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Crown Dependency Guernsey, Channel Islands | ||
The Forest (Guernésiais: La Fouarêt, French La Forêt) is a parish in Guernsey. It is the highest parish on the island, with altitudes of up to about 100 m. The full title of the parish is Ste Marguerite de la Foret, after the parish church.
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Map of Forest, Guernsey
The old Guernésiais nickname for people from La Fouarêt was bourdaons.
The postal codes for street addresses in this parish begin with GY8.
Forest was the first parish in the Island to receive some unwelcome visitors. Chief Officer Inspector W Sculpher recorded the following in the Occurrence Book dated Wednesday, 3rd July 1940: "I beg to report that at about 8pm on 30th June a number of German Armed Forces landed at the Airport, Forest."
Geography
The Forest is located in the south of Guernsey. It borders the parishes of St Peter's to the west, St Saviour's to the north-west, St Andrew's to the north and St Martin's to the east.
Beaches The south coast is mostly made up of cliffs, but the beaches in The Forest include:
Relief The parish goes up to an altitude of about 100 m (the highest in the island). The only low areas are at the coast, where there are steep cliffs.
Climate
The Meteorological Observatory has been at Guernsey Airport since it was built in 1939.
Main roads
The following main roads (listed from West-East) provide important links between The Forest and the other parishes:
The following main roads (listed from West-East) are also very important as they provide access to the Parish Centre and the Airport:
Politics
Forest comprises part of the West administrative division with Torteval, St. Saviour's and St. Pierre-du-Bois
In the Guernsey general election, 2016 there was a 3,188 or 74% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) being Al Brouard, Andrea Dudley-Owen, Emilie Yerby, David De Lisle and Shane Langlois.