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Site des Onze écluses – Ille-et-Rance Canal loop from Hédé

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Site des Onze écluses – Ille-et-Rance Canal loop from Hédé

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Site des Onze écluses – Ille-et-Rance Canal loop from Hédé

02:24

33.9km

110m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 21, 2026

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2.02 km

Site des Onze écluses

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A series of 11 locks over a little more than 2 kilometers, roughly one every 200 meters, allows boats to overcome a 27-meter difference in elevation. It's a veritable aquatic elevator on the banks of the Ille-et-Rance Canal. The locks are still operated manually, and each one has its own lock keeper's house in the Napoleonic style.

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2.26 km

Ille Flottante

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Ille Flottante offers unusual accommodation on the Ille-et-Rance canal: on the water in 5 boats / 5 different atmospheres, in old horse boxes or in an old rig washed up in the meadow. There are also bicycles, small boat rentals, a bar and catering on site as well as a regional products shop for a gourmet break.

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3.41 km

The Men of the Canal

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a fresco on the pillar of a bridge spanning the canal. It pays homage to the men who dug this Ille-Rance canal.

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7.47 km

Ille-et-Rance Canal

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Construction of the Ille-et-Rance canal began in 1804, under Napoleon I and ended in 1832. The bulk of the work is concentrated on the 11 locks that connect two rivers. It connects the city of Rennes to that of Saint-Malo.

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9.41 km

Lock n°35 - La Gromillais

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Ecluse n°35 - La Gromillais - Québriac

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11.5 km

Lock No. 36 - Pont Houitte

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Lock n°36 - Houitte Bridge - Québriac

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17.5 km

Couédan lock

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18.0 km

Ille-et-Rance Canal

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The Ille-et-Rance canal is a small canal which connects the cities of Rennes and Saint-Malo. It starts at the “Mail” lock in Rennes and ends at the “Châtelier” lock in Saint-Samson-sur-Rance in Côtes-d’Armor. This section of the Ille & Rance canal coming from Dinan, which is also a greenway, will take you to Montreuil-sur-Ille. It is on its own site, except for a very small part of less than 2 km, which takes a small, safe road. This greenway is very pleasant, offering very pretty landscapes decorated with beautifully flowered lock keepers' houses.

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33.9 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.74 km

8.35 km

8.28 km

4.45 km

3.80 km

326 m

Surfaces

8.74 km

8.23 km

6.98 km

5.61 km

4.40 km

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Site des Onze écluses – Ille-et-Rance Canal loop from Hédé

Site des Onze écluses

Ille Flottante

The Men of the Canal

Ille-et-Rance Canal

Lock n°35 - La Gromillais

Lock No. 36 - Pont Houitte

Couédan lock

Ille-et-Rance Canal

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