Mount Bingham also known as South Hill is a hill in St. Helier, the capital of the

Channel Island The Channel Islands ( nrf, Îles d'la Manche; french: îles Anglo-Normandes or ''îles de la Manche'') are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown Dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, ...

Jersey Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west F ...

. It is named after Sir

Francis Richard Bingham Major-General Honourable Sir Francis Richard Bingham, (5 July 1863 – 5 November 1935) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey. Military career Bingham was a younger son of Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan ( ...

who served as

Lieutenant Governor of Jersey The Lieutenant Governor of Jersey (, Jèrriais: ''Gouvèrneux d'Jèrri'') is the representative of the British monarch in the Bailiwick of Jersey, a Crown dependency of the British Crown. The Lieutenant Governor has his own flag in Jersey, ...

from 1924 until 1929. A road that circles the coastal side of Mount Bingham is known by the same name.

History

During the

German occupation of the Channel Islands The military occupation of the Channel Islands by Nazi Germany lasted for most of the Second World War, from 30 June 1940 until liberation on 9 May 1945. The Bailiwick of Jersey and Bailiwick of Guernsey are two island countries and British ...

it was the site of the

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Geography

To the north is Mont de la Ville on which

Fort Regent Fort Regent is a 19th-century fortification and leisure centre on Mont de la Ville (Town Hill), in Saint Helier, Jersey, St. Helier, Jersey. The fort is in close proximity to the fortified South Hill Engineers Barracks at La Collette Power Statio ...

was built between 1806 and 1814. To the south is the

Army Reserve A military reserve force is a military organization whose members have military and civilian occupations. They are not normally kept under arms, and their main role is to be available when their military requires additional manpower. Reserve ...

garrison of the Jersey Field Squadron, the

La Collette Power Station La Collette Power Station is the main power station for Jersey, and is now the main control centre for the Channel Islands Electricity Grid. It is operated by Jersey Electricity (JE). Under normal circumstances the power generation facilities se ...

and

reclaimed land Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new Terrestrial ecoregion, land from oceans, list of seas, seas, Stream bed, riverbeds or lak ...

on which an

oil depot An oil terminal (also called a tank farm, tankfarm, oil installation or oil depot) is an industrial facility for the storage of oil, petroleum and petrochemical products, and from which these products are transported to end users or other stora ...

energy from waste Waste-to-energy (WtE) or energy-from-waste (EfW) is the process of generating energy in the form of electricity and/or heat from the primary treatment of waste, or the processing of waste into a fuel source. WtE is a form of energy recovery. Mo ...

plant and recycling center were constructed.

Land use

The area where the prisoner-of-war camp once stood was considered as the location for a

skate park A skatepark, or skate park, is a purpose-built recreational environment made for skateboarding, BMX, scootering, wheelchairs, and aggressive inline skating. A skatepark may contain half-pipes, handrails, funboxes, vert ramps, stairsets, qua ...

. Adjacent to it is an area now used by learner drivers for reversing practice and

driving test A driving test (also known as a driving exam, driver's test, or road test) is a procedure designed to test a person's ability to drive a motor vehicle. It exists in various forms worldwide, and is often a requirement to obtain a driver's lic ...

s. The hill is a location for car

hillclimbing Hillclimbing, also known as hill climbing, speed hillclimbing, or speed hill climbing, is a branch of motorsport in which drivers compete against the clock to complete an uphill course. It is one of the oldest forms of motorsport, since the fir ...

rallies. Grass areas and a small public

car park A parking lot (American English) or car park (British English), also known as a car lot, is a cleared area intended for parking vehicles. The term usually refers to an area dedicated only for parking, with a durable or semi-durable surfac ...

overlooks a small

children's playground A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors. While a playground is usually designed for children, some are designed for other age groups, or people w ...

with swings and a

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, with views overlooking Saint Helier harbour and Saint Aubin's Bay. On the western side of Mount Bingham, offices that were previously used by the

Government of Jersey , image = , caption=Logos of the Government of Jersey in English and Jèrriais , date = , state = Jersey , address = 19-21 Broad Street, Saint Helier , appointed = Chief Minister, with approval ...

Planning Department Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...

are being demolished, to be replaced by housing.

Gallery

File:Saint Helier probably late 18th century.jpg, A sketch of

St Helier St Helier (; Jèrriais: ; french: Saint-Hélier) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands in the English Channel. St Helier has a population of 35,822 – over one-third of the total population of Jersey – ...

, probably late 18th century, showing Mont de La Ville and Mount Bingham File:Map of St Helier 1834.jpg, Map of St Helier 1834 showing Mount Bingham (labelled South Hill) at the bottom File:Fort RegentElizabeth Castle Granophyre.jpg,

Granophyre Granophyre ( ; from ''granite'' and ''porphyry'') is a subvolcanic rock that contains quartz and alkali feldspar in characteristic angular intergrowths such as those in the accompanying image. The texture is called granophyric. The texture can be ...

at Mount Bingham File:Mont d'la Ville du P'tit Mont Saint Hélyi Jèrri.jpg, The view from the Planning Department offices at Mount Bingham across to

on Mont de la Ville

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