Dieppe, if you could tell me

Car park Rue Alexandre Dumas at the foot of the castle and near the beach swimming pool.

(S/E) Walk along the pebble beach via Boulevard du Maréchal Foch heading north-northeast. Turn left and walk back along the pier at the harbour entrance.

(1) Take Quai du Hable, which runs alongside the marina, and continue on Quai Henri IV.
Cross the marina and Duquesne basins via the Pont Ango bridge.

(2) Continue along Quai du Carenage. Cross the marina and fishing port basins via Pont Colbert.

For your information: the Colbert Bridge was dismantled for restoration in January 2024 and is expected to be reinstalled in February 2026. A temporary footbridge has been installed.

(3) At the crossroads, turn left onto Quai de la Somme, which is actually Quai de la Marne.
At the^{fourth intersection} (T-junction), turn right towards Place du Petit Fort, Quartier du Pollet.

(4) Turn left. Turn right onto the Bastille stairway, at the top turn left onto the path (GR®21) and join Rue Albert Calmette.
Please note: if the cliff is still closed to the public, turn right at the top of the stairs onto Rue Samuel De Champlain, then left onto Rue Nicolas Desliens, then right and left onto Rue Balidar. At the T-junction with Rue Albert Calmette, turn left.

On Rue Albert Calmette, turn left and pass Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours.

(5) Follow Chemin des Falaises. At the bend, turn left onto the GR®21 trail and continue to Avenue Alexandre Dumas. Cross the bridge over the Graves de la Mer ring road.
100 metres after Impasse Alexandre Dumas, turn left onto Chemin de la Mer and Plage du Puys.

(6) After visiting the beach, take the path on the right to reach the Chemin des Douaniers road. Continue left on the Chemin des Douaniers road to reach the foot of the stairs. Climb the stairs and stay on the staircase that goes to the right.
At the top, turn left and then right onto Chemin du Camp de César. At the end, continue along the path (GR®21). Please note: at the end of the path, do not continue along the GR®21 but follow the Pastille Verte marked trail for hiking in Seine Maritime.

(7) You will reach Chemin Maurice Thiret. Turn right heading south, go down Chemin Maurice Thiret and you will reach Rue de Limes. Then turn left heading east. At^{the first} T-junction, turn right onto Rue du Calvaire (formerly Route de la Carrière) to reach Rue Jouanne.

(8) Turn right, continue along Rue Jouanne (formerly Rue Montcalm), turn right and follow it to the Y-junction. Turn left, still on Rue Jouanne, until you reach Avenue Alexandre Dumas.

(9) Turn left, then left again after about 200 metres and go up Rue des Martyrs de la Résistance, crossing the Graves de la Mer ring road.

(10) Turn right onto the path that runs alongside the ring road. When you reach the street, turn left about 50 metres further on and cross the vegetable gardens via the small path.
When you reach Allée Oscar Wilde, turn right then left to reach the roundabout. Turn right onto Rue de la Caravelle, then after the next roundabout about 40 m further on, turn right onto Chemin des Vanneaux between the houses. When you reach Allée des Agamis, turn left onto Rue des Courlis.
Turn right and continue to Avenue des Canadiens, then turn left and continue for about 700 metres.

(11) At a crossroads, continue right onto Rue de la Bastille, then turn left onto Rue du Dauphin Louis XI. Pass the^first bend in the road and, before the^second bend,

(12) Turn left onto the path that goes down Cour des Sœurs to reach Rue Guerrier.
At Rue Guerrier, turn left, then right onto Grand Rue du Pollet for about 100 metres.

(13) Turn left onto Rue de l'Abattoir, follow it and join Rue Maurice Levasseur, then Rue Bonne Nouvelle. Turn right onto Rue Georges Robbe and go straight ahead, crossing the port and Canada basins via the footbridge.
Turn left and then immediately right onto Rue Laurent Croisé.

(14) At the^second intersection, turn right onto Rue de l'Entrepôt and cross Quai du Tonkin.
Walk along the Duquesne basin between Boulevard de Berigny and then Quai Duquesne.
Turn left onto Rue du Bœuf, then right onto Rue du Mortier d'Or and left onto Place Saint-Jacques.

(15) Continue straight ahead on Rue Saint-Jacques, then turn right onto Rue du 19 Août 1942, pass in front of Saint-Rémy Church and turn left onto the street of the same name.

(16) Turn left onto Rue des Bains, then right onto Rue de la Barre to reach Place des Martyrs. Take Rue Toustain opposite.
At the crossroads, turn right onto Chemin de la Citadelle, then turn left at the top to take the stairs and reach Chemin de la Chapelle Saint-Nicolas. After about 60 metres, take the stairs on the right and continue up Boulevard de la Manche.
At the end, turn right to reach the panoramic viewpoint of Dieppe.

(17). Then take the path towards the castle museum, pass by the castle and join Chemin de la Rue de Chastes. Take the descent of the same name, come out onto Rue Toustain and turn left, then left again to reach Rue de Sygogne.
Before returning to the car park at the starting point (S/E), turn right to visit Les Tourelles and the Memorial to 19 August 1942.

Access N27 Dieppe, Avenue des Canadiens, Avenue Gambetta, Rue de la Barre, Rue des Bains, Rue Aguado, Boulevard de Verdun.

Dieppe Tourist Office website Dieppe-Maritime Tourist Office
Pont Jehan Ango – Quai du Carénage
BP 152
76204 Dieppe Cedex
Tel.: 02 32 14 40 6002 32 14 40 60
Fax: 02 32 14 40 61
http://www.dieppetourisme.com/

Castle Museum
The port of Dieppe

(1) Walk to the end of the pier and back to watch the anglers and the boats arriving and departing from the port.

(2) Ango Bridge
Destroyed in 1944, the "Pont de la Poissonnerie" or Ango Bridge, dating from 1881, was rebuilt in 1950 as a drawbridge.

(3) Colbert Bridge
Opened in 1889, it is currently the last remaining 70-metre swing bridge in Europe still operating in its original configuration.
A contemporary of the Eiffel Tower, it was built using the same methods as the latter, but by a competing company: the Société de Ponts et Travaux en Fer.
Designed by the chief engineer of Ponts et Chaussées, Paul Alexandre, it was designed with a view to integrating it aesthetically into the urban landscape.
It takes only 95 seconds to turn its 800 tonnes.
An iconic monument of the city threatened with destruction, the people of Dieppe are particularly attached to this bridge and are mobilising to preserve it.

The Pollet district
This has been the fishermen's quarter since the Middle Ages.
Spared during the city fire of 1694, Le Pollet consists of modest flint houses forming narrow, winding streets.
The neighbourhood has been profoundly affected by the industrialisation of the port and, from 1880 onwards, by the digging of a channel that cuts it in two, leading to the commercial docks.
Today, it is at the heart of a modernisation programme, with the construction and renovation of port facilities.

(5) Notre-Dame de Bonsecours Chapel and the panoramic viewpoint
Overlooking the cliff to the east of the city, the Notre-Dame de Bonsecours Chapel was built in 1876.
Initially a place of pilgrimage, it became a memorial to sailors lost at sea.
Made of brick, it has a western façade with a bell tower flanked by two turrets topped with conical roofs.
This contrasts with the lighter appearance of the nave and chevet, which are bristling with pointed gables.
Inside, the church is decorated with stained glass windows, statues, and numerous votive offerings and commemorative plaques from families who have come to pay their respects or lay flowers in memory of lost sailors.

(6) Puys Beach
At the eastern end of Dieppe lies the pretty hamlet of Puys, which resembles a small seaside resort and enjoyed its heyday in the early days of sea bathing.
Georges Sand, Alexandre Dumas père and fils all stayed there.

(15) Saint-Jacques Church:
Built between the 12th and 16th centuries, Saint-Jacques Church bears the marks of different eras.
The church was built around 1283 on the remains of the small Sainte-Catherine chapel, then a first church destroyed in 1195, and a new church dedicated to Saint-Jacques.
Located on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela by sea, it was built on a grand scale.
However, the work was not completed until the end of the 16th century.
The architectural evolution of the church allows us to trace the development of Gothic art over four centuries.

(16) Saint-Rémy Church
The first Saint-Rémy Church, dating from the 13th century and of which only the tower known as "Saint-Rémy" remains today, was originally built at the foot of the hill where the castle stands.
However, it gradually fell into ruin, which is why it was decided to build a new Saint-Rémy Church closer to the town centre.
Thomas Bouchard, alderman and treasurer of the parish, laid the first stone in 1522. In 1545, the Gothic choir, surrounded by an ambulatory and radiating chapels, was completed, and the influence of the early French Renaissance was already evident in the décor.
Work was then interrupted by the Wars of Religion. It resumed at the beginning of the 17th century, in a completely new spirit, that of the Catholic Counter-Reformation.

(17) Panorama
View of the city.

Castle Museum
The flint and sandstone castle was built by Captain Desmarets after 1435 to defend the town against the English.
It was connected to the fortifications surrounding Dieppe.
It was the seat of the town governor and a garrison until 1820. The castle was enlarged and remodelled several times over the centuries.
After being bought by the town, it became a museum in 1923.
Prints, sculptures, paintings and models reflect the artistic and historical wealth of the town.
The museum invites you to discover Dieppe's glorious maritime past, to be captivated by the works of the great masters (Renoir, Pissarro, Braque, etc.) and to admire the town's exceptional collection of carved ivory.

Les Tourelles
Built in the 15th century from sandstone and flint and remodelled several times, the gate known as Les Tourelles consists of a vaulted passageway flanked by two circular towers crowned with conical roofs.
This gate is the only remaining one of the city's seven ancient gates, five of which opened onto the sea.
Together with the castle and the rampart wall near the old Tour aux Crabes, it is one of the last remaining vestiges of the city's fortifications.
These were probably built in the 11th century and regularly rebuilt before finally being destroyed in the 19th century.

Memorial to 19 August 1942
Located in the 19th-century theatre, the Memorial retraces the Anglo-Canadian raid of 19 August 1942.
Through documents, objects, photos, uniforms and weapons from the period, you will relive the extreme brutality of the event.
A 40-minute film made using archival documents and testimonies from soldiers who took part in the raid will present the sequence of events.