Jersey for the Tourist

Jersey is one of the Channel Islands, a small collection of self-governed British Commonwealth territories off the north coast of France. You can find more information about Jersey on this page, and on the following pages:

Getting there | Things to Do | Eating | Drinking | Chocolate | Getting About

Your best bet for tourism opportunities is the Jersey Tourism web site. Other web sites about tourist attractions in Jersey include:

Jersey Insight
This is Jersey
Jayne's Jersey
Jersey Heritage Trust

For information about the weather in Jersey please see the Jersey Met Office.

The Map

And here is what the island looks like. Note all those beaches. St. Helier is at the centre of the concentration of road to the right of the big bay on the south side of the island.

Click on the map for a larger image. Please note that it may take quite a while to download.

A map of St. Helier in PDF format is available here.

Phones on Jersey

The cell phone service on Jersey is operated by Jersey Telecom. It operates on the same band as Vodaphone and BT Cellnet (900MHz). If you have an Orange or One-2-One phone on 1800MHz, it must have dual band capability to work on the island. JT is a separate system from the UK
operators and roaming charges will apply for both outgoing and incoming calls. Please contact your mobile phone company to check that your phone allows roaming, if you intend to use it on the island. Roaming rates vary depending on your supplier and your phone plan.

Visitors from overseas are warned that most cut rate services (e.g. those 800 numbers where you can get billed by your US phone company) do not work on Jersey. You will have to pay normal international call rates.

Many internet services such as CIX and GRIC are not available from Jersey. The BT Internet pay-as-you-go number appears to be OK.

Customs

Jersey is still taking precautions against the possibility of importing foor & mouth disease from the UK. There are no restrictions on movement as no actual cases have got to the island, but are are restrictions on what you can import. The following cannot be brought into Jersey:

• Any meat from susceptible animals e.g. beef, pork, lamb etc
• Any dairy products such as cheese and butter.
  

Shopping

Unlike the mainland, Jersey still treats holidays as holidays rather than an excuse to go shopping. Most shops on the island will be closed on Good Friday and Easter Monday.