Indicated on the A84 motorway, the village étape of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès (town of Maen Roch) offers to the travelers all the services needed for a great and practical travel stop.

■ Saint-Brice-en-Coglès, a Village Étape

The label « Village étape » is given for a five year period by the French Ministery of Ecology, Sustainable development and the country planning to the towns following a quality charter of services and welcoming : shops, restaurants, accomodation, picnic area, campervan service area, touristic information…

■ Saint-Brice-en-Coglès, Village full of flowers and Village in poetry

The village of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès is awarded for its flowers by the French label “Village fleuri”. The town obtained the “3 flowers” ranking on 2018.

It’s also one of the two first town to be certified “Village en Poésie” in 2012, a label created by the French poet Jean-Pierre Siméon. This is why many streets and public places regularly change or take their name from poets, and why about ten poem panels are settled on the town-centre and the green areas.

■ Saint-Brice-en-Coglès and its chateau

Known by hikers for its hiking tour of la Marche des Châteaux (French leaflet), the village of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès gathers many castles as the chateau de la Motte (private) which can be seen from a point of view on the hiking paths or the chateau Le Rocher Portail (now open during immersive animations about a wizard school).

You also can discover, from a view by the road, naer of the Espace Loisance tree park, the front of the Manoir de la Branche, a great old manor.

■ Saint-Brice-en-Coglès and its heritage

Three routes “Balade Urbaine” (french leaflet) bring to light the heritage on the town-centre of Saint-Brice-en-Coglès and Saint-Etienne-en-Coglès (united today in a town named Maen Roch). Stroll around to discover the Saint-Brice church, the old town-hall rehabilitated, the Odorico mosaic at the hsopital front, the former train station district and its water tower, the granite houses…

■ Saint-Brice-en-Coglès and its natural areas

On the road to Saint-Etienne-en-Coglès, you can provide of the Croix-Madame pond and its playground. Near from the pond is located the wood of la Motte, a wood of 22 hectares managed by the department for its natural interest.

On the road to La Selle-en-Coglès, you can discover the arboretum “Espace Loysance”, an area which is the object of a recent transformation with its first tree planting, its picnic tables and its poem panels.

■ Saint-Brice-en-Coglès and the leisure activities

The ancient railway became the voie verte VD3 (French leaflet) is crossinf the south of the town-centre of  St-Brice-en-Coglès. The village, sitatued halfway between Fougères and Antrain, is an ideal departure point for a short roundtrip in a half-day journey. The village is also a departure point of the bike tour Boucle des Picaous (French leaflet), which lead to discover the heirtage of the South Coglais on a loop of 32 kilometers.

You can also take adventage of the Cogle’O swimming-pool where can be found an atheltic pool and a relacing space (hammam-jacuzzi). For horse lovers, you can find the Ecurie d’Estran horse riding center.