Mouillage

Halte de plaisance de Rouen

2.8FranceCôte Fleurie and Alabaster Coast

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Shelter: N, E, S, W
Seabed: mud
Anchoring: Forbidden

River halt for pleasure craft on the Seine at Rouen, on the left bank below the Pont Guillaume-le-Conquérant.

Water
Electricity
Pontoon
Dock

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Fluvial access via the Seine from Le Havre, about 65 NM upstream of Honfleur. Navigation governed by VNF rules, monitor commercial traffic and respect the rising and falling tide up to Poses. Mud bottom on the pontoon moorings. Fully protected from wind by the urban banks.

Practical

Water and electricity available on the pontoon. No fuel on site, nearest diesel at the port of Rouen commercial installations upstream. Rouen city centre 1.9 NM to NW walking distance, all shops, SNCF station.

Ashore

Rouen old town within 20 minutes on foot: Notre-Dame cathedral painted by Monet, Gros-Horloge, Place du Vieux-Marché where Joan of Arc was burned in 1431. Musée des Beaux-Arts and Aître Saint-Maclou ossuary close by.

History

Rouen was the capital of the Duchy of Normandy and a major port on the Seine from the Middle Ages. The river was deepened through the 19th and 20th centuries to allow seagoing vessels to reach the city, still today the westernmost river port for ocean-going ships on the Seine.