In search of the boundary markers of La Flamengrie

Park in the square between the town hall and the church.

(S/E) Set off with the town hall on your left and the church on your right, and walk up Rue des Toubaqueux. At the junction with Rue Basse, carry straight on.

(1) At the end, turn left into Rue Haute. Take the^first right, Chemin des Rocs, and after about 150 metres, you’ll find markers nos. 42 and 43. Retrace your steps back to the junction with Rue des Toubaqueux.

(1) Carry on straight ahead along Rue Haute.

(2) At the junction with Rue Ballette on the right-hand side, turn left onto the picturesque Sentier Voit N’y Goutte. At the end, a good hundred metres further on, you’ll find boundary marker no. 46. Retrace your steps.

(2) Continue along Rue Haute until it ends (Notre-Dame de Bon Secours Chapel; boundary marker no. 53). Then turn left into Rue de la Perche (watch out for cars). Carry on straight ahead until the next junction (boundary markers nos. 57 and 58).

(3) Turn right onto Chemin du Bosquet. At the end, turn right onto the D154 towards the village. Walk past the cemetery and you’ll soon come to a junction with a dirt track on the left.

(4) Follow this track for about a hundred metres until you reach a clump of trees. Below the track, you can see marker no. 3. Turn back.

(4) Continue along the D154 towards the village (to the left as you return from the cluster of trees). Pass marker no. 15.

(5) At the Calotin crossroads (markers nos. 17 and 18), turn left into Rue du Vieux Chemin de Valenciennes. Take the^first right, Rue du Rivage (marker no. 21).

(6) At the end, turn left onto Rue de l’Église. After a right-hand bend, turn left onto a grassy path to find marker no. 31. Turn round and head back along Rue de l’Église on the left.

(7) At the end, head left towards Roisin (Belgium). After about a hundred metres, you’ll find marker no. 36. Turn back.

(7) Carry on straight ahead along Rue haute, following the border. Take the^first right, Rue Verte, and walk downhill to a stream. Then turn left onto a grassy path and follow the stream on your right. You’ll come out onto Rue des Toubaqueux; follow it to the left to reach the town hall square (S/E).

Signposted with a fleur-de-lis and a double-headed eagle.

Suitable for pushchairs.

An information leaflet is available at the bus shelter.

Short alternative route:
Follow the start of the main route, then at the junction with Rue Perche, turn right and follow this street for 500 metres to the Calotin junction.
Follow the main route from (5).