Travel Zone: Away Grounds

Welcome to Le Havre Travel Information. We have tried to create a guide to Le Havre, where we are scheduled to play against in a Pre Season Fixture on Saturday, 9th July. If you have more information to add, we would love to hear from you - Just contact us here...

The club have finally confirmed where the game will be played - as we reported at the start of the week, we will be playing at Gonfreville L'Orcher, a short journey from Le Havre. The game will kick off at 6pm local time (1 hour ahead of BST).

FINAL DETAILS CONFIRMED, AS OF 29th June 2005

The team will be heading over to France in the week leading up to the game. Here they will carry out training before the game on Saturday. For those fans around all weekend, the Academy will be playing their matches on Sunday. The club may be holding an open day where you can go along and see the players training, however McGhee is yet to make a decision.

The club have received 1000 tickets, and are urging fans to buy in advance. The capacity of the stadium, Gonfreville L'Orcher, as mentioned above is 3000, and the club is expecting our allocation of tickets to sell before the game.

PRICES:

Standing £4/€5

Seated £7.50/€10

Tickets are available from the club offices using cash.

BUSSES:

There are no trains to take you between towns, and taxi's are an expensive alternative. Therefore, Le Havre are providing busses to Gonfreville L'Orcher. This is around 20 minutes away. The cost of this will be €3 on the day.

It will leave from Le Havre ferry port between 3pm and 3:30pm before the game, and return to the port after the game. There is no a lot going on in Gonfreville, and it is recommended that fans return to Le Havre after the game.

PROGRAMME:

The club are producing the official match programme in co-operation with Le Havre, and this will be available at the ground before the game.

THE WORKS:

Keith Gallis Centre Stage Travel have organised trips arranged.
These will be leaving on the Friday and coming back on the Sunday.
You can choose either a 2 star or a 3 star hotel depending on what you fancy and can afford. The package will include travel, accommodation, match ticket and programme. Keith Gallis Centre Stage Travel is based in Worthing and the number is 01903 215615.

Tickets can also be bought from here using cash or debit card.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

Edward David from the club would love to hear from you if you have any further questions, or would like to purchase tickets.

Please call 01273 648164

Or email edward.david [remove this] @bhafc.co.uk

The Argus will be running an article, containing much of this information, on Monday. Watch out for this, or click here to print this page...

Please select an area of interest from below:

Club Facts [Top]

Le Havre is France's biggest ocean port, 125 miles west of Paris.

Le Havre formed in 1872 as a general football club, however files that confirm this were destroyed in the second world war. They became a professional club in 1894. Their current colours, sky and marine, were adopted in 1891 in a homage to the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Le Havre, nicknamed The HAC, went down to Division One in 2000 after 9 consecutive seasons in this league. After two seasons, they managed to return to Division One, however this was short lived and they soon went back down.

The HAC play at 16,000 seater Deschaseaux Stadium located in Le Havre, however they are currently looking to build a new stadium. They believe that there is no interest in renovating their current ground, which is shown in the picture below.

~~ Deschaseaux Stadium, from Le Havre Official Site ~~

Due to maintenance taking place at their ground, the game is now being played at Gonfreville L'Orcher.

Did you know... The town of Le Havre has over 190,000 inhabitants.

Food & Drink [Top]

The town of Le Havre has loads of restaurants to suit most tastes - if you are on a tight budget, you can get a meal from just 5 Euros - that's under £3.50! However, if you are looking for something more expensive and luxurious, there are also a number of restaurants offering excellent food and service so you can wine and dine all night!

When out spending, remember that £1 is roughly the same as around 1.5 Euros, however the exchange rate will differ and we cannot comment on the exact price for our visit.

Location Map [Top]

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Car Directions [Top]

To get to Le Havre, you will first need to get your self over to France! Many fans are getting a ferry from Dover to Calais. Le Havre is around 3 hours from this point.

When you leave the ferry, ensure you continue onto Rocade Est, joining the A216 after around 3.5 miles. Continue onto the A16 (Please Note, a toll operates on this road, and you will be charged for using this road) and follow this road for almost 100 miles. At junction 23, leave the A16 to join the A28 - you should start to notice signs for Le Havre.

After 45 miles, join the A29 where you will head into Le Havre. Leave at junction 5 after just 2.5 miles, and join the A131. After another short burst on this road, join the N282 - congratulations - you are now in Le Havre!

If you head onto the N15 at the end of the A131 you will head into the centre of town. Rue de Verden and Avenue Jean Jaurés go past the ground from the N15.

We have estimated the total journey from Brighton at 307 miles. We recommend taking regular breaks!

To get to the match, join the N15 towards Paris for 3 miles, before joining Avenue De Mayville where you should join the N182 almost immediately. After about a mile, join the D982 and follow the signs to Gonfreville.

Train Information [Top]

If you want to travel by Euro Tunnel, they have a regular half hourly service from Folkestone to Calais.

Bus, Tram & Underground Information [Top]

There is no information for this section - Sorry.

Parking [Top]

When selecting a place to park, please be considerable to other fans, and most importantly the people of Le Havre!

Misc [Top]

You can contact the club at:

2 road of the castle

SAINT LAURENT de Brevedent
B.P. 90 - 76700 Harfleur

If you require more information while you are at Le Havre, we suggest visiting the Tourist Information Centre:

Located on the sea front, close by the beach, yachting resort and P&O's maritime station, its geographic situation offers attractivity in the reception and information of the public.

If you have any information to add, or believe that some of the information is incorrect, let us know at travel@bhafc.cjb.net or use the contact form.

Disclaimer: Despite our best efforts, some information may be incorrect. We accept no responsibility for incorrect information posted here, and all fans should check the information with a travel adviser before setting off for their destination.