The old Guernésiais nickname for people from La Fouarêt was bourdaons (lit. 'bumblebees').

The postal codes for street addresses in this parish begin with GY8.

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.

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 West administrative division with Torteval, St. Saviour's and St. Pierre-du-Bois In the 2016 Guernsey general election 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.