Sunday 3 June 2007

St. Helier Harbour

St. Helier harbour is comprised of a commercial port and various marinas for yachts and boats. There's also a lifeboat station and maritime museum, which is open all year round.

The photograph below, shows the older part of the harbour with Fort Regent in the background.

Elizabeth Marina

This is Jersey's newest marina, which was opened by HRH Prince Andrew in 1998. It has modern facilities, including electricity and water for each berth, and a pump out service available. The marina is monitored by CCTV for security purposes.

The newly constructed building, in the background of the photo, is the Harbour Reach apartment block.


Ferry Terminal

The Elizabeth Terminal, and other smaller terminals, are used by ferry operators. They operate on routes between Jersey, Guernsey, Poole, Portsmouth, Weymouth, St. Malo, Carteret and Granville. Car and passenger ferries operate on these routes.

If you are holidaying on Jersey, you might like to take a day trip to France. Journey time by ferry is approximately 1 hour. St. Malo is a very popular tourist destination.

Local Amenities

The Harbour is located in Jersey's main town of St. Helier. So, pretty much all services are available within walking distance, including banks, shopping areas, hotels, cinemas, gyms, swimming pool, the general hospital and tourist attractions.

Jersey Tourism's information centre is near by, you can visit them online at www.jersey.com.

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