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45° 49' 57.2592'' N 0° 43' 34.176'' E |
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Getting to Magnieras
Airport - our nearest airport is Limoges, with flights from the UK with RyanAir and Flybe.
Limoges Airport - www.airportlimoges.co.uk
Limoges Airport - Jeff Steiner's France
Trains (SNCF) - our nearest train station is Saillat-Chassenon, with trains from Limoges.
www.trainline.eu
www.ter.sncf.com.
Buses run from Angouleme to Roumazieres (around 17 kms/19 minutes away from Magnieras gite). See Ligne 18.
Limoges Airport - www.airportlimoges.co.uk
Limoges Airport - Jeff Steiner's France
Trains (SNCF) - our nearest train station is Saillat-Chassenon, with trains from Limoges.
www.trainline.eu
www.ter.sncf.com.
Buses run from Angouleme to Roumazieres (around 17 kms/19 minutes away from Magnieras gite). See Ligne 18.
Local services
The village of Pressignac 16150 is 1.4 miles from Magnieras by road, less by any of the tracks that lead there, and has a post office open Mon-Sat morning, and an equestrian centre. Sadly the village shop, bar and bakery* have closed in the last couple of years, but baguettes can be bought 24/7 from a vending machine outside the post office. Just outside of the village heading towards Rochechouart is the fishing lake and bar/restaurant at La Chauffie, open weekends June and September and every day July and August.
The leisure lake at La Guerlie 16150 is approximately 3 miles from Magnieras (heading towards Verneuil), depending on the route taken as there are plenty of options using country roads and tracks, and an easy, reasonably flat cycle. On the side of the lake there is Le 16 Beach (take the Camping Des Lacs turn before the barrage), a snack bar serving pizzas, salads, sandwiches and ice creams; and across the barrage, Le Soleil Couchant, an English bar open year round with a full bar menu. |
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Pressignac (annuaire Mairie)
Chassenon 16150 (4 miles): village with bakery (opposite the church, apparently open every day except Wed, 7 am – 1.30 pm and 3 – 7 pm), post office (open mornings) and bar serving lunches weekdays.
Chabanais 16150 (4 miles): small town with large Super U supermarket and petrol station, s cycling hops, bars, restaurants, doctors (including an English speaking female doctor), dentists, vet, car repair garages.
* There are 3 bakeries in Chabanais:
12 Place du 14 Juillet (on the left just before the railway crossing), open Mon Tue, Thu & Fri 7 am – 1 pm and 3 – 7 pm, Wed 7 am – 1 pm, Sat 7.30 am – 1 pm, closed Sun.
18 Place de la Croix Blanche (in the square before joining the N141), Portuguese bakery, open Tue – Sun 6 am – 7 pm, closed Mon.
4 Place Colbert (off the car park on the left going towards Limoges, just before the river), open Tue – Sat 6.30 am – 1 pm & 3.30 – 7.30.
Pressignac (annuaire Mairie)
Chassenon 16150 (4 miles): village with bakery (opposite the church, apparently open every day except Wed, 7 am – 1.30 pm and 3 – 7 pm), post office (open mornings) and bar serving lunches weekdays.
Chabanais 16150 (4 miles): small town with large Super U supermarket and petrol station, s cycling hops, bars, restaurants, doctors (including an English speaking female doctor), dentists, vet, car repair garages.
* There are 3 bakeries in Chabanais:
12 Place du 14 Juillet (on the left just before the railway crossing), open Mon Tue, Thu & Fri 7 am – 1 pm and 3 – 7 pm, Wed 7 am – 1 pm, Sat 7.30 am – 1 pm, closed Sun.
18 Place de la Croix Blanche (in the square before joining the N141), Portuguese bakery, open Tue – Sun 6 am – 7 pm, closed Mon.
4 Place Colbert (off the car park on the left going towards Limoges, just before the river), open Tue – Sat 6.30 am – 1 pm & 3.30 – 7.30.
Rochechouart (5 miles): small pretty town with impressive chateau, Champion supermarket and petrol station, Aldi, shops, bars, restaurants, vet, car hire, car repair garages.
St Junien (11 miles): large town with hospital with A&E, doctors, dentists, vets, large Le Clerc and Hyper U supermarkets, McDonalds, pretty shopping street with cafes, restaurants, cinema.
Oradour-sur-Vayres 87150 (12 miles): small town with excellent small animal vets (we use this vet for our dogs and cat, English spoken), Super U supermarket.
Confolens 16500 (15 miles): pretty town on the river Vienne, cinema, Intermarche and Lidl supermarkets. Hosts an international dance festival every August which is well worth visiting. One end of the velo-rail starts here.
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 16260 (17 miles): cinema with English films on Saturdays and Sundays.
Limoges (33 miles) - capital of the Haute Vienne department, served by Bellegard airport (29 miles) with frequent flights from the UK by Ryan Air and Flybe.
Angouleme - (36 miles) capital of the Charente department.
St Junien (11 miles): large town with hospital with A&E, doctors, dentists, vets, large Le Clerc and Hyper U supermarkets, McDonalds, pretty shopping street with cafes, restaurants, cinema.
Oradour-sur-Vayres 87150 (12 miles): small town with excellent small animal vets (we use this vet for our dogs and cat, English spoken), Super U supermarket.
Confolens 16500 (15 miles): pretty town on the river Vienne, cinema, Intermarche and Lidl supermarkets. Hosts an international dance festival every August which is well worth visiting. One end of the velo-rail starts here.
Chasseneuil-sur-Bonnieure 16260 (17 miles): cinema with English films on Saturdays and Sundays.
Limoges (33 miles) - capital of the Haute Vienne department, served by Bellegard airport (29 miles) with frequent flights from the UK by Ryan Air and Flybe.
Angouleme - (36 miles) capital of the Charente department.
Emergencies
Medical help/SAMU 15
Police/Police Nationale (Gendarmerie) 17
Fire & accident/Sapeurs Pompiers 18
SOS - all services (can be called from a mobile) 112
SOS - all services (hearing assisted) 114
Missing Child 116 000
All emergency numbers can be dialled from payphones without money.
Anglo-Info emergency information
Police/Police Nationale (Gendarmerie) 17
Fire & accident/Sapeurs Pompiers 18
SOS - all services (can be called from a mobile) 112
SOS - all services (hearing assisted) 114
Missing Child 116 000
All emergency numbers can be dialled from payphones without money.
Anglo-Info emergency information
Useful information
Estate Agents/Immobiliers
We can't promise that all of these immobiliers exist! When we were looking for a property 15+ years ago there were lots of small immobilier offices, usually at least one in every small town. Now many of these seem to have been replaced or taken over by large immobiliers that seem to work mostly via the internet or with independent agents who work from their homes/cars. Most small towns (Chabanais, Rochechouart, Confolens ...) will have at least one notaire's office, and notaires often have houses for sale (as well as immobiliers).
Notaire - Chabanais
5 Rue Palant Lamirande, 16150 Chabanais. T: 06 75 30 32 05
Pragout Immobilier - Chabanais
1 Route d'Angouleme, 16150 Chabanais. T: 05 45 30 32 90
Offices also in Oradour sur Vayres, Chalus, Limoges
Pragout Immobilier - Oradour sur Vayres
11 Avenue du General de Gaulle, 87150 Oradour sur Vayres. T: 05 55 78 15 67
In the centre of Oradour sur Vayres - coming from Rochechouart, go past the church and it's a little further on, on the left hand side (same side as the church). English and French spoken. Andrea's parents bought their house through this immobilier.
Offices also in Chalus, Limoges and Chabanais
Piegut Immobilier - Cussac
2 Route Saint Mathieu, 87150 Cussac. T: 05 55 70 90 90. A Beaux Villages agency.
Piegut Immobilier - Piegut-Pluviers
1 Boulevard de l'Est, 24360 Piegut-Pluviers - a Beaux Villages agency
Human Immobilier - Rochechouart
4 Place du Dr Octave Marquet, 87600 Rochechouart. T: 05 55 03 10 63
Human Immobilier - Confolens
11 Rue Emile Roux, 16500 Confolens. T: 05 45 29 00 00
Leggett Immobilier
Green-Acres
We can't promise that all of these immobiliers exist! When we were looking for a property 15+ years ago there were lots of small immobilier offices, usually at least one in every small town. Now many of these seem to have been replaced or taken over by large immobiliers that seem to work mostly via the internet or with independent agents who work from their homes/cars. Most small towns (Chabanais, Rochechouart, Confolens ...) will have at least one notaire's office, and notaires often have houses for sale (as well as immobiliers).
Notaire - Chabanais
5 Rue Palant Lamirande, 16150 Chabanais. T: 06 75 30 32 05
Pragout Immobilier - Chabanais
1 Route d'Angouleme, 16150 Chabanais. T: 05 45 30 32 90
Offices also in Oradour sur Vayres, Chalus, Limoges
Pragout Immobilier - Oradour sur Vayres
11 Avenue du General de Gaulle, 87150 Oradour sur Vayres. T: 05 55 78 15 67
In the centre of Oradour sur Vayres - coming from Rochechouart, go past the church and it's a little further on, on the left hand side (same side as the church). English and French spoken. Andrea's parents bought their house through this immobilier.
Offices also in Chalus, Limoges and Chabanais
Piegut Immobilier - Cussac
2 Route Saint Mathieu, 87150 Cussac. T: 05 55 70 90 90. A Beaux Villages agency.
Piegut Immobilier - Piegut-Pluviers
1 Boulevard de l'Est, 24360 Piegut-Pluviers - a Beaux Villages agency
Human Immobilier - Rochechouart
4 Place du Dr Octave Marquet, 87600 Rochechouart. T: 05 55 03 10 63
Human Immobilier - Confolens
11 Rue Emile Roux, 16500 Confolens. T: 05 45 29 00 00
Leggett Immobilier
Green-Acres