Gorey Village Main Road

From outside Jersey Pottery.

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Steps into the harbour

A walkway and steps leading from the promenade at Gorey into the harbour.

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Pottery Car Park

The car park at Jersey Pottery.

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Gorey Promenade

An accessible walkway alongside the harbour.

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Gorey Chain

A seaweed encrusted chain on the beach at Gorey Harbour.

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Gorey Seawall

Looking along the inside of the seawall at Gorey Harbour.

Low tide in Gorey Harbour

The beach at Gorey Harbour has been used for loading cargo since at least the Middle Ages. In 1685 Dumaresq wrote that Gorey was the most ancient port of the Island and described the pier as "old and decayed". In 1815, it was decided to rebuild the decaying pier to serve the 150 or so visiting oyster-fishing boats stationed in the port during the season. The work cost £16,000 and was completed by 1817 and, in the following years, hotels, chandlers and houses were built along the pier when the land beneath the castle was sold off by the Crown.

Today the harbour has been taken over by yachts and small craft.

Read more on This is Jersey.

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Gorey Methodist Church

Gorey Methodist Church was opened on 5th January 1840. It was built in the then "new town" of Gorey to accommodate a congregation of oyster fishermen - around 250 to 300 people worshipped there regularly during the boom years of the oyster fisheries.

The last service took place on 6 January 2006, with a sermon preached by the Methodist Superintendent, the Rev David Coote, and a lesson read by the former St Brelade Constable, Enid Quénault.

Read more in the Jersey Evening Post report.

According to the "That Was Jersey" website (last updated 2008), Gorey used to have three Methodist churches. Salem built in 1832 for the French speaking congregation was in Daisy Hill. The church was closed in 1921. That building has had varied uses since then, but is now boarded up. The third was built for the Bible Christians group of Methodists and was in use by them from 1864-1916. Since then it has been used as a cinema, and for badminton, and it is now the home of the Catholic church in Gorey village.

In 2009 Gorey Methodist Church was converted into a dwelling-house. The interior had been sectioned off into smaller spaces with a covered ceiling at eaves level. This was completely stripped out leaving only the trusses and roof in position. A four bedroom house was built in about two thirds of the building leaving a full height atrium at one end. This rises to 14 metres at its apex, making the house within a church a highly insulated eco-friendly high spec dwelling.

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Gorey Promenade

In the centre of the gardens is the memorial Recollection

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Gorey Village Main Road

From outside Jersey Pottery.

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Gorey lillies

On the lily pond at Gorey.

Inside Gorey Harbour

Inside Gorey Harbour at low tide.

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Gorey Gardens

Gardens alongside the promenade at Gorey.

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Replica Keel

Part of the memorial Recollection

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Wistaria Cottage Doorway

Wistaria Cottage Doorway
The entrance to Wistaria Cottage.

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Wistaria Cottage

On Gorey Village Main Road

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Cycle park

Parking for bicycles at the foot of La Monte de Gorey.

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Recollection Reflections

Reflections in the lily pond by the ornamental fountain at Gorey designed by Cyril Warren in 1976.

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Recollection

Inscription on the stone by the ornamental fountain at Gorey designed by Cyril Warren in 1976.

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Recollection

Recollection is an ornamental fountain at Gorey designed by Cyril Warren in 1976.

The stone reads:

RECOLLECTION
THIS SYMBOLIC KEEL
RECALLS THE
NINETEENTH CENTURY
SHIPYARDS
OF GOREY

Engraved on the sides of the keel are the names of 16 of the largest ships built at Gorey when ship construction was a thriving industry in the area during the 18th century. The idea of the fountain is to recall those days. The keel is laid on bricks possibly as old as Gorey's shipbuilding industry. They were taken from the old prison at Newgate Street.

For more information see La Société Jersiaise website.

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