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Parish Walk: St Clement (10/21/25)

St Clement is the smallest parish on the island, but it’s location on the sheltered south coast and proximity to St Helier have made it a popular place to live. St Clement was Bishop of Rome in 92 AD and is the Patron Saint of Sailors, having achieved martyrdom when he was thrown into the Black Sea with an anchor tied around his neck for providing water to fellow prisoners.

St Clement Parish is southeast of St Saviour. It was about an eight mile walk, but since we walked to the start and then back again, it made our mileage total for the day about 11 miles. We had a bit of everything on our walk — sun, cloud, and rain, but it was definitely less windy than yesterday.

A garden center and tea room we hope to visit
not far from the house
Walking down a country lane
A view over the parish to St Clement’s Bay
Lots of fields before we got closer to the coast
Another country road towards the coast
A residential building on the coastal road across from the bay
Low tide allowed us to walk on the beach for a bit
Looking the opposite way up the beach
One of three lighthouses in the parish.
This one offers safe passage
for shipping into St Helier harbor.
There is a lighthouse across from this in the bay
for the same purpose.
Modern homes along the coast road
and some high residential buildings behind.
These are the only ones we have seen so far.
A stone noting the unsuccessful escape attempt
by young Jerseymen during the occupation
Looking across the beach to Green Island,
so called as it stays green all year
Stones commemorating two individuals who successfully swam around the island of Jersey in 2000. Helen did it faster!
An 18th century Jersey Round Tower,
one of the 19 remaining from the 30 built
as a defense against the French
La Hougette lighthouse on the top of a hill in the parish
St Clement’s Church, dating from at least the mid 11th century
Our walk had us sharing the road with cars on quieter rural roads
Formerly, Grouville Windmill, which was converted
into a lookout tower during WWII
A view of the medieval Mont Orgueil or Gorey Castle
Approaching St Clement’s Church and Caldwell Hall,
the original parish hall in St Clement

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