Ferry Jersey (St Helier) - Carteret

Jersey (St Helier) – Carteret with Manche Iles Express

This route links Jersey (St Helier) with Carteret, operated by Manche Iles Express. The two ferry terminals are about 32 kilometres (17 nautical miles) apart in a straight line. Use the search engine above for current timetables and fares, or use the Direct Ferries button at the top of the page to compare the sailings.

Launched in 2005 by the département of La Manche, Manche Iles Express links Granville, Barneville-Carteret and Diélette with Jersey, Guernsey, Sark and Alderney on two ferries owned by the département. Sailings were suspended in 2021, resumed in 2022 and are now supported by the islands too.

Jersey (St Helier)

Jersey has a long history of attracting colourful characters. The actress Lillie Langtry, the "Jersey Lily" who became a favourite of Edward VII, was born here in 1853. In 1959 the naturalist Gerald Durrell opened a zoo in the grounds of Les Augrès Manor, and today the Durrell Wildlife Park is a leading centre for breeding endangered species. The island celebrates with the Battle of Flowers, a summer parade of floral floats held since 1902, and with some of the biggest tides in Europe, a range of up to about twelve metres, which cuts off the Corbière lighthouse from the shore twice a day until the causeway reappears. Place names often have French forms, a reminder that Jersey's legal and cultural roots lie in Normandy, though everyday speech is English.

Carteret

Few small Normandy villages have left such a mark on the map. The Carteret family took its name from this stretch of the Cotentin coast, where its ancestors held the Barony of Carteret, and members of the family went on to shape the Channel Islands and far beyond. Sir George Carteret, a loyal servant of Charles II, was granted lands in what became New Jersey. Philip Carteret, born at Trinity Manor in Jersey in 1733, sailed around the world for the Royal Navy and in July 1767 discovered Pitcairn Island, later settled by the mutineers of the Bounty. Barneville-Carteret itself is a family seaside town of broad sandy beaches and dunes, with a lighthouse on the Cap de Carteret and, in summer, a passenger ferry link to Jersey.