Discovering the Lettenberg

Starting point: Place de Loker (church, cemetery)

(S/E) Join the Grand’Route (N375) and follow it to the left. At the Fork in the road, take the road on the right towards Bailleul and, at the junction, turn into the small street on the left (Galooiestraat) to reach the N322 and marker 56.

(1) Cross it and take the path opposite towards marker 11. Shortly after passing a house and just before crossing the stream, you’ll come to a fork.

(2) Take the path on the right (this is the chosen route. For an alternative route, see the practical information). The ‘path’ slopes to the left, crosses the stream, then turns left into the grass. The path opposite is marked by wooden posts, but it is difficult to follow as it is encroached upon by crops (it is often easier to go through the field on the right, where a good path has often formed: very lovely in late July 2026). Join a small road and head right to reach marker 8, just before the second farm.

(3) Take the superb grassy path on the left. This turns right, crosses a stream and climbs (a damp section that has just been improved) to reach a T-junction (marker 9 and hammocks on the right). Turn left and follow the path (with wooden duckboards in the wet sections) until you reach a wide track (marker 61 and a café on the right).

(4) Continue to the left then to the right (staircase) towards marker 63, following the fence. Ignore a path on the right (hiking marker), and carry on (still heading towards 63) until you reach a small road at marker 63.

(5) Follow the small road to the left towards marker 74. Just before a large house on the left, you’ll reach a hiking marker (unnumbered) and turn right towards marker 74. A lovely uphill path (steady gradient but difficult in wet weather) leads to the Mont Kemmel Ossuary (marker 74, benches).

(6) At the junction, continue straight ahead (the GR® heads off to the right) to enter the woods towards marker 83 (staircase on the right).

(7) Take the path on the left downhill and join a small road (marker 98). Follow it to the left until you reach a Fork in the road (marker 75). Then turn right onto the tarmac and continue downhill until you cross a small stream (Kemmelbeek). About a hundred metres further on, you’ll come to a path branching off to the right (marker 96: steps).

(8) Follow the path and enter the woods. When you reach a Fork in the road, turn right and then immediately left (there’s a lovely pond on the left). Continue up the path to reach the summit of the Lettenberg (marker 97).

(9) At the junction, take the path furthest to the right and head downhill (at the bottom of the descent, a flight of steps on the right leads to four bunkers dug into the hillside – a round trip). You’ll reach a metal gate. Go through it and take the hairpin bend to the left (another gate) to climb back up to the summit of Lettenberg (calvary). This circular loop can be avoided.

(9) Then head right to reach a small road. Do not join it, but take the path on the right (markers 71 and 76) which runs alongside it and leads back to the metal gate (marker 70).

(10) Now cross the small road (Lokerstraat) and take the road opposite, which climbs slightly. You’ll reach a junction at marker 81.

(11) Turn right, then immediately left (small flight of steps). Follow the path carefully through the woods until you reach a small road. Cross it and turn left onto the path running alongside it. Follow this path until you reach a flight of steps. Go down the steps and take the path opposite. Walk past a pond and head towards Warand Castle, then to marker 80.

(12) At the fork in the road, continue to the right (sculptures: see photos) until you reach marker 8.

(13) Take the path on the right and continue to a Fork in the road.

(14) Take the path at a right angle to the left, then immediately at a right angle to the right. 100 metres further on, at the Fork in the road, take the path on the left to reach the N331 and join it on the right (cycle path). At^{the first junction} , cross it (take care) and follow the small road opposite for about fifty metres to marker 9.

(15) Turn right to reach marker 87. Then turn onto the road on the right and rejoin the N331. Cross it to follow the path opposite and reach a small road.

(16) Follow it for about 100 metres to the right to reach marker 89. Leave the road and head into the woods on the right. The path emerges from the woods, crosses a slightly damp area and reaches a T-junction at marker 2, below the restaurant.

(17) Turn left, pass a picnic table and reach a gate at marker 72. Cross the small road and take the path opposite towards marker 65. You’ll soon reach a large pasture on the left. There’s no longer a gate, but you can clearly make out the path that leads down through it.

(18) Cross the pasture diagonally (there’s a lovely farm on the left) and reach a wide track. Follow it for a few metres to the right and you’ll come to a gate on the left.

(19) Go through it and follow the path across the fields. Just before another metal gate, turn right and walk alongside a copse for about a hundred metres.

(20) At the end of the copse, turn right to pass two turnstiles (puddles, risk of mud). Continue towards a third turnstile, a little further up on the right, and cross a copse. On emerging, continue along the edge on the right (often very wet). The path turns sharply left and reaches a Fork in the road.

(21) Take the path opposite, which zigzags through the fields (risk of mud, grazing sheep) before reaching a small road. Follow it for about fifty metres to the left until you reach marker 97.

(22) Take the road on the right towards the vineyard (Wiingoed Monteberg) along a long, scenic path – which has been slightly improved but can sometimes be very wet – that zigzags through the fields and then runs alongside the Lindebeek before reaching a road (marker 96).

(23) Take the path on the left that runs alongside it (gate). A little further on, join the road and follow it to the left towards Dranouter. A good hundred metres further on, turn left to enter the housing estate (roadworks in March 2026). Ignore the small street on the right, and continue for a few metres to house no. 7.

(24) Turn right onto a path between the houses. Follow this path as it crosses the estate to reach a lovely playground before coming out onto the road. Follow the road to the left, pass the church and reach the N322 (marker 6).

(25) Turn right onto the N322 towards Loker (Dikkebusstraat). Just after the restaurant ’t Folk, turn left into Victoriastraat to reach a T-junction (marker 5). Turn right towards marker 69. Walk past a pigsty and reach marker 69 at the edge of the woods. Go through the gate on the left towards marker 68. This is a very beautiful path that follows the southern edge of the woodland. At marker 68, veer to the left and continue to follow the southern edge towards marker 66 (risk of mud). Reach marker 98 (see practical information).

(26) Head off to the left (very wet pasture). Go through a gate, walk alongside a large pond and continue down a gentle slope. After crossing the Douve and passing a few pools, you’ll reach a small road at marker 99 (opposite the bagpiper).

(27) Follow the small road to the right. At marker 3 (a pub on the left), carry on straight ahead until you reach a Fork in the road (house and marker 2).

(28) Leave the tarmac and follow the dirt track to the right to join a road (N375).

(29) Cross it (take care!) and follow it to the right for about 300 metres. Walk past the Domaine Behaegel and take the^first path on the left. Ignore the first two paths on the left (markers 42 and 95) and take the^third one (marker 43). From there, you can opt for a quick return by heading along the tarmac road towards marker 44.

(30) Turn left and you’ll immediately come to marker 93. Continue to the right until you reach a small road. Walk alongside it on the left, staying firmly on the path. Just past a watchtower, look for an exit to the small road on the right. Follow it for a few metres to the left and you’ll find a path on the right (bench and deckchair).

(31) Take this steeply ascending path (staircase). At the top: a mill on the left, a large car park on the right; follow the small road to the right as far as marker 37 (if it is open, you can go through the car park; the exit is always accessible).

(32) Take the wide path on the right which leads downhill to a small road (marker 46). Follow it for about fifty metres to the left, then turn right (marker 45) onto Galooiestraat. You’ll reach a junction (marker 44).

(33) Take the road on the left to join the Grand’ Route de Loker. Turn right to reach the church and the starting car park (S/E).

This walk can become very difficult in bad weather: make sure you’re well equipped!

Food and drink available in Dranouter (km 15): there are plenty of pubs.

It is often better to head into the pasture just before marker 98, as this avoids some of the damp.

An alternative route is available at (2): continue straight ahead to reach a small road (marker 11). Follow it to the right to reach a crossroads (marker 60). Then turn right to reach marker 8 just before the second farm.