Walking Through Autumn Festival Programme 2018

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Festival Overview

Wednesday 12 September

Key: Easy 

Moderate 

Hard 

No.

Walk

Time

Bus

Meeting Point

Grade

1

Eastern Wonders

10am

1

Longbeach car park

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2

Time Travel in St. Helier – Linear Walk

2pm

-

Public car park at South Hill

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3

Entering the Maze – A Low Water Archaeology Walk

2pm

1

Seymour Slip

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4

Coastal Forage

2pm

22

Car park opposite Kempt Tower

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5

Forest Bathing Walk

4.30pm

22

Frances Le Sueur Centre

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6

Bat Walk at Sunset

7.30pm

22

Car park next to Big Vern’s

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Thursday 13 September 7

Botany Walk around Plémont

10am

8

Top car park at Plémont

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8

Vikings, Mills and Bunkers

10.15am

28

Quétivel Mill Pond car park

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9

‘Farming through the ages’ – Linear Walk

2pm

13

Queen’s Valley Reservoir top car park

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10

Coastal Forage

2.30pm

22

Car park opposite Kempt Tower

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11

Bird Walk Around The Bay

10am

22

The Wetland Centre

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12

Viking Sheep Walk

10am

5

Sorel Point

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13

The Wonders of Waterworks Valley – Linear Walk

2pm

7

St Lawrence Parish Church

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14

Soldiers, Shellfish and Shipyards

2pm

1

Beside Gorey Pier Bus Shelter

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Saturday 15 September 15

St Clement’s Parish Walk

10am

1

Le Hocq car park

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16

St Martin’s Parish Circular Walk

10am

3, 13

St Martin’s Public Hall

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17

Walk like an Egyptian!

10am

4

Jardin D ’Olivet



18

Hidden Plémont

2pm

8

Top car park at Plémont



19

Circular Walk from The Elms through St Peter’s

2.15pm

7

The Elms

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20

Bat Walk at Sunset

7.15pm

-

Quétivel Mill Pond car park

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Sunday 16 September 21

Waterworks Valley Nature Walk

10am

7

Hamptonne car park

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22

Wild West Walk

2pm

22

The car park next to Big Vern’s

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23

A Walk through a Prehistoric Landscape

2.15pm

22

Falkner Fisheries car park, L’Etacq

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Friday 14 September

Festival Locations La Grève au Lançon (Plémont)

7

18

12

ST. JOHN'S BAY

ST. J

GREVE DE LECQ

Le Pulec

ST. MARY

23

19

ST. OUEN

10 4

5

6 22

11

21 ST. LAWRENCE

20 ST. OUEN'S BAY

ST. PETER

13

ST. BRELADE ST. AUBIN'S BAY

St Aubin's Harbour Petit Port ST. BRELADE'S BAY

OUAISNE BAY

BELCROUTE BAY

BEAUPORT

PORTELET BAY

BONNE NUIT Petit Port

JOHN

BOULEY BAY

ROZEL BAY

17

Saie Harbour

TRINITY

FLIQUET BAY

ST. MARTIN

16

ST. CATHERINE'S BAY

Archirondel

9

ST. HELIER

14 Gorey Harbour

1 ST. SAVIOUR

GROUVILLE ROYAL BAY OF GROUVILLE

2

ST. CLEMENT

8 ST. HELIER HARBOUR

15 ST. CLEMENT'S BAY

3 La Rocque Harbour

Wednesday 12 September

1

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: 10am Meeting Point: Longbeach car park Parking: Long Beach Car Park Duration: 2 hours/Easy Walking/1 mile Bus Route: 1 Guide: Jon Parkes Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members

1m (1.6km)

No. 1

2

TIME TRAVEL IN ST.HELIER – LINEAR WALK

Sweeping down from the Town Hill, we’ll pass Art Deco houses, and gems from the Georgian, Regency and Victorian periods.

We’ll see how the Town expanded from its beginnings as a small seaside settlement, to the ever growing St. Helier of the 21st century. The walk will finish at the newly restored ‘Foot Buildings’ and a cup of coffee in the new Café – Locke’s.

Time: 2pm Meeting Point: Public car park at South Hill Finishing Point: Foot Buildings in Pitt Street Parking: available in car parks in the vicinity Duration: 2 hours/Easy Walking/2 miles Guide: Arthur Lamy Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members

2m (3.2km)

ENTERING THE MAZE – LOW WATER ARCHAEOLOGY WALK

Join your guide Bob Tompkins on a full blown archaeology walk moving across the reef from east to just west of La Rocque Harbour. This is the first time this guided walk will have taken place to the public after three years of archaeological investigation into the area.

Time: 2pm Meeting Point: Seymour Slip Parking: available in Seymour car park Duration: 3.5 hours/Moderate walking /4 miles Max 20 people Bus Route: 1 Guide: Bob Tompkins Price: Free for Members; £10 for Non-Members This is a ‘wet’ walk so please wear footwear that you don’t mind getting wet.

4m (6.4km)

No. 1

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3

4

COASTAL FORAGE

Join Kazz Padidar, Director & Chief Instructor from Wild Adventures on a coastal forage along a stretch of St Ouen’s beach taking in the tide and shore line. You will identify edible plants, seaweeds and shellfish and Kazz will also track down some coastal plants. Cooking on a beach fire, we will then prepare the foraged foods and learn about any healthy properties they may hold.

Time: 2pm Meeting Point: Car park opposite Kempt Tower Duration: 2.5 hours/Easy Walking /2 miles Bus Route: 22 Guide: Kazz Padidar Please dress with an eye on the weather and bring along any food and drink you may need.

Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members 2m (3.2km)

No. 22

5

FOREST BATHING WALK

Shinrin-yoku means bathing in the forest, receiving the forest with all your senses.

Connecting with nature, ‘Shinrin-yoku as a practice encourages the opening of our senses, it bridges the gap between us and the natural world...We remember we are part of the natural world...as we walk slowly through the forest, seeing, listening, smelling, tasting and touching, we bring our rhythms into step with nature.’

Time: 4.30pm Meeting Point: Frances Le Sueur Centre Duration: 3 hours/gentle walk with lots of stops!

Bus Route: 22 Guide: Amanda Bond Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members

1m (1.6km)

No. 22

BAT WALK AT SUNSET

Join the Jersey Bat Group on a circular walk with a difference around St Ouen’s Pond and the orchid fields as the sun sets. Look out for these wonderful flying creatures. Find out how many species we have in Jersey and see them in flight.

Time: 7.30pm Meeting Point: Wetland Centre Parking: Car park next to Big Vern’s Duration: 2 hours/easy Walking/2 miles Bus Route: 22 Price: Free No need to pre-book

2m (3.2km)

No. 22

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6

Thursday 13 September 7

BOTANY WALK AROUND PLÉMONT

Take a gentle ramble around the refurbished Plémont headland and see what wild flowers are growing with local Botanist, Anne Haden. This beautiful headland was once the location of a large holiday village and the subject of a 10 year campaign to buy it for the public.

Come and see how the site has been completely returned to nature.

Time: 10am Meeting Point: Top car park at Plémont Duration: 1.5 hours/Easy Walking/1 mile Bus Route: 8 Guide: Anne Haden Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members

1m (1.6km)

9

8

VIKINGS, MILLS AND BUNKERS

While enjoying a stroll along woodland paths and a steep ascent up the valley side, we’ll find evidence of the Vikings, learn about the importance of mills to medieval Jersey and discover some of the hidden treasures of the German Occupation. This walk will include a visit to Le Moulin de Quetivel and Tesson Mill.

Time: 10.15am Duration: 2.5 hours Location: Quétivel Mill Pond car park Parking: At the Pond Bus Route: 28 - stop Victoria Hotel N. Guide: Jean Treleven Price: Free for members £5 for Non-Members

No. 8

2m (3.2km)

‘FARMING THROUGH THE AGES’ – LINEAR WALK

Today one only thinks of potatoes and cows, but hundreds of years ago subsistence farmers grew only what they needed, with a little over for resale. Today we will see cider orchards similar to those which covered much of the island in the 19th century, and visit a modern cattle farm at milking time.

Time: 2pm Meeting Point: Queen’s Valley Reservoir top car park Finishing Point; Lodge Farm, Maufant, St. Saviour.

Duration: 2 hours/Moderate walking/2.5 miles Bus Route: 13 Guide: Arthur Lamy Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members Please bring stout shoes or walking boots.

2.5m (4km)

No. 13

No. 28

Join Kazz Padidar, Director & Chief Instructor from Wild Adventures on a coastal forage along a stretch of St Ouen’s beach taking in the tide and shore line. You will identify edible plants, seaweeds and shellfish and Kazz will also track down some coastal plants. Cooking on a beach fire, we will then prepare the foraged foods and learn about any healthy properties they may hold.

Time: 2.30pm Meeting Point: Car park opposite Kempt Tower Duration: 2.5 hours/Easy Walking /2 miles Bus Route: 22 Guide: Kazz Padidar Price: Free for Members; ÂŁ5 for Non-Members

2m (3.2km)

No. 22

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10 COASTAL FORAGE

Friday 14 September

11

BIRD WALK AROUND THE BAY

Join local ornithologist and nature lover, Neil on a walk from the Wetland Centre around St Ouen’s Pond to ‘Eddie’s Hide’ at the Scrape returning back along the coastal strip and the sea wall.

Learn about all the birds that visit the pond every year. It is advised to bring binoculars if you have them.

Time: 10am Meeting Point: The Wetland Centre Parking: Car park next to Big Vern’s Duration: 1.5 hours/Easy Walking/ 2 miles Bus Route: 22 Guide: Neil Singleton Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members

2m (3.2km)

No. 22

12 VIKING SHEEP WALK Join Jon Parkes, Lands Manager for the National Trust, on a circular walk from Sorel Point on the Island’s north coast with its wonderful views of nearby Normandy and the other Channel Islands. See rare breed multi horned Manx Loaghtan sheep believed to be the closest breed to those brought to Jersey by the Vikings. Learn about conservation grazing and the restoration of the redbilled Choughs, once extinct in Jersey around 1900, and other efforts being made to save coastal birds.

Time: 10am Meeting Point: Sorel Point Duration: 2 hours/Moderate Walk/ 2 Miles Bus Route: 5 (St Johns Village) Guide: Jon Parkes Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non Members 1m (1.6km)

No. 5

THE WONDERS OF WATERWORKS VALLEY – LINEAR WALK

After a few words about the Church and the Parish Hall, the walk will descend into Water Works Valley, and follow the Sentier des Moulins northwards towards Hamptonne, Le Rat Cottage and our destination Morel Farm, where refreshments will be served in the walled garden.

Time: 2pm Meeting Point: St Lawrence Parish Church Finishing Point: Morel Farm, La Rue de la Fontaine, St. Lawrence Duration: 2 hours/Hard Walk/5 Miles Bus Route: 7 Guide: Arthur Lamy Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members Please wear stout shoes or walking boots.

5m (8km)

No. 7

14

SOLDIERS, SHELLFISH AND SHIPYARDS

Come on a walk through time around Gorey - unravelling centuries of history beneath the medieval castle walls, from the 19th century heyday when busy shipbuilders worked on the beach, the harbour built for oyster fishermen, the steam railway from St Helier, and the village which grew –and grew and which is still a popular spot in this corner of the Island.

Time: 2pm Meeting Point: Beside Gorey Pier bus shelter Duration: 2 hours/Medium Walk/2 Miles Bus Route: 1 Guide: Sue Hardy Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members

2m (3.2km)

No. 1

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13

15

ST CLEMENT’S PARISH WALK

16

Join Neil and Alli on a wildlife walk around St Clement, the smallest of Jersey’s parishes. Learn about the local birds, butterflies and botany along the beachfront and in the hedgerows. Take in the magnificent coastal views and discover some of the lesser known National Trust properties in the east of the island including some historic lavoirs (wash houses) where communal washing of linens and laundry took place in times past.

Time: 10am Meeting Point: Le Hocq car park Duration: 1.5/2 hours/Medium Walk /2 Miles Bus Route: 1 Guide: Neil Singleton and Alli Caldeira Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non Members

2m (3.2km)

17

No. 1

ST MARTIN’S PARISH CIRCULAR WALK

St Martin is a beautiful, verdant, parish that is blessed with a large number of interesting places to see – a harbour designed to hold the British Fleet, a number of Jersey Round Towers, and the final resting place of eminent horticulturalist Samuel Curtis.

Time: 10am Meeting Point: St Martin’s Public Hall Parking: Car park opposite the Public Hall Duration: 2.5 hours/ Hard Walk/5 miles Bus Route: 3 and 13 Guide: Arthur Lamy Please wear stout shoes or walking boots.

5m (8km)

No. 3 and 13

WALK LIKE AN EGYPTIAN!

Join National Trust for Jersey Ranger, Will Kirby on his beloved north coast cliff paths for a bracing walk along this stunning coastline. See the Jersey ‘Pyramid’, Le Platon dolman and Wolf’s Lair before returning back via the woods at Egypt.

Time: 10am Meeting Point: Jardin D ’Olivet Parking: Car park at Jardin D ‘Olivet Duration: 2.5 hours/Hard Walk/3 miles Bus Route: 4 (get off at Trinity Youth Club North and walk to Chemin D ‘Olivet and on the return journey take the bus from the stop at Bouley Bay Apartments) Guide: Will Kirby The walk is not suitable for young children or buggies.

3m (4.8km)

No. 4

19 CIRCULAR WALK FROM THE ELMS THROUGH ST PETER’S

Join Nicky Mansell and meander around the refurbished headland at Plémont to see what the National Trust for Jersey has achieved since demolishing the holiday camp that once dominated this part of the Island. The walk continues down to the point and onto the beach to explore the caves. This walk involves some clambering over rocks and you may get your feet wet as there are pools at the entrance of the caves! Find out how earthquakes are responsible for today’s landscape and how man has modified what we see.

Join your guide Bob Tompkins on a circular walk from The Elms, the headquarters of the National Trust for Jersey to St Peter’s Valley and back. The walk will encompass quiet country lanes in St Mary along the ridge above the valley before linking up with the new footpath that runs through woodland and alongside meadows.

Time: 2pm Meeting Point: Top car park at Plémont Duration: 2.5 hours/Hard Walk/2 Miles Bus Route: 8 Guide: Nicky Mansell Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members Please wear neoprene shoes or trainers which can get wet.

Time: 2.15pm Meeting Point: The Elms Parking: Available at The Elms Duration: 2.5 hours/Moderate Walk /4 miles Bus Route: 7 (Get off at Bethlehem Chapel and walk to The Elms) Guide: Bob Tompkins Price: Free for members; £5 for Non-Members

2m (3.2km)

No. 8

20 BAT WALK AT SUNSET Join the Jersey Bat Group on a circular walk with a difference around St Peter’s valley as the sun sets. Look out for these wonderful flying creatures. Find out how many species we have in Jersey and see them in flight.

Time: 7.15pm Meeting Point: Quétivel Mill Pond car park Parking: Mill Pond Car Park Price: Free, No need to pre-book 2m (3.2km)

2m (3.2km)

No. 8

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18 HIDDEN PLÉMONT

Sunday 16 September 21

WATERWORKS VALLEY NATURE WALK

Join your guides, Neil Singleton and Alli Caldeira on a nature walk around Waterworks Valley via Le Sentier du Moulin – a woodland trail created to mark the Millennium by the Parish of St Lawrence. Spot woodland birds, the red squirrel and other wonders of nature along the way.

Time: 10am Meeting Point: Hamptonne car park Duration: 1.5/2 hours/Moderate Walk /3 Miles Bus Route: 7 Guide: Neil Singleton and Alli Caldeira Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members Please wear stout shoes or walking boots.

3m (4.8km)

No. 7

22 WILD WEST WALK Join your guide, local botanist, Tina Hull, on a botany walk along the beautiful coastal strip in St Ouen’s Bay through to Le Noir Pre (the orchid fields). Learn how the land formation and management affects the flora, for example, sand dune formation, maintaining short dune and wet meadow. This time of year is very interesting for late flowerers and seed structures.

Time: 2pm Meeting Point: The car park next to ‘Big Vern’s’ Duration: 2 hours/Easy Walk/1 Mile Price: Free for members; £5 for Non Members Bus Route: 22 Guide: Tina Hull Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members Wear suitable footwear as the ground you will be walking on is uneven.

1m (1.6km)

No. 22

Join Nicky Mansell on a circular walk from L’Etacq through Les Landes – a Site of Special Interest to the ruins of a 14th-century castle at Grosnez stunning views of the other Channel Islands and the nearby coast of France and onto La Cotte a La Chèvre. The deposits of this small cave once contained the remains of approximately two hundred Lower Palaeolithic flints as well as a hand axe.

Time: 2.15pm Meeting Point: Falkner Fisheries car park, L’Etacq Duration: 2.5 hours/Hard Walk/ 3 Miles Bus Route: 22 Guide Nicky Mansell Price: Free for Members; £5 for Non-Members

3m (4.8km)

No. 22

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23 A WALK THROUGH A PREHISTORIC LANDSCAPE

Tips Top�

- for Walkers during the ‘Walking Through Autumn’ event • Bring refreshments and some snacks/ packed lunch to eat before/after your walk.

• Wear suitable footwear– some of the walks are at low water and you will get wet! Others are on soft sand, uneven ground or cliff paths so make sure that your footwear is suitable for whatever terrain you encounter.

• Wear layers or bring a waterproof – so you are dressed whatever the weather.

• If not driving, bring a bus timetable so you know what time your next bus is.

• Leave nothing but your footprints and take any rubbish home.

• Many of the walks are circular but some start at one place and finish at another.

Make sure that you can get back!

• Most of the guides are happy to have well behaved dogs on leads, but please check before you come along.

• Bring a camera so you can take pictures of what you see along the way and binoculars for bird lovers.

Meet the Guides JON PARKES

JERSEY BAT GROUP

Jon is the Lands Manager at the National Trust where he has worked for the past 15 years. Jon looks forward to taking walkers around some of the areas and projects that he and his team have managed and maintained over the years, some of which are rarely open to the public.

The Jersey Bat Group aim to help protect the Island’s bats. It is a registered charity and its statement is:

ARTHUR LAMY Arthur has been a Blue Badge Guide since 1996. A very keen walker and cyclist, Arthur works as a tourist guide occasionally, but over the years has led the (former) biannual ‘Around the Island’ walk and has led groups for Explore adventure holidays, The University of Greenwich and Nauta Dutilh UK, amongst others.

BOB TOMPKINS Bob is the Chairman of the National Trust Lands Advisory Board amongst many other hats that he wears! Bob believes in variety being the spice of life and tries varying his walks and their subject matter according to that belief. Expect the unexpected.

KAZZ PADIDAR Kazz is the Director of Wild Adventures, a company that provides adventure activities in Jersey as well as overseas. Jersey is a playground for the adventure enthusiast with a great variety of outdoor pursuits to choose from. With towering sea cliffs, stunning coastline, and award winning beaches.

AMANDA BOND Amanda is a Member of the ANFT – a Nature and Forest Therapy Guide and has worked with the National Trust for Jersey on its #LoveNature Festival leading Earth Walks.

Forest Bathing is a new venture.

To survey and monitor bat populations, roosts, hibernacula and foraging sites in Jersey and provide information and education regarding bats to the Jersey public. Where possible to take steps to help protect local bat populations, in line with recommendations from the Species Action Plan.

Anyone with an interest in bats is welcome to join the group. They hold regular meetings and run a summer survey of the Island’s roosts. The group stage member’s walks and public bat walks and opportunities to attend presentations about bats in Jersey and worldwide.

ANNE HADEN Anne is a very active botanist that works very closely with the National Trust for Jersey, a keen botanist and the Island recorder for The Botanical Society for Britain and Ireland.

JEAN TRELEVEN Jersey born with family origins extending back to the Norman period. Jean has a farming background and career in primary and secondary education, especially history and geography. Jean thoroughly enjoys sharing her knowledge and passion for Jersey with both locals and visitors.

NEIL SINGLETON AND ALLI CALDEIRA Neil and Alli run Jersey Birding Tours. Neil is a keen ornithologist and both Neil and Alli are keen nature lovers who love imparting their knowledge and passions with visitors and local residents alike.

SUE HARDY Twenty years’ experience as a Blue Badge Guide with a wealth of knowledge about the Island and its people, a life-long Jersey resident with family connections to farming and local business. Sue is a founding member of the Jersey Walking Group, an active member of The National Trust for Jersey, the Société Jersiaise, CI Family History Society, and local groups Trees for Life and Action for Wildlife, also the Association of Lighthouse Keepers.

WILL KIRBY Will is a seasoned Ranger with the National Trust for Jersey and has worked for the Trust for many years, a keen sailor, Will has completed the Clipper Round The World race where he met his Jersey born wife Cathy.

NICKY MANSELL Nicky is a Jersey Blue Badge Guide and retired geography teacher. She has lived in the Island for 36 years and is especially interested in uncovering the secrets of our landscapes from the first rock formations through ice ages and prehistoric times to today. Nicky is a keen adventurer, walker and sea kayaker.

TINA HULL Tina Hull BSc (Hons) Botany. Tina read Botany at Durham University and has a particular interest in how plants are adapted to their environment and their folk uses. Tina works closely with the National Trust for Jersey and is a Bronze Badge Guide.

How to book To book your place on any of the walks, either as a member (free) or as a non-member/visitor (Most walks are £5 apart from the Archaeological walk £10) please go to:

www.nationaltrust.je/events or call 01534 483193 The National Trust for Jersey, The Elms, La Chève Rue, St Mary, Jersey, JE3 3EN | enquiries@nationaltrust.je