All stages on La Vélomaritime / EuroVelo 4
Bricquebec-en-Cotentin / Cherbourg-en-Cotentin
Marie-Anaïs Thierry 
Coraline et Léo 
En Route Creative Nomad 
Leaving behind Bricquebec, you pedal along peaceful roads lined with farms and villages. You'll note the talus, high banks dividing up the meadows, fields and orchards, creating a typical Normandy landscape. Brix is your last stop before Cherbourg, with its ferry services to England and Ireland. At Cherbourg's port, a cycle path runs alongside one of the longest harbour walls in the world, dating as far back as 1783.
Gradients and elevation
Ascents: 242m
Descents: 274m
Lowest point: 3m
Highest point: 163m
Road types
25km (72%) By road
10km (28%) Cycle path
Surface
34km (98%) Smooth
0.63km (2%) Rough
The route
From Bricquebec to Rocheville, you pedal along a greenway, then the stage follows peaceful, rural roads before descending to Cherbourg, a port well provided with cycling facilities. The shift in altitude along this stage makes it quite challenging in parts.
SNCF
- Nearby station Cherbourg: direct TER to Paris (3h) / Caen (1h15)
Sea crossings To England
- Poole and Porstmouth (Brittany Ferries) To Ireland: Rosslare (Stena Line), Rosslare and Dublin (Irish Ferries)
Trains and transport on the route
- Gare de Cherbourg : TER directs vers Paris (3h) / Caen (1h15)
- Car + vélo : En Cotentin, autour de Cherbourg, 7 lignes de bus sont équipées de racks à vélo. Elles permettent de relier Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue et Bricquebec-en-Cotentin sur La Vélomaritime, ainsi que la gare de Valognes située sur la ligne Intercité Paris <> Cherbourg. En savoir plus.
Traversées maritimes Vers l'Angleterre
- Poole et Porstmouth (Compagnie Brittany Ferries) Vers l'Irlande : Rosslare (Compagnie Stena Line), Rosslare et Dublin (Compagnie Irish Ferries)
