Alarm Forest

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The view from James Bay: Alarm Forest and Briars Village behind Jamestown

St Helena and its districts

Alarm Forest is one of the smaller of the eight districts of St Helena, in the northern part of the island, southeast of Jamestown. In 2008 the district had a population of 276.

There is no village named "Alarm Forest": the main settlement is Briars Village. The district was created between census years 1987 and 1998 from parts of Jamestown and Longwood.

Briars Village is to be found at the high point of the Side Path, a steep road leading out southward on the eastern slopes of Jamestown valley. Briars Village is considered effectively a suburb of Jamestown, with few amenities of its own, while the wider district is a wilder country area of forest and valleys.

Also within this district are Seaview, Two-gun Saddle and Hunts Vale. Another area of settlement is Alarm Hill, where the historic Alarm House stands.

Napoleon's tomb (now empty) is to be found in the Valley of the Tomb, part of Sane Valley, in the district. Napoleon had selected this spot as his burial site during one of his walks. He was later reburied in Les Invalides in Paris.