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About Jersey
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| Cycling in Jersey - Route D - North Central |
Longueville ManorHotel, Queen’s Valley St Martin, Zoo, Trinity, Les Flatons, Mont Mado, Victoria Village, St Saviour’s School.
Attractions
Queen’s Valley Reservoir St. Martin’s Church, Zoo (Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust), Trinity Church, Centre Stone.
Refreshment Stops
The Royal, St Martin, a country pub which also has a restaurant, the Zoo, and theTrinity Arms. There are also cafés and reataurants in Bonne Nuit Bay, a diversion down and up a steep hill.
Distance
18.5 miles (29.6 km)
START: Find your way to the Longueville Manor Hotel in St Saviour (see section on routes out of town for directions from Liberation Square) and proceed up Rue St Thomas (becomes Val Poucin), which will take you to a five-road signposted crossing.
Cross over into the lane immediately opposite, keeping the football field on your right-hand side. The lane bends to the right then to the left (after the granite houses), then descends a steep hill. At the bottom of the hill, turn left onto the main road, then fork right (Rue du Moulin de Bas), and immediately right again, passing below the dam at the bottom of Queen’s Valley Reservoir. Just past the Lower Mill Pottery on the left, the road rises sharply: turn left here and climb the steep hill alongside the reservoir. A walk around the reservoir is highly recommended (no bicycles are permitted).
Keep straight along this lane. There are wonderful views to Gorey Castle to the right. At the main road turn left down the hill. The main entrance to Queen’s Valley Reservoir is at the bottom of the hill. After the granite arch on the right-hand side, turn right into Rue de la Chouquetterie.
Cycle up the hill and turn first left (Rue du Bouillon). Take the next left into Rue de Beauvelande, then second right (Rue de l’Orme) and left at the T-junction (La Longue Rue).
St Martin’s Church and the Royal Hotel are just off to the right here (detour down Rue de Payn). Cross the main road by the Catholic Church at the end of La Longue Rue and head straight on until you reach a fork in the road at Le Houquet House. Fork left here (Rue du Carrefour), go across the main road into Rue des Cabarettes, turn right at the T-junction and turn immediately left into Rue du Pont, which is sign-posted to Victoria Village. Turn next right into Rue de Diélament. This lane leads to the back of the Zoo. Take the last turning on the left just before the rear of the Zoo (Rue de la Fosse, becomes Rue des Cateaux). Continue until you reach a T-junction. Turn right. You are now in La Verte Rue, which brings you onto the main road close to the Trinity Arms and Holy Trinity Church.
Cycle past the church in the direction of Ville A l’Evêque (B51). Turn right into Ruette de la Ville A l’Evéque, then right into Rue Coutanees and right into Rue de la Fontaine de Colard. Turn right at the main road and first left into L’AIIée.
At the T-junction turn left (Rue du Nord), crossing into Rue Coutanche, and then Rue de Ia Petite Lande. This will bring you out onto Rue des Platons (C97). Turn left towards the west and Bonne Nuit Bay. There is a viewpoint a little further along on the right, where often there is an ice-cream van to be found. The first turning on the right will take you on a detour to Bonne Nuit Bay.
To avoid the detour, keep to the left at this point (Rue Asplet becomes Rue de la Monnaie, then Rue de la Mare des Prés). At the first yellow line across the route, turn left, then right at the second yellow line onto the main road (Route de Mont Mado). Turn first left into the pretty wooded ‘green lane, turn right at the end, then immediately left. Cross over at the next junction, continuing down La Rue du Pont.
After the short hill at the top of this lane, turn left and immediately right into Rue du Bel au Vent (which becomes Route de St Jean), then second left opposite La Houguette (Rue de St Germain/Rue des Servais).
At the main St John’s Road, turn left up the road and first right by the small cemetery (Rue des Houguettes/Rue des Haies). At the end of Rue des Haies turn right (Rue de Brabant, which becomes Rue des Ifs). At the main road turn left, then first right into Rue de la Croisene.
After the right-hand bend, turn left down into the va]ley (Rue au Bajlqi) and first left up a sharp hill (La Commune). Notice the parish boundary stone at the top. Turn right and first left into Rue du Ponterrin. At the next crossroads, turn right into Rue du ChAteau Clairval, which becomes Rue de St Mannelier, then Mont Sohier, then Bel Air Lane.
At the T-junction at Deloraine Road, turn left. Cross into Chasse Brunet, over the first and the second main roads. After St Saviour’s School, turn left and across the main road into Rue de la Retraite. After the next bend, there is a steep descent then climb. Be careful - this not a ‘green lane’ .
First right into La Fréminerie at the top of the hill brings you back down into Rue St Thomas, where a right turn leads hack to the Longueville Manor Hotel.
PTGH wish to thank Jersey Tourism for their help in providing the above information.
19/01/2006
© 2006 Preston Travel Group Holdings Limited. All rights reserved.
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