Devil’s Hole (10/28/25)

Bob and I walked downtown today to catch the number 7 bus to the Devil’s Hole (a natural crater in a cliff along the sea coast) on the north coast of the island. We hadn’t made it to the north coast before, and it did not disappoint—amazing rugged cliffs, lovely blue sea, and truth in advertising, a devil as well.

There is a bus stop in the parking lot of an inn/pub where the footpath down to Devil’s Hole begins.

Not the prettiest sign, but it got us started in the right direction.

This was one of the first things we saw along the path.

Devil’s Hole used to be called the Spiral Cave. One possible reason for the current name stems from a shipwreck of a French boat in 1851. Its figurehead was thrust straight into the hole by the tide, and a local sculptor transformed the torso into a wooden devil. This is that sculpture. It sets a mood.

Our first glimpse of the sea
on the short walk down to the viewing platform

If you enlarge this photo,
you can see land just to the left of the the rocks.
Not sure if that is France
or other smaller Channel Islands near Jersey.

Looking down the path, which circles around this cliff

The Devil’s Hole, hard to capture the steepness of it

The Priory Inn and Pub, which was not open while we were there

The bus only runs hourly, so we had some time to kill before walking back near the La Mare Wine Estate where we needed to catch the bus heading back to St Helier. There was a posted footpath nearby, so we followed that for a bit back towards the sea.

Lovely scenery on that walk too.