Click the map for tourism ideasThe Channel Islands are a group of British dependency islands in the English Channel, off the coast of France. Jersey, is known for beaches and cliff trails. Just outside the main town of St. Helier, the Jersey War Tunnels complex details the island’s WWII German occupation. Gerald Durrell’s magnificent conservation zoo is in the North East and Medieval Mont Orgueil Castle is on a hill on the East coast. Northwest is the island of Guernsey, with its capital, St. Peter Port and the smaller islands of Alderney, Herm and Sark.