King Street, Saint Helier

King Street (Jèrriais: Rue d'Driéthe[1]), also known as Rue de Derrière, is one of the two parts of the high street of Saint Helier in Jersey.

There were no buildings to the north of the road, just an open rural area.

[3] By 1550 the spine formed by what is now King Street/Queen Street was in existence, linking the confluence of Le Grand Douet and St Aubin's Bay to the road east leading across the lands of the Manoir de La Motte (La Colomberie).

By the second half of the 18th century, the north side of King Street had been developed with solid, originally thatched, town houses with ornamental gardens and orchards behind.

[4] In 1978 as part of the pedestrianisation landscaping, a traditional apple crusher was installed at the junction of Rue de Derrière and Ruette Haguais, and La Croix de la Reine at the junction of King Street and Broad Street.

King Street at night during the Christmas period