Saint Lawrence, Jersey


Saint Lawrence is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands. The parish covers 5,258 vergées and occupies the centre of the Island.
Much of the parish is inland, though it has a short stretch of coastline in St. Aubin's Bay. It borders St Peter and St Mary to the west, St John to the north and east, and St Helier to the east.

Museums

Hamptonne, the Country Life Museum, occupies restored farm buildings in the parish. An apple orchard preserves native Jersey cider apple varieties and the preinseu is the focus of the annual Faîs'sie d'cidre cidermaking festival using traditional equipment and methods. The ITV drama Under the Greenwood Tree was mostly filmed here.
The Jersey War Tunnels are a major relic of the engineering works undertaken by the occupying German forces 1940-1945. They also serve as a memorial to the many slave-workers pressed into labouring on such projects during the Second World War.

Administration

Vingtaines

The parish is divided into vingtaines for administrative purposes:
St. Lawrence is one electoral district and elects two Deputies.

Honorary Police of St Lawrence

All parishes of Jersey, including St Lawrence, have an Honorary Police force.

Politics

Including the Connétable, the parish has three elected representatives in the States of Jersey. As of 2011 the parish Deputies are Deputy John Le Fondré and Deputy Edward Noel.

Demographics

The parish has 5,418 residents according to the 2011 census.

Twin towns

St Lawrence is twinned with: