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View of Elizabeth Castle from St Helier Beach Jersey's Elizabeth Castle sits on a tidal island, just off St Helier and was built to protect the capital's port. Viewed here from St Helier beach, at low tide. This picture appears in the following picture tour: |
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The Amphibious Ferry Returning to St Helier From Elizabeth Castle at Low Tide The very popular (especially amongst children) amphibious ferry bus enables visits from St Helier to Elizabeth Castle whether the tide is in or out. Sometimes you'll get to drive out and sail back, or vice-versa, but its great fun either way. This picture appears in the following picture tour: |
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Sir Walter Raliegh's Quarters in the Castle, When He Was Governor of Jersey Sir Walter Raleigh was Governor of Jersey at the beginning of the 17th century and he commissioned the building of the castle that he named after the then queen, Elizabeth 1st. This picture appears in the following picture tour: |
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Helier's Hermitage Near Elizabeth Castle When Helier lived here in the 6th century, this rock was an island, separate even from the tidal Islet on which the Abbey stood and which is now the base of Elizabeth Castle. The Hermitage would have been no more than 4 roughly built walls and a roof, as hermit's lived extremely basic and simple lives. This picture appears in the following picture tours: |
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Elizabeth Castle Viewed From the Ruined Abbey Near Helier's Hermitage This view of Elizabeth Castle is through what was probably a window in the nearby Abbey of St Helier, that was ruined in Henry VIII's Reformation. This picture appears in the following picture tour: |
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Elizabeth Castle View at Night This night time view of Elizabeth Castle was taken from the marina and at high tide. This picture appears in the following picture tour: |
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Elizabeth Castle and its Gun Garden Most of the Castle's cannons were aimed out to sea, to protect St Helier and its port from incoming invasions. This picture appears in the following picture tour: |
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Elizabeth Castle Barracks and Parade Ground A View of Elizabeth Castle's Barracks for housing the soldiers and the Parade Ground, used for training, inspecting the troops and ceremonial occasions. This picture appears in the following picture tour: |
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Castle View From the Gun Garden A view of some of Elizabeth Castle's cannons in the Gun Garden, with the Castle in the background. This picture appears in the following picture tour: |
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View Out to Sea From the Grounds of Elizabeth Castle This view out to sea from the castle grounds was probably a lookout post, but I think the safety bars were added more recently. This picture appears in the following picture tours: |
