Plage de la Vieille église
Metropolitan France, France
- Free parking
Today at a glance
Calmest: 5 pm to sunset, sunset 7:01 pm0.9
82 km/h51 mph wind, Poor
1.0
77 km/h48 mph wind, Poor
1.0
87 km/h54 mph wind, Poor
1.0
85 km/h53 mph wind, Poor
1.0
80 km/h50 mph wind, Poor
1.0
80 km/h49 mph wind, Poor
1.2
72 km/h45 mph wind, Poor
1.2
70 km/h44 mph wind, Poor
1.5
75 km/h47 mph wind, Poor
1.6
66 km/h41 mph wind, Poor
1.4
62 km/h38 mph wind, Poor
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Forecast, hour by hour
Beach score for daylight hours, today and tomorrow. Wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 14°C57°F
- Water
- 15°C59°F
- Wind
- 7245 km/hmph SSW
- Gusts
- 10867 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.8 m6 ft
- UV
- 0 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 90%
- Sunset
- 7:01 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 pm, -2.7 m9 ft
- High 6 pm, 3.2 m10 ft
- Low 1 am, -3.8 m13 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sun4.7 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 52 km/h32 mph, rain 73%
- Mon3.3 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 44 km/h27 mph, rain 53%
- Tue2.8 PoorNo standout stretchWind up to 50 km/h31 mph, rain 68%
- Wed4.5 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 23 km/h14 mph, rain 24%
- Thu5.3 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 21 km/h13 mph, rain 6%
Beach info
Facilities and the beaches next door.
About Plage de la Vieille église
Plage de la Vieille église is a beach located in Metropolitan France, near the village of Carteret, which is 1,659 meters away. OpenStreetMap lists a nearby beach called plage de La Potinière, which is 1,262 meters away, and the nearest airport is Aéroport de Cherbourg-Manche, 39 kilometers away. The beach has free parking available, with three parking spots within 304 meters.
La Vieille Église beach, long known as Hatainville beach, is a sandy and rocky beach located on the communes of Barneville-Carteret and des Moitiers-d'Allonne on the Côte des Isles in the Manche department.
Machine translation into English of the lead of “Plage de la Vieille église” on French Wikipedia (authors, revision used). The translation is machine-made and may contain errors; the text may have been shortened. This translation is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, like the original. Retrieved Oct 23, 2026. Read the original in French · Data sources
Facilities
- Restrooms490 m0.3 mi away
- Drinking water470 m0.3 mi away
- Parking3 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 300 m0.2 mi. Listed as free
- Picnic tables420 m0.3 mi away
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 1.7 km1 miCarteret (village)
- Nearest airport
- 39 km24 miAéroport de Cherbourg-Manche (CER)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- plage de La Potinière1.3 km0.8 mi south-east away1.4 Poor later
- Barneville-Carteret1.4 km0.9 mi north-west away1.5 Poor later
- Grande Plage de Barneville à Portbail4.3 km2.7 mi east away1.4 Poor later
- Plage de l'Anse de Sciotot13 km8.3 mi north away2.0 Poor later
- plage de Sciotot13 km8.3 mi north away2.0 Poor later