First Tower

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First Tower


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Looking towards First Tower from the west, along the Inner Road


First Tower is a western suburb of the town of St Helier. Its name is derived from the location of the first defensive round tower on the coast beyond the town; although it was not the first to be built. At one time, as shown in the photographs on this page, the tower was surmounted by a windmill.

St Aubin's Road at First Tower




Today this is a largely residential area, including First Tower School, which is one of the island's longest established elementary schools. In the heyday of the Jersey Western Railway First Tower was the first station after West Park, but today all the island's commuter traffic from the west speeds past on Victoria Avenue, the main coastal route out of St Helier to the west, and the inner road, St Aubin's Road, without stopping.





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1881 Battle of Jersey centenary arch. Even 100 years after the battle the island had not learned how to spell Major Peirson's name. Photograph by Ernest Baudoux

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Bathing machines on the beach at First Tower in 1900
Late 1950s, before the road became a dual carriageway
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