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Wednesday 12 April
1 WILDLIFE & WELLNESS WALK AT SUNRISE
Join Neil and Alli Singleton for an early morning stroll along the charming country lanes above Anneport and Gorey Harbour. We will start with the sunrise over the French coast and head uphill to take in the spectacular views, wild flower meadows, a Neolithic dolmen, Le Saut Geoffroi and Victoria Tower. This is a walk not to be missed!
Time: 6.00am
Meeting Point: La Crete Quarry Car Park above Anneport
Parking: La Crete Quarry Car Park
Duration: 2 hours/ Moderate walk
– a steep hill up and down, on mostly country lanes
Guide: Neil and Alli Singleton
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
FOREST THERAPY AND WILD SENSORY FORAGING
Take a walk on the wild side of Jersey! A Forest Therapy walk is all about slowing down, noticing, paying attention to the elements, patterns in nature, the light, colour, textures, scents and aromas, your own felt experience. Join your Guide, Amanda, on the beautiful trail, Le Sentier des Moulins, in Waterworks Valley - a place of mystery and wonder. Along the way we’ll meet plants, herbs and trees that can nourish you, and support your health and wellbeing. The walk will end with a foraged herbal tea and delicious homemade cake.
Time: 9.30am
Meeting Point: Site of the (former) toad sculpture at Le Don Sinkins in Waterworks Valley
Parking: In Waterworks Valley
Duration: 2.5 - 3 hours/ Easy walking Bus Route: 7 and walk down the valley from Hamptonne Countrylife Museum
Guide: Amanda Bond
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
2.5 miles
No. 7
3 ROCKS, BIRDS AND DEVIL’S
Exploring the cliff paths and lanes around Sorel. The walk will start at the car park at Sorel and head inland towards the ‘Birds on the Edge’ aviary. From there we will follow small paths past the newly created woodland at Le Mourier Valley, then along small lanes to Devil’s Hole. If time permits, we will walk down to Devil’s Hole and back along the cliffs to Sorel. The walk is over rough ground and has some ups and downs!
Time: 10.00am
Meeting Point: Car Park at Sorel
Parking: Car Park at Sorel
Duration: 2 - 3 hours/ Moderate
Walking/3.5 miles/Ascent 880ft
Bus Route: 5 and a short walk from the village to Sorel
Guide: Nicky Mansell
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
4 THE MONT-A-L’ABBÉ LANDSCAPE
The Vingtaine of Mont-à-L’Abbé in St
Helier, is synonymous with the medieval fief of Bellozanne. Starting at ‘Bellozanne Abbey’ one of the Trust’s acquisitions, this walk ends at a modern dairy farm with medieval origins. Discover the relationship between the landscape and the features you see today. The terrain includes steps, rough paths and green roads. At the end of the walk why not enjoy lunch or refreshments at the Potato Shack?
Time: 10.00am
Meeting Point: Outside the Reception at the Westhill Hotel
Parking: Westhill Hotel Car Park
Duration: 3 hours - Moderate walking
Bus Route: 19 (Stop - Chestnut Lea)
(Return Bus either 19 from Chestnut Lea or 5 from the Union Inn)
Guide: Jean Treleven
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
5 A JOURNEY TO GOREY
Enjoy a journey from village to tower and castle and back again. Your guide Roger will take you on a time travelling adventure through Jersey History with spectacular views, especially on a clear day. Wander through the medieval village of Gorey, and up to the headland of Mont St Nicholas, to find a hidden 6000 year old megalithic tomb and a 19th Century defensive tower. Descend to the Castle, which was once the headquarters of an 18th Century spymaster and Prince, and on to the harbour to hear about harbour life past and present, and stroll along the tracks of the old Jersey Eastern Railway. The guided walk is in the most part a gentle ramble. Although it contains a flight of steep steps, it is possible to bypass these if necessary.
Time: 2pm
Meeting Point: Longbeach Car Park
Parking: Longbeach Car Park
Duration: 2 hours/Moderate Walking/3 Miles
Bus Route: 1
Guide: Roger Noel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
6 WOODLAND WANDER THROUGH ST CATHERINE’S WOODS
Join John Pinel for a wander through St Catherine’s Woods for a spring walk in one of Jersey’s best woodland habitats, looking at wondrous trees and discussing Jersey’s woodlands, their management and the wildlife that thrives in them.
Time: 2.15pm
Meeting Point: Meet in the Car Park at La
Maseline Reservoir
Parking: Car Park at La Maseline Reservoir
Duration:: 2 hours/ Easy walking - some muddy footpaths, stepping stones and a short climb over rocks
Bus Route: 2
Guide: John Pinel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
7 WILD FOOD FORAGE
Come and get lost in the wilds of St. Ouen. Take in fantastic scenery, encounter local wildlife and learn about the vast variety of wild edible and medicinal plants our unique environment has to offer. Please dress with an eye on the weather and bring along any food and drink you may need.
Time: 4.30pm
Meeting Point: Car Park opposite Kempt Tower
Parking: Car Park opposite Kempt Tower
Duration: 2.5 hours/Easy walking
Bus Route: 22
Guide: Kazz Padidar
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, children £5.
Booking Essential
8 EVENING WILDFLOWER AND FOLKLORE WALK
With the sun in the west unwind on an evening walk exploring the area around the new skate board park at St Brelade with botanist Tina Hull. The area is urban and wild all in the same breath and has an impressive amount of wild flowers all with their own stories to tell. Also, a chance to see the site of the new skate park. Mostly flat terrain. Not suitable for under 16-year-olds.
Time: 6.30pm
Meeting Point: Meet at the entrance to Les Quennevais Sport Centre
Parking: Car Park at Les Quennevais
Sport Centre
Duration: 1.5 hours/Easy walking
Bus Route: 15
Guide: Tina Hull
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
Please display a yellow time disc in the carpark.
Thursday 13 April
9 ST CLEMENT. A PARISH OF CONTRASTS
St Clement maybe the smallest and by far the most densely populated of Jersey parishes, but it’s also got many well-hidden countryside areas and wide-open spaces and we will access quiet natural areas with links to the old railway. Enjoy the wonderful rural aspects from the top of the ‘St Clement’s Trail’, where we will catch our breath and marvel at the panoramic view, including Icho and Seymour Towers and the entirety of the RAMSAR wetlands site. Along the way we’ll also have a chance to see some of the smaller National Trust properties and standing stones.
Time: 10.00am
Meeting Point: St Clement Parish Hall
Parking: St Clement Parish Hall
Duration: 3 hours/ Moderate
Walking/4.5 miles
Bus Route: 1
Guides: Tom Bunting
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential 4.5 miles No. 1
10 STROLL INTO SPRING WILDLIFE WALK
Join Neil and Alli Singleton for a stroll with wildlife stops around the country lanes of St John. This is the home of the Red-billed Chough, a reintroduction success story. Buzzard, Peregrine, Kestrel, Raven and Jackdaw are also species we can find in the area, along with the more familiar countryside specialists.
Time: 10.00am
Meeting Point: Route du Nord Car Park (opposite Les Fontaines Tavern)
Parking: Route du Nord Car Park (opposite Les Fontaines Tavern)
Duration: 2 hours/ Easy Walking/ Bus Route: 5 with a short walk from St John’s Church Guide: Neil and Alli Singleton
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
11 EXPLORING ST OUEN.
The walk will start in Sands Car Park. We will walk through Les Mielles de Morville exploring the area and then head up onto the plateau and head along small lanes to Grantez where we will explore the neolithic site and then walk back towards the beach and back to the Wetland Centre and Sands. Distance 4.3 miles 400 ft of ascent. 3 hours walk and follow footpaths up on to the plateau and to Grantez and then back in to the bay. Find out about the past landscapes of the bay and discover some hidden paths.
Time: 10.00am
Meeting Point: Wetland Centre
Duration: 3 hours/Easy to moderate walking
Parking: Car Park next to Sands
Bus Route: 22 (St Ouens’s Pond)
Guide: Nicky Mansell
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential No. 22
1 mile
12 EASTERN WONDERS
Guided walk around Grouville Marsh and its environs with the National Trust of Jersey’s Lands Manager. The marsh is not normally open to the public, so this is a rare opportunity to walk around it and to see the work that has taken place, why it is a site of special interest and why it is so important.
Time: 10.30am
Meeting Point: Longbeach Car Park
Parking: Long Beach Car Park
Duration: 2 hours/Easy Walking
Bus Route: 1
Guide: Jon Parkes
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential No. 1
13 JOURNEY TO HAMPTONNE
Enjoy a circular walk with your guide Roger, taking in Waterworks Valley and Hamptonne the country living museum in the heart of one of the Island’s most beautiful of parishes - St Lawrence. Why not visit the church and enjoy the new gardens before or after your walk?
Time: 2.00pm
Meeting Point: Meet in the public car park at St Lawrence (next to the church/graveyard)
Duration: 2 hours/ Moderate walkingsome muddy footpaths
Bus: 7
Guide: Roger Noel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential No. 7
14 CAN WE RE-WILD JERSEY?
Join John Pinel for a wander along the north coast to discuss what we mean by rewilding and what we can do to help Jersey’s wildlife thrive.
Time: 2.30pm
Meeting Point: Meet outside the Water’s Edge Hotel, Bouley Bay
Parking: Bouley Bay
Duration: 2 hours / Moderate walkingMuddy footpaths and a steep climb up steps
Guide: John Pinel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
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Friday 14 April
Central St Helier is maybe familiar but there is much of historical interest in the areas to the west of town. Starting in the Parade this walk is on the flat and follows a route out west to St Peoples’ Park; Victoria Gardens and the seafront area along the Esplanade and back into town through an area which was first reclaimed during the 19th century and within the last few decades too.
Time: 10.30am
Meeting Point: Le Don Memorial Parade
Parking: Public Car Parks in St Helier
Duration: 2 hours/Easy walking
Guide: Melanie Cavey
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
15 EXPLORE THE TOWN WEST OF ST HELIER
16 WAVING FIELDS AND WINDMILL WALK
Take a walk in that most Jersey of Parishes - St Ouen. We’ll leave the Parish hall via green lanes and visit the 6000 year old dolmen, then stroll onto the “waving fields” where wives and girlfriends would have waved ‘goodbye’ to fishermen as they went off on hazardous journeys as part of the ‘cod’ triangle, with its spectacular views across the calm - or raging - Atlantic ocean. Then back via Rue du Canal, past the windmill, church and other reminders of the occupation before returning to the Parish Hall.
Time: 10.30am
Meeting Point: St Ouen’s Parish Hall
Parking: St Ouen’s Parish Hall
Duration: 2 hours/Easy Walking
Bus Route: 9
Guide: Tom Bunting
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
17 PORTELET COMMON
A wander around one of Jersey’s finest heathlands with its stunning views over Portelet, Ouaisne and St Brelade’s Bays, discussing heathland ecology and the wonderful nature of Jersey’s coast with Ecologist John Pinel.
Time: 10.30am
Meeting Point: Portelet Common
Parking: Car Park at Portelet Common
Duration: 1.5 hours/Easy walking
Bus Route: 12A
Guide: John Pinel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Member, Booking Essential No. 12A
18 SEIGNEURS, SURF AND SANDPIPERS
An interesting and exciting walk around St Ouen’s Bay. Join your guide Roger Noel as he uncovers the history and heritage of this beautiful place. Why not visit the Wetland Centre before or afterwards?
Time: 2.00pm
Meeting Point: Car Park at Sands (opposite the Wetland Centre)
Parking: Car Park at Sands
Duration: 1.5 hours/Moderate walking Bus: 22
Guide: Roger Noel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential No. 22
19 A WILDFLOWER WANDER
Join Alli Singleton for a short wildflower walk around the country lanes. This walk is aimed at anyone who would like to learn about our common wildflowers and how to identify them by their flower, leaf and smell. Did you know a Red Campion has male and female plants or, that you can separate the different types of Cranesbill by the way their stem hairs grow? Please bring a hand lens if you have one.
Time: 2.00pm
Meeting Point: Queen’s Valley Upper Car Park
Parking: Upper Car Park
Duration: 1.5 hours/Easy walking
Bus Route: 13
Guide: Alli Singleton
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
20 WILD FOOD FORAGE
Come and get lost in the wilds of St. Ouen. Take in fantastic scenery, encounter local wildlife and learn about the vast variety of wild edible and medicinal plants our unique environment has to offer. Please dress with an eye on the weather and bring along any food and drink you may need.
Time: 4.30pm
Meeting Point: Car Park opposite Kempt Tower
Parking: Car Park opposite Kempt Tower
Duration: 2.5 hours/Easy walking
Bus Route: 22
Guide: Kazz Padidar
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
Saturday 15 April
21 WILD FOOD FORAGE
Come and get lost in the wilds of St. Ouen. Take in fantastic scenery, encounter local wildlife and learn about the vast variety of wild edible and medicinal plants our unique environment has to offer. Please dress with an eye on the weather and bring along any food and drink you may need.
Time: 10.00am
Meeting Point: Car Park opposite Kempt Tower
Parking: Car Park opposite Kempt Tower
Duration: 2.5 hours/Easy walking
Bus Route: 22
Guide: Kazz Padidar
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
22 COME FOR AN ADVENTURE OUT EAST!
Starting at Gorey Pier this walk will take you up on to the headland and lanes in the hinterland of Gorey and Anne Port. With plenty of history from Neolithic through medieval and Victorian times and several National Trust connections this peaceful area has much to offer. (Please note there is a set of steep steps and a couple of hills to negotiate).
Time: 10.30am
Meeting Point: Gorey Pier bus stop/shelter
Parking: Along Gorey Pier or in the village (Longbeach car park)
Duration: 2 hours/Moderate walking
Bus Route: 1
Guide: Melanie Cavey
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
Join John Pinel for a walk through time at L’Etacq looking at the geological evidence of past climate change and discussing how we can take action for the future.
Time: 10.30am
Meeting Point: Car Park by Faulkner Fisheries
Parking: Car Park by Faulkner Fisheries
Duration: 2 hours moderate walking (with some steeper steps)
Bus Route: 22
Guide: John Pinel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
23 JERSEY’S CLIMATE: PAST AND FUTURE No. 22
The National Trust has been campaigning since 2006 to protect and raise awareness of our magnificent coastline. Join botanist Tina Hull in the east of the island exploring this beautiful stretch of seaside habitat. As usual the walk will blend plant identification, science and folklore. Gentle walk but some uneven ground and loose sand. Not suitable for under 16-year-olds.
Time: 2.00pm
Meeting Point: Longbeach Car Park by the entrance
Parking: Longbeach Car Park
Duration: 1.5 hours/Easy walking
Bus Route: 1
Guide: Tina Hull
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
24 WILDFLOWER AND FOLKLORE WALK ON THE GROUVILLE COAST No.
25 GROUVILLE COUNTRY LANES
This wonderful circular walk affords some fantastic countryside and seascape views around the lovely parish of Grouville. Enjoy meandering past hidden old properties and quiet country lanes and pathways. Aside from an initial climb up Ruelle des Tours to access the field systems, the walk is flat or down hill. There is a very short bit of walk along La Grande Route de St Clement on the way back to Holme Grown but other than that the tarmac sections are in small lanes. The paths might be a little muddy but nothing a set of walking boots or wellies cannot handle! Lovely countryside views, small lanes and hopefully light vehicle traffic.
Time: 2.00pm
Meeting Point: Holme Grown
Duration: 1.75 hours/ Easy to Moderate Walking/2.5/2.7 miles
Bus Route: 1a to Fauvic Crossroads and short walk
Guides: Bob Tompkins
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential No. 1A
2.5 miles
26 TOWERS TIDES AND TURNSTONES
Starting and finishing at La Rocque enjoy a circular walk taking in the delightful rural lanes of Grouville and a walk along the beach to find out the fascinating history of this part of the Island.
Please wear comfortable shoes that you don’t mind getting wet.
Time: 2.00pm
Meeting Point: Car park at La Rocque
Parking: La Rocque
Duration: 1.5 hours/Moderate walking
Bus Route: 1
Guide: Roger Noel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential No. 1
27 PUFFIN WATCH
Come and join us at Plémont Headland to look out for this charismatic bird and learn about the other residents of the area too. We will be situated along the upper footpath between the top car park and the German bunker.
Time: 3.00pm
Meeting Point: Upper path on the way to the German Bunker. Look out for the blue flag!
Parking: Upper (or lower) Car Park at Plémont Bus Route: 9
Guide: Neil and Alli Singleton
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential No. 9
28 MOONLIGHT WALK AND INTRODUCTION TO STARGAZING
Join Stephen Le Quesne on a wonderful star gazing evening stroll as the sun sets across St Ouen’s Bay. We will meet at the Frances Le Sueur Centre and walk to Mont Grantez where, if we are lucky, we may see an owl or two and/or bats flying in the darkness. Bring torches and binoculars if you have them.
Time: 8.00pm
Meeting Point: Frances Le Sueur Centre
Parking: Frances Le Sueur Centre
Duration: 2 hours
Bus: 22
Guide: Stephen Le Quesne
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
Sorry NO dogs
No. 22
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Sunday
16 April
Take a walk on the wild side of Jersey! A Forest Therapy walk is all about slowing down, noticing, paying attention to the elements, patterns in nature, the light, colour, textures, scents and aromas, your own felt experience. Join your Guide, Amanda, on the beautiful trail, Le Sentier des Moulins, in Waterworks Valley - a place of mystery and wonder. Along the way we’ll see plants, herbs and trees that can nourish you, and support your health and wellbeing. The walk will end with a foraged herbal tea and delicious homemade cake.
Time: 9:30am
Meeting Point: Site of the (former) toad sculpture at Le Don Sinkins in Waterworks Valley
Parking: In Waterworks Valley
Duration: 2.5 - 3 hours/ Easy walking
Bus Route: 7 and walk down the valley from Hamptonne Countrylife Museum
Guide: Amanda Bond
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
30 WILDFLOWER AND FOLKLORE WALK AT THE FRANCES LE SUEUR CENTRE
In the heart of the Coastal National Park this is an ideal place to look at the wild flowers of coast, short dune and grassland. Native plants and more lately arrived thrive alongside each other in this ‘Wild West’. Plant identification, science, myth and folklore. Gentle walk some uneven ground. Not suitable for under 16-year-olds.
Time: 10.30am
Meeting Point: Frances Le Sueur Centre
Parking: Frances Le Sueur Centre
Duration: 1.5 hours/Easy walking
Bus Route: 22
Guide: Tina Hull
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
No. 22
SEIGNEURS, SURF AND SANDPIPERS.
An interesting and exciting walk around St Ouen’s Bay. Join your guide Roger Noel as he uncovers the history and heritage of this beautiful place. Why not visit the Wetland Centre before or afterwards?
Time: 2.00pm
Meeting Point: Car Park at Sands (opposite the Wetland Centre)
Parking: Car Park at Sands
Duration: 1.5 hours/Moderate walking
Bus Route: 22
Guide: Roger Noel
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
Come along on a walk around the rural parish of Trinity. The walk encompasses roads, mud tracks and half a dozen lesser-known Jersey National Trust places of interest. Commencing at Jardin d’Olivet, we will amble through country lanes, taking in a well-head and woodlands on our way to an inconveniently placed lavoir. Dating from 1834, we will pause to spare a thought for the poor tenants of Le Fief de l’Abbesse de Caen who would have struggled to bring their laundry to this public washing place. Emerging onto La Falaize we will be rewarded with spectacular coastal views across the Les Echrehous and beyond to Normandy.
Time: 2.30pm
Meeting Point: Jardin d’Olivet
Parking: Jardin D’Olivet
Duration: : 2 hours/Moderate Walking
Guide: Tom Bunting
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential
WILDLIFE & WELLNESS WALK AT SUNSET 33
An evening stroll, enjoying all things wildlife at the south end of St Ouen’s Bay. Spring has most definitely sprung! The wildflowers are in full bloom, the birds are busy and the insects are merging with the warmer weather. It is a very special time of year and an equally special location to explore.
Time: 6.30pm
Meeting Point: Le Braye Car Park (far end)
Parking: Le Braye Car Park
Duration: 2 hours/ Moderate walk - good sandy footpaths, lanes and one steep hill. Bus Route: 22
Guide: Neil and Alli Singleton
Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members, Booking Essential No.
