Getting There

Ferry

The drive from Dieppe to La Roche-Posay is 5 hours and from Dover is approximately 6½ hours. You can cross the channel using any of these routes:-

LD LinesNewhaven to Dieppe
Dover to Dieppe and Boulogne
Portsmouth to Le Havre
Britanny FerriesPortsmouth to Caen, Cherbourg and St. Malo
Poole to Cherbourg
Plymouth and Cork to Roscoff

Norfolk LineDover to Dunkerque
Condor FerriesPortsmouth to Cherbourg
Poole and Weymouth to St. Malo
P&O FerriesDover to Calais
Sea FranceDover to Calais

Train

Poitiers is easily reached by train being on the main TGV line between Paris and Bordeaux. Lille to Poitiers is approximately 3 hours 20 minutes direct. Paris is only 1 hour 30 minutes from Poitiers, making a day trip no problem at all.

Air

By air there are flights to Poitiers (45 mins from La Roche-Posay), Tours (1 hr) and La Rochelle (1½ hrs) available with low cost airlines. Ryan Air is now servicing Birmingham and Stansted direct to Poitiers.

La Rochelle is approximately 1 ½ hours away and the following low cost airlines fly there from the below listed airports:-

Flybe.comSouthampton, Birmingham, Manchester & Glasgow
Jet2.comEdinburgh & Leeds
Ryan AirStansted & Dublin
Easy JetGatwick & Bristol

For directions of how to find us when you've arranged your transport, please click here.