Forest | |
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.jpg) Ste Marguerite de la Foret parish church | |
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 Location of Forest in Guernsey | |
| Coordinates:49°25′33″N2°35′51″W / 49.4258°N 2.5976°W /49.4258; -2.5976 | |
| Crown Dependency | Guernsey,Channel Islands |
| Government | |
| • Electoral district | West |
| Area | |
• Total | 4.2 km2 (1.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2019) | |
• Total | 1,546 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (950/sq mi) |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01 |
| Website | www |
The Forest (Guernésiais:La Fouarêt,French:La Forêt) is aparish inGuernsey. It is the highest parish on the island, with altitudes of up to about 100 m. The full title of the parish isSte Marguerite de la Foret, after the parish church.
The oldGuernésiais nickname for people from La Fouarêt wasbourdaons (lit. 'bumblebees').
Thepostal 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, 3 July 1940: "I beg to report that at about 8pm on 30th June a number of German Armed Forces landed at the Airport, Forest."[1]
The Forest is located in the south ofGuernsey. It borders the parishes ofSt Peter's to the west,St Saviour's to the north-west,St Andrew's to the north andSt Martin's to the east.
BeachesThe south coast is mostly made up of cliffs, but the beaches in The Forest include:
ReliefThe 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.
The Meteorological Observatory has been at Guernsey Airport since it was built in 1939.[2]
| Climate data for Forest, Guernsey (Guernsey Airport) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.3 (55.9) | 15.0 (59.0) | 19.4 (66.9) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.9 (78.6) | 30.8 (87.4) | 31.7 (89.1) | 34.3 (93.7) | 30.6 (87.1) | 23.6 (74.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 15.6 (60.1) | 34.3 (93.7) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 8.7 (47.7) | 8.4 (47.1) | 10.0 (50.0) | 11.8 (53.2) | 14.9 (58.8) | 17.5 (63.5) | 19.5 (67.1) | 19.8 (67.6) | 18.0 (64.4) | 15.1 (59.2) | 11.8 (53.2) | 9.5 (49.1) | 13.8 (56.8) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.9 (44.4) | 6.5 (43.7) | 7.8 (46.0) | 9.2 (48.6) | 12.1 (53.8) | 14.5 (58.1) | 16.6 (61.9) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.5 (59.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 10.0 (50.0) | 7.8 (46.0) | 11.4 (52.5) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 5.0 (41.0) | 4.6 (40.3) | 5.6 (42.1) | 6.6 (43.9) | 9.2 (48.6) | 11.5 (52.7) | 13.6 (56.5) | 14.1 (57.4) | 12.9 (55.2) | 10.8 (51.4) | 8.1 (46.6) | 6.0 (42.8) | 9.0 (48.2) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −7.8 (18.0) | −7.2 (19.0) | −2.2 (28.0) | −1.4 (29.5) | 0.1 (32.2) | 5.4 (41.7) | 8.3 (46.9) | 9.2 (48.6) | 5.8 (42.4) | 3.5 (38.3) | −0.8 (30.6) | −3.8 (25.2) | −7.8 (18.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 92.5 (3.64) | 70.2 (2.76) | 67.0 (2.64) | 53.1 (2.09) | 50.9 (2.00) | 45.5 (1.79) | 42.1 (1.66) | 47.7 (1.88) | 57.5 (2.26) | 95.0 (3.74) | 104.3 (4.11) | 112.9 (4.44) | 838.7 (33.02) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.2 mm) | 19.3 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 10.6 | 12.4 | 17.3 | 18.8 | 18.6 | 175.0 |
| Average snowy days | 2.8 | 4.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 11.0 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 61.0 | 85.6 | 127.6 | 194.7 | 234.5 | 246.6 | 250.7 | 230.1 | 180.1 | 117.1 | 77.8 | 58.2 | 1,864 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 22.7 | 29.1 | 34.7 | 47.7 | 49.6 | 51.2 | 51.7 | 52.0 | 47.8 | 35.3 | 28.7 | 22.8 | 41.8 |
| Source: Guernsey Met Office 2014 Weather Report[3] | |||||||||||||
The features of the parish include:
| The parish of the Forest hosts:
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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:
Forest comprises part of the Westadministrative division with Torteval, St. Saviour's and St. Pierre-du-Bois
In the2016 Guernsey general election there was a 3,188 or 74% turnout to elect five Deputies. Those elected (in order of votes received) beingAl Brouard,Andrea Dudley-Owen,Emilie Yerby,David De Lisle andShane Langlois.