| The Channel Islands are situated a few miles from the | | | | time. |
| coast of France but over seventy miles from the | | | | William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, invaded |
| United Kingdom. Jersey lies in the Bay of Mont St | | | | and captured England in 1066. The French king later |
| Michel and is the largest of the Channel Islands. It | | | | invaded and captured Normandy in 1204. The Islanders |
| measures ten miles east to west and six miles north | | | | chose to stay subject to the Crown of England. in |
| to south. From the parapets of Mont Orgueil Castle to | | | | return for their loyalty, the Islands were allowed to |
| the gentle sweep of the bay beyond, its hard to | | | | retain their own government and even today they are |
| imagine a more peaceful and tranquil island. Transport | | | | not legally part of the United Kingdom or the European |
| to Jersey is accessible by train ferry or air. | | | | Union. |
| It has been an island for approximately eight thousand | | | | Tax laws have made the Channel Islands a major |
| years. Jerseys landscape and the character of its | | | | financial centre and home to many wealthy British |
| people are forged by centuries of battles, exploration, | | | | people. Duty free goods are sold on ferries to the |
| struggle and reinvention, leaving behind a unique legacy | | | | Channel Islands, but not on ferries to France. |
| of history, culture and heritage. | | | | A holiday in Jersey is advisable twelve months of the |
| The earliest evidence of human activity in the island | | | | year. It has been a favourite with the discerning holiday |
| dates to about two hundred and fifty thousand years | | | | explorer. Visiting part of the British isles with an |
| ago. Bands of hunters used the caves at La Cotte de | | | | independent spirit all its own, you wont need passports |
| St Brelade as a base for hunting mammoth. There | | | | and there is no need to change money. There is |
| was sporadic activity in the area by nomadic bands of | | | | accommodation to suit all. It offers wide flexibility. It is |
| hunters until the introduction of settled communities in | | | | good value for money and quality throughout. It is a |
| the Neolithic period, which is marked by the building of | | | | great place to see and spend a holiday or a short |
| the ritual burial sites known as dolmens. Archaeological | | | | break because it offers sandy beaches, castles and |
| evidence shows that there were trading links with | | | | history. |
| Brittany and the south coast of England during this | | | | |