deceptively short walk ends up taking all day to complete!
Although Jersey and Guernsey are long-standing rivals, the islands have thrown their weight behind an exciting long-distance island-hopping trail - the Channel Islands Way. This route wanders all the way round the coast of Jersey, then continues around Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm, taking in all that is best in the Channel Islands.
The third edition of this guidebook has had all its walking routes walked again, with new photographs throughout, and all services and facilities around the island checked. The tiny islets of Les Écrehous and Les Minquiers have been added for interest, despite their tiny sizes.
GPX tracks are available for all the routes in this guidebook. They can be downloaded from the Cicerone website.
Walk Contents
Walk 1 | St Helier Town Trail |
Walk 2 | St Helier to St Aubin |
Walk 3 | Noirmont Point and Ouaisné |
Walk 4 | St Brelade’s Bay and La Corbière |
Walk 5 | La Pulente and Les Quennevais |
Walk 6 | Les Mielles and St Ouen |
Walk 7 | L’Étacq and Plémont |
Walk 8 | Plémont and Grève de Lecq |
Walk 9 | Grève de Lecq and Devil’s Hole |
Walk 10 | La Falaise and St John |
Walk 11 | Bonne Nuit Bay and St John |
Walk 12 | Belle Hougue and Trinity |
Walk 13 | Bouley Bay and Rozel |
Walk 14 | Rozel and St Catherine’s |
Walk 15 | Gorey and Queen’s Valley |
Walk 16 | Grouville and St Clement’s |
Walk 17 | La Rocque and Seymour Tower |
Walk 18 | La Hougue Bie and Queen’s Valley |
Walk 19 | Vallée des Vaux and Les Grands Vaux |
Walk 20 | Sion and Hamptonne |
Walk 21 | Le Sentier des Moulins |
Walk 22 | St Peter’s Valley |
Walk 23 | St Peter’s and Val de la Mare |
Walk 24 | Corbière Walk |
Walk 25 |
Jersey Coastal Walk |
The Channel Island Way
The Channel Island Way |