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About our Property

Le Chaudron Gite (Self catering sleeps 4)

After having successfully run our Chambres d'Hôtes business for eight years in the village of St Lucien, we have now opened our second property 'Le Chaudron' as a gite, and extend a warm welcome to guests to our beautiful, carefully restored 200 year old Normandy longère.

It is situated in the hamlet of Le Grand Mont Alix which is just two kilometres from where we have our home "Les Quatre Oiseaux."

Le Chaudron makes an ideal, rural base for two couples or a family with two children.

The accommodation is all on the ground floor and comprises:

A dining kitchen which has a feature fireplace with a wood burning stove. The kitchen is fully fitted with gas hob and electric oven, microwave and fridge.

The sitting room, with settee and armchairs, has an open fire. There is a TV and a selection of books and games. French windows lead onto a tiled terrace (with garden furniture and parasol), above a lawn with views over the surrounding countryside.

Bedroom 1, the main double bedroom, has en suite facilities, including a shower.

Bedroom 2 is a twin bedded room.

Separate bathroom.

There is also a small area where the washing machine is situated.

Every room is fitted with independent electric radiators so that guests are free to choose the level of heating that suits them in each of the rooms.

As an old cottage, the property has the benefit of open beams and in some rooms (particularly the kitchen and the twin bedroom), they are low ones, and care should be taken when entering.

About our region

St Lucien is a peaceful village in the Pays de Bray, which is cheese and cider country.

In fact, Neufchatel cheese is the oldest of all the Normandy cheeses.

The country is rolling with picturesque villages and attractive valleys. The 'buttonhole' of Bray is a long depression running from Beauvais almost as far as Dieppe.

We are on the edge of the forest of Lyons, an ideal spot for both walkers and cyclists.

There are also châteaux, museums and gardens (including Monet's garden at Giverny) which welcome visitors.

We are fifteen minutes from the spa town of Forges-les-Eaux with its famous casino, and fifteen minutes in the other direction will take you to the picturesque forest village of Lyons-La-Forêt or Ry, famed as the home of Flaubert's 'Madame Bovary.'

The beautiful old city of Rouen and the attractive valley of the Seine are only about half an hour away, and Paris and the resorts on the Normandy coast make good days out.

Prices and booking information

Le Chaudron

Date Price per week

October - March £235.00

April - June & September £295.00

July and August £340.00

We ask for a returnable deposit (caution) of £150.00. Prices are fully inclusive of bedding (though we ask you to provide your own personal towels), gas and water.

They include a daily electricity allowance of 10kWh. Anything used in addition to this will be charged as taken.

Jeanette and Keith (both being former teachers in Uganda) are keen supporters of the Dream Scheme in Uganda which undertakes community projects with some of the poorest children in that country.

Please click here (website link here in original) to find out more about the scheme and to make a donation if you wish.

Getting There

From Calais: Take the A16 motorway from the port/tunnel to Boulogne (where it becomes a pèage) and then on to Abbeville. (Alternatively take the N1 via Montreuil).

Just before Abbeville, branch off onto the A28 motorway (free) towards Rouen. Continue on this road and take the Neufchatel north exit.

In Neufchatel, turn left at the first set of traffic lights, onto the D1314 to Forges-les-Eaux. In the town centre at Forges, go straight across at the traffic lights on the D921.

Continue on this road via Argueil and Fry until you get to Nolleval. Turn sharp right at the church onto the D38 to St Lucien.

We are facing you at the top of the hill as you enter St Lucien. It is a white house marked Gites de France/Chambre d'Hôtes.

From Dieppe: Take the D915 to Forges-les-Eaux. (We think you will find it easier to turn left into Dieppe centre ville from the port rather than follow toutes directions).

At the town square in Forges (traffic lights), turn right onto the D921. Then follow the same directions as from Calais.

From Le Havre (Avoiding Rouen): Take the A29 (péage) as far as the St Saens exit. Transfer to the A28 (free) in the direction of Rouen.

Take the first exit, turn left, and drive into Buchy. In Buchy centre (the Halles are on your left), turn right at the crossroads on the D41 and continue to Bois Guilbert.

Be careful at a complicated junction halfway along this stretch - keep left up the hill on a sweeping bend. You are still on the D41. Go through Bois Guilbert to a crossroads where you will turn right to La Chapelle-St-Ouen.

Continue along this road (D38) all the way to St Lucien (also signposted Nolléval). In St Lucien, keep left at the first junction after the church. We are the last building on the right at the next turning - a white house marked Gites de France.

To book either of these properties please contact the owners:

Jeanette and Keith Mills

"Les Quatre Oiseaux" 76780 St Lucien France

Tel: 02 35 90 51 95

International: +33 2 35 90 51 95

When booking this property please mention Relax in France