Domaine de la Briquerie - Directions - maps, itineraries & travel instructions

Getting to Domaine de la Briquerie

by plane		Dinard, Nantes

by ferry		St-Malo, Cherbourg, Caen (Ouistreham), Le-Havre

by train		Redon

Directions to La Briquerie

Directions from Rennes Airport

Depart St Jacques airport direction St Nazaire on the D177. Luckily this is the main road for the airport
Follow this road out of Rennes suburbs and stay on this road for about 23 miles. You will pass signs to Pipriac on your left and at the D59 you should turn left towards Langon (2nd exit to Pipriace is on the right)
The D59 may also be signed Besle and/or Guemene Penfao
Continue on the D59 for about 5 miles until you arrive at a fairly major cross-road where you turn left onto the D55 into Langon village. To help recognise this cross road there is a picnic site on your right and a life size carving of Jesus, Mary and Joseph on your left
Follow local directions approaching Langon from D55 West

Local directions approaching Langon from D55 West

After you have turned left at the cross roads continue on into the village past a school on your right and a playing field on the left
When you descend into the village there is a church on your right and a bar on the left
On the right there is a small road by the side of the church which you should ignore and then just past the school there is another small road on the right by a building called Les Menhirs. Turn right down this
It is now signposted La Briquerie. Go over the railway crossing and turn right and follow this road to a T junction at the river and then turn right again. We are on the right the only building in the area so difficult to miss. The river should be on your left hand side

From Rennes

At Rennes ring road follow signs to Nantes and join motorway to Nantes N137 (E3) direction Nantes
From N137 exit N137 direction Grand Fougeray and turn right as you come off the motorway slip road onto the D57
Follow detailed local directions from Grand Fougeray

From St Malo

Exit Port and follow signs for N137 direction Rennes you will need to follow the signs carefully as there are a number of turn-offs
At junction 10 leave this road by bearing right onto the Rennes ring road N136 and follow signs for Nantes
Keep on the ring road until junction 6 to Nantes where you should exit onto N137 (E3) direction Nantes
From N137 exit direction Grand Fougeray and turn right as you come off the motorway slip road onto the D57
Follow detailed local directions from Grand Fougeray

From Caen

Exit port at Ouistreham and follow signs to Caen/autre directions on the D514 which later changes into the D515
At Caen ring road follow signs to Rennes and exit the ring road for the N175/E401 to Rennes. At Villers Bocage the road changes number to the A84 and is a newly constructed dual carriageway through to Rennes. In any event, you stay on the same road direction Rennes
At Rennes ring road follow signs to Nantes (follow signs carefully as you will need to change roads as you follow the ring road this is because it was built in stages
Exit ring road on to N137/E03 at junction 6 signposted Nantes
Exit N137 direction Grand Fougeray turn right as you come off the motorway slip road onto the D57
Follow local detailed directions from Grand Fougeray

From Le Havre

Exit Port at Le Havre and follow signs to Rennes and Caen on N15
Take the bridge over the river (A29/D929) and follow signs to Rennes/Caen
Join E46/A13 direction Caen
At junction 31of A13 join Caen ring road and follow direction Rennes until you exit junction 9 to join N175/E401 to Rennes. At Villers Bocage the road changes number to the A84 and is a newly constructed dual carriageway through to Rennes
At Rennes ring road follow signs to Nantes (follow signs carefully as you will need to change roads as you follow the ring road this is because it was built in stages
Exit ring road on to N137/E03 at junction 6 signposted Nantes
Exit N137 direction Grand Fougeray turn right as you come off the motorway slip road onto the D57
Follow local detailed directions from Grand Fougeray

From Calais and Boulogne

Exit either port and follow signs to Paris motorway
Join motorway A16/E402 direction Paris until junction 23 at Abbeville
Change motorways to A28/E402 direction Rouen/Caen. The motorway splits after junction 10 and you need to take the A29 direction Le Havre/Caen
At Le Havre go over large bridge and join A13 direction Caen
At junction 31of A13 join Caen ring road and follow direction Rennes until you exit junction 9 to join N175/E401 to Rennes. At Villers Bocage the road changes number to the A84 and is a newly constructed dual carriageway through to Rennes
At Rennes ring road follow signs to Nantes (follow signs carefully as you will need to change roads as you follow the ring road this is because it was built in stages
Exit ring road on to N137/E03at junction 6 signposted Nantes
Exit N137 direction Grand Fougeray turn right as you come off the motorway slip road onto the D57
Follow local detailed directions from Grand Fougeray

Local directions from Grand Fougeray

Having exited N137 onto D57 and heading towards Grand Fougeray go past the Intermarche/Les Musketeers distribution depot and Fire Station on your right. At the first proper road on your right, turn right and go down and then up a hill passing a cemetery on your right. Just after the cemetery there is a complicated junction and you want to go diagonally straight ahead. It is a one way street and takes you past a school on your right at the end of this road there is a crossroads and you should turn right heading towards Langon and St Anne sur Vilaine – this is the route for normal traffic. (This last bit is where people can go wrong as there are 2 signs to Langon in different directions and 1 is a lorry route which takes you the longer way around so best to avoid that one).

Having turned right onto the D54 heading towards Langon and St Anne you leave Grand Fougeray and you will continue for a few miles on a slightly winding road through the hills above the river Vilaine. After a couple of kilometres the road forks and you take the right hand fork to Langon (D56). This road gradually descends to a bridge over the river Vilaine at Porte de Roche. You should cross over the bridge and proceed over the railway crossing and turn left to Langon.

Keep on this road (still the D56), past the station, cemetery and finally butchers on your left and just after that a building called Les Menhirs (it also has 2 temporary class room portacabins so it is difficult to miss) turn left down the road immediately after Les Menhirs (signposted La Briquerie). Follow signs over the railway crossing and turn right, stay on this road until you get to a T junction by the river and then turn right again. We are the only building so you cannot miss us.

The roads are reasonably well signposted and La Briquerie is signed in Langon however I have included quite detailed instructions just in case.

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