Clearview House Guidebook

We are delighted that you have chosen to come and stay in our home and hope that you will enjoy a wonderful stay. This is intended to be a brief guide to the local area and our home to get you started, but don't hesitate to get in touch if you have any problems or have any queries. We really would like you to have a pleasant stay!

Jersey is blessed with stunning scenery, be that the coastline, beaches and castles or the stunning countryside. Even the cows are pretty! Initially, in some ways it feels like living in a traditional 'English' village and may be reminiscent of a way of like about 20 years ago in England. But of course, there is also the strong French influence with a smattering of French language seen in the road and place names, local surnames and cooking, not to mention the quaint Norman French granite farmhouses similar to those in Brittany and Normandy.

The nearest shops to us are in Gorey village where you can find two convenience stores, pharmacy, butcher, dry cleaners, gift shop, cafe, optician, fruit and veg shop and a very good fish and chip shop. Further along from Gorey village is a petrol station with an Iceland wine shop and across the road from there a Co-Operative small supermarket open daily. The main supermarkets are Co-Operative Grande Marche in St Peter and St Martin, and Waitrose in Red Houses, Grands Vaux St Helier and Rue de Pres in St Saviour (our nearest one). Marks and Spencer food stores are in St Martin and St John.

The nearest bank is HSBC at Five Oaks and the nearest ATMs are at the petrol stations in Gorey, Five Oaks, and at Durrell Zoo. Please note that you will only get Jersey notes from the ATMs. You can use English/Scottish/Guernsey notes and coins in Jersey but you have to take Jersey currency to your bank in the UK to swap it to English notes if you take them home with you.

The island is only 9 by 5 miles and so you need to think small and slow! The maximum speed limit is 40mph and in most villages it is 20mph and on 'green lanes' 15mph. The roads are narrow and there are sharp turns and blind corners and so please drive carefully and slowly. Parking can be a confusing affair with different schemes in operation in different car parks. Most will use the Just Park app. Please check where you park and follow it as the parking attendance will be checking Mon-Sat 8am - 5pm!

Accident and Emergency is free of charge for UK residents but in-patient care and GP and dental care visits are not. You need adequate medical insurance for your stay to pay for any unexpected healthcare. Dial 999 for police, ambulance, fire brigade or coastguard.

The house is the third house along on the right hand side of La Rue de la Pouclee et des Quatre Chemins. Look for the white garage door. Wi-Fi for Clearview Guest is delightfulstar988 Use the recycle bin outside for glass - don't put any glass into the kitchen refuse bin. Cardboard, paper, cans, tins and plastic bottle can be recycled in Jersey. Put them in the old wash-basket next to the washing machine. Food scraps can go in the counter-top bin then put out on the compost heap at the end of the garden. Everything else can go into the kitchen bin. Bin collection is on Mondays.

Derek lives next to us in Clearview Cottage which is attached to the main house. Please keep his parking space free and only park your car in the space in front of the garage. The is more parking space further down on the road.

Please only set it to 38 degrees and close the lid after use. We like guests to take a shower before going in to avoid too much sand in the hot tub.

Please use the Masterkey lock situated to the right hand side of the garage near to the downpipe from the guttering. The keycode is 4791. Please put the key back there when you leave.

Derek our neighbour owns two cats who like to use our garden. Tigger is the tabby and Marmalade is the ginger cat. Marmalade in particular is very friendly and may try and get inside the house. It is up to you if you let her in and feed her with food next to the tumble dryer. Derek is her primary carer though so they will get fed!