A7 (Jersey)

This article is about the Jersey A7.
For the British A7, see A7.
For the Northern Irish A7, see A7 (Northern Ireland).
For the Manx A7, see A7 (Isle of Man).

The A7 starts in the centre of St Helier and runs north east through the urban area to Five Oaks at St Saviour. For almost half it's length, it forms the eastern flank of St Helier's ring road.

Starting on Snow Hill, amongst the shops of the town centre, Hill Street is the route of the A3 through the town. The A7 quickly turns north east onto La Motte Street, and is one way out of the town centre to St Saviour's Road along a 20mph road. Turning left, the road is now part of the 30mph ring road, the B79 continuing to the south. Various other B roads are passed as the A7 battles out of the town. Due to improvements to the Ring Road in the 90s (and earlier), it is no longer possible to travel north all the way along the Ring Road. Gyratory systems break off traffic at Gas Place and Springfield at filter in turn junctions, but two-way traffic shortly resumes. This makes for an interesting joruney southbound too, with traffic needing to quickly switch to the right-hand lane and back to the left-hand lane at the junction with Wellington Road.

The road eventually reaches the A14 at the Springfield gyratory (with northbound traffic forced onto that road for a short stretch). After Springfield, the A7 leaves the town area, travelling towards St Saviour's church past Highlands College and Government House up St. Saviour's Hill, a relatively windy road climbing the hill up to Five Oaks. After the parish hall, the road straightens up as it heads east to the A6 at the busy Five Oaks roundabout.

Being one of the main roads in St. Helier, and in the heart of Jersey's schools district, the A7 can frequently back up, especially in the morning rush. A quasi-ramp meter has been installed for southbound traffic to allow even traffic flow in the mornings with traffic exiting the give way line at the end of the A14.

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