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St Martin's Round
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This is a varied and attractive walk through the most northeasterly parish, on road, as well as woodland and coastal tracks.


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St Martin is typical of a Jersey parish centre: with the pub opposite the church, and the shops and parish hall close by. The Royal boasts two large bars with superb food and an upstairs waiter-service restaurant. Queen Victoria visited Jersey only once, officially, yet the Island boasts roads, clubs, piers and pubs named after her, and many a "Royal", from pubs to potatoes.

Start the walk from between pub and church, down the hill (La Grande Route de Rozel) as far as the second turning on the right (La Rue des Vaux de L'Eglise). This lane leads to a pumping station - pick up the track through St Catherine's woods at this point. Continue downhill keeping close to the stream, passing La Maseline reservoir on the left, and join the road again.

Turn north towards the 18th century coastal tower and Lifeboat Station and pick up the track along the edge of the cliff. This is St Catherine's Bay. The breakwater was built by the British Admiralty against local advice, the water being shallow and the currents extremely strong. Intended as a harbour, it was never completed. The beginning of the southern arm can be seen to the right, with the red and white painted tower. Follow the cliff path north past Belval Cove and rejoin the road. This is Verclut Point ('Little Gibraltar'), quarried away during construction of the breakwater. During the Occupation, the interior was excavated to create an underground ammunition store. There are toilets and a café here, just by the St Martin Millennium Stone.

Pick up the track along the cliff towards the coastal tower 300 metres to the north, either close to the shoreline or over the hill and through the woods.

Walk down into Flicquet Bay, then up the hill past the castellated house to the crossroads. Turn right into La Rue du Scez. The area is known as La Haie Fleurie, derived from the colourful Escallonia hedges. Continue down the steep hill to Le Saie, reputedly a former by Viking harbour. At the end of the road is a track leading off to the left. A 5000 years old gallery grave on the right, and beyond this, on Le Couperon Point, is the site of a mid-19th century battery.

Continue up the track until it joins the main road - turn right. Notice the unusual rock along the roadside, a conglomerate known as 'pudding stone', found only in Rozel.

At the bottom of the hill and just up the lane to the left is the Rozel Bay Inn. With log fires in the winter and a sun-terrace for the summer, this is one of the Island's most charming public houses, offering a selection of real ales and bar snacks and restaurant quality food. There is often a barbecue on Sunday afternoons.

Continue up the lane inland (La Vallee de Rozel) up the steep climb to Rozel Mill, one of 64 mills once actively grinding Russian corn for export to America in the 19th century.

Turn right at the T-junction along La Rue des Alleurs. Turn next left down the C110, after a distance, then first left down La Rue du Puchot, This leads to 'La Salle Publique' adjoining 'Ecole Elementaire', the parish hall and primary school - French was the main language until the end of the 19th century.

Turn left and return to the church and the end of the walk at The Royal, St Martin.

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