Criel-sur-Mer is a town of farming, tourism and light industry situated in the valley and at the mouth of the river Yères, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Dieppe.

The existence of the railway station helped establish two elegant seaside resorts here, one near the mouth of the Yères and the other at the suburb of Mesnil-Val.

[3] This was the golden age of the Normandy beach resort, that served as the prototype for Trouville, Cabourg and Deauville.

In 2005, an English residential activity company named Kingswood began using Chateau de Chantereine as a base for its study tours.

Since then, hundreds of children each year visit the chateau and its surrounding towns such as Dieppe, Eu and Le Treport as part of their studies.