Harbour

Halte Nautique Sillery

Name: Halte Nautique Sillery
Address: Sillery, FR

4.0Sillery, France

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Type: Harbour

Canal halt on the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, in the village of Sillery, about 9 km south-east of Reims in Champagne.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached by the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, a Freycinet gauge canal limited to 38.5 m length and 5.05 m beam. Standard inland navigation signage. Locks operated by VNF during seasonal hours. No tidal constraints.

Practical

Small pontoon with a handful of berths alongside, at about 19 euros a night for an 11 metre boat. Water on the quay and good showers and toilets, though registration and payment go through an online platform at app.qipeo.com, which also issues the code for the sanitary block. No fuel on site, but an Intermarche two minutes' walk away sells diesel by the jerry can and has laundry machines. Bakery and small grocery in the village within 300 m.

Ashore

Champagne vineyards of the Montagne de Reims Grand Cru area surround the village, with Sillery itself classified Grand Cru 100 percent. Mumm and Ruinart estates reachable by bike via the Coulée Verte, a greenway following the canal towards Reims at 9 km. Reims cathedral, a UNESCO site, lies 9 km north-west.

History

Sillery gave its name to a champagne house founded in the 17th century by the Brûlart family, Marquis de Sillery. The village was on the front line during the First World War and was rebuilt in the 1920s.