Halte nautique des fouchards

Name: Halte nautique des fouchards
Address: Les Fouchards, FR

2.3Les Fouchards, France

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Maximum draught: 4 ft

Small canal stop of five berths on the Canal latéral à la Loire, near Bannay in the Cher, between Léré and Saint-Thibault.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Access by the canal only, no tidal constraint. Maximum draught 1.5 metres. Moor alongside the wooden quay. The nearest locks are écluse de Belleville to the north and écluse de Ménétréol to the south, both VNF operated to standard hours.

Practical

Five berths with water, no shore power and no fuel on the quay, though a road petrol station lies about 300 m away. A small grocery and bakery in Bannay 1.2 km by road, and the town of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 2 km across the Loire has full shops. Fuller services at Saint-Thibault 7 km south and at Léré 5 km north.

Ashore

Vineyards of Sancerre AOC begin on the right bank, the hilltop village of Sancerre 8 km by road or cycle route Loire à Vélo. Loire observation site at Bannay on the opposite bank, a Natura 2000 zone for terns and sand martins nesting on the river islands.