The Forest (

Guernésiais Guernésiais (), also known as Guerneseyese, ''Dgèrnésiais'', Guernsey French, and Guernsey Norman French, is the variety of the Norman language spoken in Guernsey. It is sometimes known on the island simply as "patois". As one of the langues d ...

: La Fouarêt, French: La Forêt) is a

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Guernsey Guernsey ( ; Guernésiais: ''Guernési''; ) is the second-largest island in the Channel Islands, located west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, which includes five other inhabited isl ...

. It is the highest parish on the island, with altitudes of up to about 100 m. The full title of the parish is ''Ste Marguerite de la Foret'', after the parish church. The old

nickname for people from La Fouarêt was ''bourdaons'' (). The

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s for street addresses in this parish begin with GY8. Forest was the first parish in the Island to receive some unwelcome visitors. Chief Officer Inspector W Sculpher recorded the following in the Occurrence Book dated Wednesday, 3 July 1940: "I beg to report that at about 8pm on 30th June a number of German Armed Forces landed at the Airport, Forest."

Geography

The Forest is located in the south of

. It borders the parishes of St Peter's to the west, St Saviour's to the north-west, St Andrew's to the north and St Martin's to the east. Beaches The south coast is mostly made up of cliffs, but the beaches in The Forest include: * Le Portelet (inaccessible from land; it can be accessed by swimming from Petit Bôt or by boat) * Part of Petit Bôt Relief The parish goes up to an altitude of about 100 m (the highest in the island). The only low areas are at the coast, where there are steep cliffs.

Climate

The Meteorological Observatory has been at Guernsey Airport since it was built in 1939.

Features

The features of the parish include: * Forest church * Forest Methodist church * Coast ** A cliff walk along the South coast ** Petit Bôt bay ** Le Portelet * Guernsey Airport * Guernsey's highest point * Le Perron du Roi megalith * Military: ** Parish war memorial inside church Lych gate ** Tower 13, Petit Bôt Bay ** St Clair Battery dating from the

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** Saints Bay Battery dating from the

** German Occupation Museum ** German fortifications, built during the occupation 1940–45 * Abreuvoirs (places for cattle to drink) * A number of protected buildings The parish of the Forest hosts: * Forest Douzaine Room *

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has its head office on the airport property * The Mallard Cinema * Countryside walks * The Met Office Guernsey Airport Terminal

Main roads

The following main roads (listed from west–east) provide important links between The Forest and the other parishes: * Rue De Manoir (leads to Torteval) * Rue De Farras (leads to St Peter's) * Route Des Blicqs (leads to St Andrew's, St Peter Port and the North of the island) * Forest Road (leads to St Martin's) The following main roads (listed from west–east) are also very important as they provide access to the Parish Centre and the Airport: * Rue Des Landes * Le Bourg

Politics

Forest comprises part of the West

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with Torteval, St. Saviour's and St. Pierre-du-Bois In the

2016 Guernsey general election The 2016 Guernsey general election was held on 27 April 2016 to elect 38 members of the States of Guernsey who will serve until 2020. There was a by-election in October 2016 to fill a vacancy in the district of Vale. Electoral system Followin ...

there was a 3,188 or 74% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) being ''Al Brouard'', ''Andrea Dudley-Owen'', ''Emilie Yerby'', ''David De Lisle'' and ''Shane Langlois''.

Notable people

* Ernest Martin Jehan,

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officer during

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* Thomas de la Rue, founder of De La Rue plc * William Le Lacheur, sea captain with strong links to Costa Rica

References

External links

Forest Parish website

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