Coastal Trail · 14 places
Ouaisné Bay
A sandy bay on the south-west coast, separated from St Brelade's Bay by the Le Grouin headland and backed by Ouaisné Common — a rare patch of wet heath that is home to Jersey's only population of agile frogs.
- Parish
- St Brélade
- Type
- Beach
- Rarity
- Common
- Tide
- Not tidal
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The story
A sandy bay on the south-west coast, separated from St Brelade's Bay by the Le Grouin headland and backed by Ouaisné Common — a rare patch of wet heath that is home to Jersey's only population of agile frogs. In the cliffs at the eastern end is La Cotte de St Brelade, one of the most important Neanderthal sites in north-west Europe, where mammoth and rhinoceros bones were found beneath the headland (the cave itself is not open). A wartime anti-tank wall runs along the back of the beach.
