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St Catherine's Breakwater

St Catherine, St Martin 1 hour Verified 2026-06

A half-mile Victorian breakwater striding out into the sea on the north-east coast.

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Why visit

The simplest great walk on the island: twenty minutes out, twenty back, and the closest you can get to standing in the middle of the sea without a boat.

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Built in the 1850s as part of a grand Admiralty harbour that was never finished, the breakwater at St Catherine is now one of Jersey's favourite walks — flat, sea-on-both-sides and ending with views across to France on a clear day. Anglers line the wall and a popular café sits at the landward end.

Good to know

Exposed in wind — take a layer. The wall has no railing on the seaward side.

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