St Brelade (Jèrriais and French: Saint Brélade) is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey in the Channel Islands.
However, the parish also has a number of notable natural sites, such as the sand dunes of St Ouen's Bay.
By Norman times, the parish boundaries were firmly fixed and remain largely unchanged since.
In 1683, the Constable of St. Brelade fined four men living near St. Aubin for cluttering up the road from their houses to Le Boulevard.
A large section of the Jersey Railway linking La Corbière with Saint Helier ran through the parish between 1870 and 1936.
[5] Under the proposed electoral reform, St. Brelade will form a single constituency, electing four representatives alongside its Connétable.
The largest is the Les Quennevais built-up area, developed largely in incorporating[clarification needed] St. Brelade's Bay.
[13] In 2009 the parish won a Britain in Bloom award in the small coastal resort category.
[15] Les Quennevais leisure centre in St. Brelade will be redeveloped in two phases as part of the Government's Inspiring Active Places Strategy.
The Jersey indoor netball facility is current at Les Ormes (also in St. Brelade), which is being closed and redeveloped by March 2023.
By 2032, phase 2 will be complete: the existing sports centre buildings will be demolished and replaced with parking after the construction of a new leisure centre, incorporating an eight lane 25 m swimming pool, an eight court sports hall, a permanent recreational gymnastics facility and a large fitness suite.
The parish was formerly served by the Jersey Railway, which connected Corbière to St. Aubin, then on to St. Helier along the coast.
As part of the Sustainable Transport Policy, there will be a toucan crossing installed at the junction of the Walk with La Rue du Pont Marquet,[19] which is an accident black spot.
[20] Jersey's prison is situated at La Moye, and the island's desalination plant is also sited in the parish.
The small Fisherman's Chapel alongside contains mediaeval frescoes which survived the iconoclasm of the Reformation.
The church that stands today was built in the 19th century and is a fine example of Victorian Gothic style, with beautiful stained glass windows.