Port

Locquirec

Name: Locquirec
Address: Locquirec, FR
Telephone: +33298674220

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Maximum length: 8 m

Tidal drying harbour of 433 moorings on the north coast of Finistère, at the mouth of the Douron estuary, between the bays of Lannion and Morlaix.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the north-east across the Baie de Lannion. Enter between the Pointe de Locquirec and the rocks of Pors ar Villec, leaving the red perch to port. The harbour dries at low water of spring tides; entry for keel boats within HW plus or minus 2 hours. Exposed to winds from N to NE.

Practical

Moorings on fore-and-aft buoys managed by the harbour office. Water and shower block on the quay. Bakery, butcher, small supermarket and several restaurants within 200 metres in the village. No fuel berth; diesel by jerry can from the road station 800 metres inland.

Ashore

Sentier des douaniers GR34 runs along the headland, round trip of 4 km to the Pointe du Corbeau. Beach of Les Sables Blancs 300 metres west of the harbour. Church of Saint-Jacques on the point dates from the 15th century, former stop on the Compostela pilgrimage route by sea.

History

Locquirec was a cabotage harbour from the 16th century and exported wheat and linen cloth to England and the Low Countries. The Grand Hotel des Bains above the harbour, opened in 1900, served as set for the film L'Hotel de la Plage in 1978.