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Normandy
Les Andelys
Fleury-Sur-Andelle

Filature Levavasseur – Levavasseur Cotton Mill loop from Fleury-sur-Andelle

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Road cycling routes
France
Normandy
Les Andelys
Fleury-Sur-Andelle

Filature Levavasseur – Levavasseur Cotton Mill loop from Fleury-sur-Andelle

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Filature Levavasseur – Levavasseur Cotton Mill loop from Fleury-sur-Andelle

02:08

50.8km

310m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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5.75 km

Filature Levavasseur

Highlight • Monument

A jewel of industrial heritage and Gothic architecture, the Filature Levavasseur, a former cotton mill, is now a ruin. This impressive building was built in 1857 by Baron Charles Levavasseur, a wealthy industrialist and shipowner who imported his own cotton from America. The factory was designed in the neo-Gothic style, with four octagonal towers reaching 38 meters in height. It employed up to 300 workers and produced quality fabrics until 1874, when a fire destroyed it. The mill has never been rebuilt, but it remains a remarkable site in the Andelle valley. You can admire the mill from the outside or explore its interior with caution.

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5.83 km

Levavasseur Cotton Mill

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En 1822, à la suite de difficultés économiques, Adolphe Guéroult vend son domaine industriel constitué d'une filature de laine, de coton et d'une manufacture de draps établi sur le site de l'abbaye Notre-Dame de Fontaine-Guérard à Radepont au baron Levavasseur. Edouard (dit Jacques) Levavasseur est un manufacturier et armateur au Havre. Il importait lui-même son coton d'Amérique sur ses propres navires pour fournir ses filatures. Il remet en état le site, le restaure et l'améliore. Il meurt le 20 mars 1842.

Son fils Charles, associé dans la gestion de l'établissement depuis ses débuts, devient propriétaire du domaine. Quelques mois plus tard, un incendie ravage la filature de laine. En 1844, l'achat du château de Radepont le rend propriétaire de terrains sur plus de cinq kilomètres le long de l'Andelle. À la suite de nouveaux incendies sur les deux autres lieux de production en 1851, Charles Levavasseur décide de raser le site industriel et d'établir en aval la nouvelle usine, afin de dégager la vue sur l'ancienne abbaye. En 1855, il projette la reconstruction de la filature. Pour faire tourner les machines de la filature prévue pour 300 ouvriers, il dévie le cours de l'Andelle et fait construire un canal. Les travaux commencent en 1857. L'usine, de style néogothique anglais, mesure 96 m de long pour 26 m de large. Les cheminées, cachées dans les tours aux quatre coins, s'élèvent à 38 m de hauteur, sur 5 niveaux de planchers. Une deuxième filature, dite « petite filature » (96 m de long et 20 m de large) est construite à proximité. En 1861, l'usine commence sa production.

Le 23 août 1874, un incendie ravage la grande filature. Charles Levavasseur passe alors l'affaire à son fils Arthur. L'assurance ne pouvant prendre en charge la totalité des travaux, seule la petite filature est restaurée et remise en activité. En 1913, un nouvel incendie a lieu mais n'empêche pas à l'activité de se poursuivre. Quand Arthur meurt en 1923, Jacques puis Bernard Levavasseur lui succèdent.

Le château de Radepont et son parc sont vendus. Fernand Colombel fait don en 1937 de l'abbaye de Fontaine-Guérard à l'Armée du salut.

Le 16 décembre 1946, un nouvel incendie dans la petite filature met fin à toute activité sur le site. Seul un bâtiment est reconstruit au droit du barrage où est installé une turbine fournissant du courant au réseau EDF.

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6.25 km

Fontaine-Guérard Abbey

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It belongs stylistically to the Norman Gothic style in its early form and presenting characteristics specific to Normandy. It is particularly remarkable in the chapter house largely open to the old cloister, which has disappeared today.

Practically nothing remains of the extra-cloistered buildings, except, to the north, the vaulted cellar surmounted by the Saint-Michel chapel. On the other hand, articulating with the ruins of the abbey church, the cloister building closing the conventual quadrangle to the east is practically intact. It constitutes a high-quality homogeneous ensemble, with in particular its two rooms on the ground floor (chapter house and nuns' work room) and its dormitory upstairs. This is a notable testimony both to the Anglo-Norman monastic architecture of the early 13th century and to the plan generally adopted in Cistercian abbeys. In addition, the preserved buildings having barely undergone any changes in the centuries following the Middle Ages, visitors can discover the abbey in its medieval appearance.

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23.9 km

Andé Mill

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Private property, they accept entry to take a break or take photos with respect for the environment and responsible and silent behavior. To visit absolutely. To take a break in the middle of an outing.

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40.8 km

Côte Jacques Anquetil

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Very beautiful coast of 3600m with beautiful lakes inaugurated in honor of the five-time winner of the Tour de France.

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47.1 km

Radepont Castle

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The Château de Radepont is a superb castle rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century in a neo-Louis XIII style. It is located near the Seine. The castle has a beautiful facade with brick and stone decorations, a slate roof and a large water wheel. You'll spot it when the trees break and the house comes into view from the main road.

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50.8 km

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38.7 km

8.69 km

2.78 km

610 m

< 100 m

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46.8 km

3.96 km

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