Port

Morlaix

4.4Morlaix, FranceNorth Finistère and Iroise

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Maximum length: 25 m
VHF channel: 9
Maximum draught: 3.5 m

Lock-gated marina of 200 berths in the town of Morlaix, at the head of the Riviere de Morlaix, northern Finistere.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Entry from the bay of Morlaix via a buoyed channel of about 6 nautical miles running between oyster beds and drying banks. Lock opens from HW minus 1h30 to HW plus 1h depending on coefficient. Maximum draught 3.5 m in the lock. VHF channel 9. Outside the lock hours the river dries to soft mud. Strong ebb current in the lower estuary.

Practical

Harbour office inside the wet basin. Water and electricity on all pontoons, fuel berth with diesel. Showers, laundry and waste pump-out. Town centre shops, bakeries and supermarkets within 200 m of the pontoons. SNCF station at 600 m.

Ashore

The Viaduc de Morlaix stands over the basin, a two-tier granite railway bridge of 1864, 292 m long and 58 m high. Maison de la Duchesse Anne, a timber-framed house of the 16th century, open to visitors. GR 34 coastal path starts from the estuary mouth 10 km downstream.

History

Morlaix was a leading linen export port in the 16th and 17th centuries. The town was sacked by English raiders in 1522, after which the inhabitants ambushed the retreating force and adopted the motto S'ils te mordent, mords-les, still carried on the town arms.

Story

The tobacco Manufacture des Tabacs of Morlaix opened in 1740 and ran until 2004 in its classical building by the river, one of the oldest continuous tobacco factories in France.