The town of Lannion is situated in Northern Brittany, between the ports of Roscoff and St Malo and a few miles inland from the Pink Granite Coast. Ploubezre is located a few miles further South.

Lannion town centre has many narrow streets and old half-timbered buildings. It is famous for it's church reached by a long flight of steps and for it's Thursday market which takes over the town streets and the car park adjacent to the river.