St Aubin Hotels. Saint Aubin is a port in the Channel Island of Jersey. It opens out to a bay of the Gulf of Saint-Malo. Originally a fishing village at the opposite end of St. Aubin's Bay from the town of Saint Helier, St. Aubin is now the hub of the parish of St. Brelade. St Aubin Hotels.

The Parish Hall of St. Brelade is situated in St. Aubin

While St Aubin's is a beautiful, sweeping bay, at low water, you face a long walk and a long wade before you can swim with ease. St Aubin Hotels. There are good shops, cafe and restaurant facilities and plenty of parking at many points around the bay though, which has St Helier at its eastern end and St Aubin in the west. St Aubin's Bay is popular with water-skiers and windsurfers. St Aubin Hotels. Jet skis are available for hire and water-skiing tuition is available from the Jersey Sea Sport Centre on La Haule Slip.

The gardens around St Aubin

Parking: There are several car parks along the length of the bay, but even these get congested during summer weekends.

Refreshments: There are cafes at several locations along the beach, as well as beach kiosks. St Aubin Hotels.

Toilets: Several along the length of the bay.

Swimming: Very safe at all states of the tide. The beach slopes very gently, and the sea is rarely rough in summer.

Sunshine: Catches the sun all day.

Shelter: Very sheltered from westerly and easterly winds. St Aubin Hotels.

Sand: Soft, golden sand along its entire length, although from La Haule to St. Aubin is permanently wet.

Beach sports: Windsurfing, hobie cats, water skiing, jetskiing, wakeboarding, banana boat rides.

More vintage shots of St Aubins Bay

There were several attempts to create a railway in the Island, but it was the proposals made in the 1860s that led to the construction of the Jersey Railway during 1870. It was opened with great ceremony in September of that year, consisting initially of a line from St Helier to St Aubin, with intermediate stations at West Park, First Tower, Millbrook, Bel Royal, Beaumont and La Haule. The St Helier station, where offices were added in 1901, became the Tourism Offices at the Weighbridge. St Aubin Hotels. At the St Aubin end of the line was a station and hotel, now the St Brelade parish hall. Associated with the railways construction was work on the provision of a sea wall along St Aubin's Bay.

The Parish Hall of St. Brelade is situated in St. Aubin