Harbour

Rive De Lorne

Name: Rive De Lorne
Address: Caen, FR

Caen, FranceNormandy

Type: Harbour

Mooring along the Quai Amiral Hamelin in Caen, Normandy, next to the Rives de l'Orne urban development and the city's leisure basin.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reached from the sea via the Canal de Caen à la mer from Ouistreham, about 13 km north. The canal locks at Ouistreham operate around high water. Transit is straightforward, fixed bridges and swing bridges along the way. Once inside Caen, berth along the Quai Amiral Hamelin on the east bank of the Orne.

Practical

Caen municipal port de plaisance lies 0.3 nm to the north at the Bassin Saint-Pierre and holds the visitor services: water, electricity, sanitary block and capitainerie. The quay at Rives de l'Orne itself has no dedicated marina amenities.

Ashore

Rives de l'Orne shopping centre directly on the quay with 13 restaurants, a cinema and a climbing gym, opened in 2013. Caen city centre and the Abbaye aux Hommes, burial place of William the Conqueror, about 900 m west. Mémorial de Caen, museum of the Second World War, 3 km to the north-west.