page_title: Saint John, Jersey
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Saint John, Jersey / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Centre Stone, traditionally considered to mark the geographical centre of Jersey Photo taken by Man vyi with Canon PowerShot A40 on 11/6/2005
context_page_description: Saint John is one of the twelve parishes of Jersey and is situated on the north coast of the island.
context_section_description: St. John shares borders with St Mary on its west, Trinity to the east, and St Lawrence and Saint Helier on its south.
  Largely a rural community, the namwsake has a small shopping precinct, and village pub, around its parish church, with the primary school and parish hall across the main road. There is also a supermarket and recreation centre to the east of the village. 
  There is also a second village of Sion in the Southwestern panhandle of the parish. This is quite a small village centred around the main road. It has a small shop and a garage.
  The cliffs of the north coast afford some of the best views in Jersey. After Trinity, it has the second highest point in Jersey at Mont Mado (473 ft). The parish covers territory of 4,846 vergées (8.7 km².).
  There is a single usable beach in the parish at the Bonne Nuit harbour, accessible by a hilly windy road that connects to the village.
  Mont Mado granite was quarried historically. The largest quarry is now that of Ronez on the north coast.
  The main road for the parish is the A9, which runs from the parish church and connects the main settlements (Hautes Croix and Sion) of the parish before running along a lightly developed road to the town. It connects all the way to the waterfront. Other main link roads include the A8 which runs to Trinity, the B33 which continues on from the A9 and runs eastward to St Mary and the A10 which starts in the south of the village and runs down towards St Lawrence. The parish is served by three bus routes that connect the parish to St Mary, St Lawrence, Trinity and St Helier. 
  La Route du Nord was constructed during the German occupation of the Channel Islands as a scheme to provide work. The road is now dedicated to the men and women of Jersey who suffered 1939-1945.
caption: The Centre Stone at Sion in St. John is traditionally regarded as the centre of the Island although it is far from the geographic centre by modern calculations. The stone is prehistoric, showing evidence of cup marks, and may have been brought from a nearby dolmen now vanished
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