Have you been to Jersey (Channel Island)?

[rockyraccoon]

There is so much variety in 45 square miles. From beaches to country lanes and the usual castles, harbours and museums plus an amazing choice of restaurants, shops etc..

What would you recommend for 2 adults couple? We are looking for a nice B&B or hotel in a good location with access to main attractions.

We are also planning to hire bikes for getting around.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Depending on your interest in WW2 history the underground hospital can be worth a visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohlgangsanlage_8

 

[upsidedown]

We stop in a place called the Sandranne in St Helier. It's a proper 70s throwback but it's clean, cheap and the food's ok, if a bit predictable. I find it's better to save money on the hotel and spend it in restaurants.

We normally hire bikes from Zebra hire in St Helier, but you can get them from a small place at the beginning of the railway track ride by St Brelades.

 

[Dayvo]

Try and visit the other islands: Guernsey, Sark, Herm, Alderney, and take your bikes with you. Or even a visit to France.

It's a lovely part of the British Isles - so far from the maddening crowd.

 

[Davidc]

Try and visit the other islands: Guernsey, Sark, Herm, Alderney, and take your bikes with you. Or even a visit to France.

It's a lovely part of the British Isles - so far from the maddening crowd.

Um - no. Not part of the UK either.

 

[User482]

Um - no. Not part of the UK either.

The British Isles includes the Channel Islands.

 

[User482]

Yes, it is. If not, what is it part of? An independent republic? I take it you haven't been there!

No, it's a crown dependency. Not part of the UK, but part of the British Isles.

 

[Dayvo]

Um - no. Not part of the UK either.

I think you'll find it is part of the British Isles:

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/britain/britishisles.htm

 

[Davidc]

The British Isles includes the Channel Islands.

Not in my atlas - they're marked as a separate island group (which includes several French owned islands).If you can find a reference from the RGS which says they are I'll accept it, otherwise not.

I think you'll find it is part of the British Isles:

http://www.woodlands...ritishisles.htm

Sorry Davyo, I don't accept that as an authoritative source. I'll accept a reference from the RGS though.

 

[Dayvo]

No, it's a crown dependency. Not part of the UK, but part of the British Isles.

That's what I meant before I mistakenly removed my post. Not part of the UK but part of the British Isles.

 

[Dayvo]

Not in my atlas - they're marked as a separate island group (which includes several French owned islands).

Do Rutland and Middlesex appear as counties in your atlas, too?

 

[User482]

Not in my atlas - they're marked as a separate island group (which includes several French owned islands).If you can find a reference from the RGS which says they are I'll accept it, otherwise not.



Sorry Davyo, I don't accept that as an authoritative source. I'll accept a reference from the RGS though.

Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for "Great Britain" – namely, England, Scotland and Wales – said it defines the "British Isles" as being "all the main and offshore islands of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands".

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/10/isles-of-scilly-jersey-warmest-britain

 

[Davidc]

Do Rutland and Middlesex appear as counties in your atlas, too?

No, but Avon and Cleveland do.

It's a question of physical geograpy. The Channel Islands are part of the same formation as the land forming the Cherbourg Peninsula. The name I learnt for them was the Anglo-Norman Islands when I was visiting them regularly years ago. I'm not sure how a Channel Islander would view them either.

 

[Davidc]

Ordnance Survey, the national mapping agency for "Great Britain" – namely, England, Scotland and Wales – said it defines the "British Isles" as being "all the main and offshore islands of Great Britain and Ireland, as well as the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands".

http://www.guardian....warmest-britain

As I say, I'll conceed if the RGS agree with you. The ordnance survey certainly mapped the islands, they mapped Bermuda as well.

As far as I can see from a quick search the correct term seems to be "The Normandy Archipelago"

 

[Flying_Monkey]

As I say, I'll conceed if the RGS agree with you. The ordnance survey certainly mapped the islands, they mapped Bermuda as well.

What's so special about the RGS? Ordinance Survey do the definitive mapping of Britain. The Royal Geographical Society is a society of paid members, rather like an academic gentlemen's club.

However, legally, the Channel Islands are part of 'the British Islands', not 'the Britsh Isles'. This is set down in a delightfully dull piece of legislation called the Interpretation Act 1978, which defines how terms are to be used in legislation.

You can find the specific reference here.