Old railway lines in Pont-l’Abbé

Park in the car park of the “Le Triskell” theatre in Pont-l’Abbé.

No signposting (ignore any existing signs)

(S/E) With your back to the car park, walk round the front of the venue to the left and head towards Rue de la Gare. Walk past the town’s technical services buildings, the fire station, the community centre (the former railway station) and the Cinéville. The railway station premises used to be on this site. Continue along the edge of a future residential area (Les Arcades).

(1) Pass the recycling centre building, continue uphill along Rue de Ster Vad, which branches off to the right and becomes Rue de Bringall – closed to vehicles over 3.5 tonnes – and arrive at a junction.

(2) Turn left onto Rue de Menez, which leads uphill. The street continues as a wide, tree-lined path. Pass the pedestrian and cycle access to the water park on your right. Cross a road leading to a new residential estate, continue alongside a property on your right and emerge onto the D785.

(3) Turn right and follow the road to the large roundabout nearby.

(4) Turn left and cross the D785 with care. Turn left again and follow this road in the opposite direction. Near the postboxes, turn right onto a path that leads through a pine forest.

Yellow markings

(5) Join a^{PR® path}, follow it straight ahead, pass a small rustic wash house on the left (fountain shown on the map) and continue through the woods. Turn right where the path meets the former ‘Transbigouden’ railway line, now a^GRP® trail in the Pays Bigouden, just before an old gatekeeper’s cottage.

^GRP® of the Pays Bigouden marked in yellow and red + yellow^PR®

(6) Turn left, cross the bridge over the Ruisseau de Pont-l’Abbé and follow this greenway, a former railway line. Pass through a gate to cross a small road, reach the bridge on the D785 and rejoin the Rivière de Pont-l’Abbé.

(7) Continue straight on, passing close to the sewage treatment works and the water treatment plant. Note the blue-painted water tower, a landmark visible from a distance. You’ll arrive at the banks of the Ruisseau de Pont-l’Abbé.

(8) Follow a quiet path that runs alongside the stream and leads to the Pont-l’Abbé pond. You’ll arrive at the theatre and its car park (S/E).

An easy family walk that can be done in ordinary shoes, except in winter. The section up to point (2) is less pleasant: streets and a residential area under construction in 2024.

Town of Pont-l'Abbé.