East of the Vexin from Auvers-sur-Oise

Easy parking at the Auvers-sur-Oise station car park, Rue de Montmaur, between the two bridges. Accessible by train via line H from Paris-Nord station.

(S/E) Return to the car park exit and head left up Rue de Paris to the traffic lights.

(1) Cross the D4 and head straight ahead onto Rue de Paris. Walk up towards the church and, at the statue of Charles François d’Aubigny, turn right then left onto Rue Ferdinand Mesny. Walk past the church and turn right immediately afterwards. Walk up to the cemetery, go round it on the right and arrive at a four-way junction.

(2) Turn left and, 1 km further on at the next junction, continue straight ahead to the next T-junction. Turn right and reach a multi-way junction with a wayside shrine on the right.

(3) Turn right onto the^second small road (under a portico) which descends quite steeply towards Valmondois. In the village, at the end of Chemin de la Frette, turn right then left onto Rue Dorée, and you will soon reach a marked path (^PR® and^GR®1) on the left.

(4) Follow this path to the left, which alternates between woodland and open sections for about 3.5 km until you reach the village of Nesles-la-Vallée, on the D64, Rue de la Falaise. Walk about ten metres to the right then turn left (leaving^{the GR®1}), onto Allée René Florentin, and arrive at the old Nesles station.

(5) Continue along Rue Denis and, at the end of the lane, turn right, pass Le Sausseron then under the high-voltage power lines and arrive at a crossroads.

(6) Turn left and at the next junction, left again onto the^D151E2, towards Labeville. Go straight through the hamlet of Biard and enter Labeville. Follow Rue de l'Ancienne Gare, then at the three-way junction ahead, turn right onto Rue Neuve; at the end, go right for about ten metres and reach the start of the cycle path on the left.

(7) Turn left onto this path (cycle sign), Chemin de Ramponne. Continue for 2 km until you reach a roundabout.

(8) Continue straight on, along Rue Verte (picnic benches) towards the marshes. After a transformer, turn right onto the small road (one-way) and follow it to Menouville, to the bus stop at the end of Rue du Pressoir.

(9) Turn left onto Rue du Château. Leave the village and continue for 2.6 km until you reach a road on the right, just after an electrical substation on the left.

(10) Do not go down into the woods but turn sharply right. At the next junction, go down to the left to the Theuville War Memorial.

(11) Turn left onto Rue Angèle de Bourbon, leave the village and, at the three-way junction, continue right onto Rue de l'Aventure, heading towards Epiais Rhus. Pass the abandoned factory and then head up to the right onto Rue Saint-Jean. Cross the hamlet of Rhus and continue to Epiais Rhus.

(12) At the stop sign, turn left then immediately right onto Rue Saint-Didier, heading towards the town hall. Pass the church and reach a four-way junction. Turn left onto Rue de la Vanne, which continues as a path; ignore the^first path on the right (^PR® barrier) then turn left onto the path that descends slightly and finally climb up to the left to the Croix d'Allon.

(13) At the road, turn left, pass the cross on your left, then take the path immediately on your right. At the end of this, turn right and then quickly left onto the path which descends slightly and joins a wider cross-path from where you can see some sheds on the right.

(14) Continue to the right towards the hamlet of Mézières, cross the large farm in the hamlet and reach a four-way crossroads.

(15) Turn right and follow this small road for about 3 km to Livilliers.

(16) Enter Livilliers and head for the church square (where you can take a break).

(17) Then retrace your steps and turn right onto the D79, Rue de Romesnil, towards Hérouville.
Carefully navigate the roundabout, take the^second exit and immediately turn right onto the central reservation, Chemin de la Bascule, then continue along Rue du Poteau to reach Place de l’Église.

(18) Turn left then right, towards Auvers-sur-Oise. Stay on the D928; at the roundabout, continue straight ahead until you reach agricultural sheds on either side of the road.

(19) Turn right onto Chemin des Marivaux (no entry except for agricultural vehicles), and head straight across the fields. At the end of this road, turn left and at the next junction, go straight ahead onto Chemin du Haut Buisson; after a steep descent, enter Auvers-sur-Oise, in the Valhermeil district, via Rue de Valhermeil and reach number 9.

(20) Turn left onto Rue des Roches, then continue straight on, passing through Rue Simone le Danois, Rue des Meulières, Rue François Coppé, Rue du Docteur Gachet and Rue Victor Hugo, until you reach a Stop sign opposite Château de Léry.

(21) Cross over to Rue de Lhéry, walk past the château on your left, then turn right onto Rue des Ponceaux. At the main road in Auvers-sur-Oise, turn left, then right at the bridge to return to the station car park (S/E).

Easy parking at the Auvers-sur-Oise station car park, Chemin du Vexin, between the two bridges.
Auvers - Nesles-la-Vallée, all amenities.
Bus shelters in case of rain: Verville – Biard exit – Menouville – Theuville – Livilliers – Hérouville.
Picnic area: Vallangoujard, Chemin Vert – Epais Rhus, church lawn.

Auvers-sur-Oise: Church, cemetery (Van Gogh’s grave), Château des Impressionnistes, Van Gogh’s House....
In Van Gogh Park: tourist office.
Village of Nesles-la-Vallée, Launay Farm.
Vallangoujard Marshes.
Village of Menouville, Rue du Château, dovecote.
Porch of the church at Epiais-Rhus.
The hamlet of Mézières.
Porch of the church at Livilliers.
Return to Auvers: ruins of Saint-Nicolas Chapel, Dr Gachet’s house, bookshop carriages.