Les Voyettes

This local hike will introduce you to this charming village in the community of Lens-Lievin. It took in the wounded during the Battle of Lens in August 1648 and many other battles, including the Battle of Vimy Ridge from 9 to 12 April 1917. The ponds around Vimy are former shell holes. Even today, unexploded ordnance can still be found.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.29 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 50 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 51 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 97 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 57 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Vimy (62580)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.373098° / E 2.809873°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2406E
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Departure Place de la République

(S/E) Opposite the town hall, exit the car park on the left, cross the street and turn right onto Rue Jules Ferry until you reach Rue du 4 Septembre.

(1) Turn left onto this street, then first turn right then left. Cross the street and continue to Rue du Maréchal Juin. Turn left and continue straight on Rue de la Salle des Fêtes until the end.

(2) Take the lane opposite and, at the end, turn left, then right. Then keep left on Rue Victor Hugo until you reach a footpath.

(3) Turn right onto it, and at the end, keep right onto Rue Paul Verlaine and continue along the path opposite until you reach Rue Arthur Rimbaud.

(4) Turn right, do the same at the crossroads, then after 40 metres, take the straight path on the right and continue to Avenue du Canada.

(5) Go down this road on the left for about 300 metres. Cross the street and turn right onto Rue Sadi Carnot. Turn left into Résidence le Vieux Mont and continue straight ahead until you reach Avenue du Canada.

(6) Cross the avenue, first turn right then left onto Rue Roger Salengro, then take the first right onto Rue Georges Bizet. At the end, first turn left then right and keep going around the bend to get back onto a street.

(7) Turn right at the end of the bend, take the path on the right, then at the end turn right onto Rue des Croix.

(8) Turn left onto Rue Jean Moulin, then further on, turn left onto Rue de Thelus. At the end, go straight ahead onto Rue de Farbus, which turns right. Continue to Rue Édouard Manet.

(9) Turn left onto this street. At the end, first turn right then left to follow a straight path to its end, then turn left onto Rue de l'Égalité until you reach Rue Voltaire on the right.

(10) Follow this street and continue straight ahead. Cross a four-way intersection and arrive at Rue de la Gare on the left.

(11) Continue along this street until you reach Rue Rouget de l'Isle. Cross this street and turn right to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 78 m - Place de la République
  2. 1 : km 0.22 - alt. 79 m - Rue du 4 Septembre
  3. 2 : km 1.18 - alt. 57 m - End of Chemin de la Salle des Fêtes
  4. 3 : km 1.68 - alt. 60 m - Path
  5. 4 : km 1.96 - alt. 65 m - Rue Arthur Rimbaud
  6. 5 : km 2.55 - alt. 69 m - Avenue du Canada
  7. 6 : km 3.37 - alt. 89 m - Avenue du Canada
  8. 7 : km 3.73 - alt. 85 m - Street
  9. 8 : km 4 - alt. 88 m - Rue Jean Moulin
  10. 9 : km 4.67 - alt. 85 m - Rue Édouard Manet
  11. 10 : km 5.45 - alt. 74 m - Rue Voltaire
  12. 11 : km 6.11 - alt. 64 m - Rue de la Gare
  13. S/E : km 7.29 - alt. 79 m - Place de la République

Notes

No water source.

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