Around Bachy

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This route between the Bachy plain and the Belgian border allows you to discover Mont Saint-Aubert in Belgium. You will discover part of the route used by "Monique", a member of the Resistance who helped airmen escape between France and the town of Rumegies in Belgium.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.67 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 20 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 20 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 74 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 54 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Bachy (59830)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.553475° / E 3.259929°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2605O
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Description of the walk

Park in the car park at Bachy church.

(S/E) Turn right onto Rue Pasteur and leave the war memorial behind you.

(1) Turn right onto Rue de l'Égalité, then left onto Rue Roger Salengro until you reach the roundabout in the hamlet of Sartaine.

(2) Turn left onto Rue de la Libération and continue for about 700 metres, then turn left.

(3) Follow the stony farm track, ignoring the side roads, until you reach the junction with Rue de Bachy.

(4) Turn left onto the small asphalt road and continue for about 1 km until you reach the corner of the poplar grove.

(5) Turn right onto the dirt track towards the park. At elevation 67, turn left then right onto a track that ends in a narrow lane, leading to Impasse du Parc.
In summer, the path may be grassy. If this puts you off, return to Bachy by following the road, taking the road on the left.

(6) At the junction with Rue Pasteur, turn left to reach the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 74 m - Church car park
  2. 1 : km 0.11 - alt. 74 m - On the right, Rue de la Liberté
  3. 2 : km 1.27 - alt. 58 m - On the left, Rue de la Libération
  4. 3 : km 1.77 - alt. 59 m - Gravel path
  5. 4 : km 3.85 - alt. 56 m - On the left Rue de Bachy
  6. 5 : km 4.61 - alt. 65 m - On the right, take the dirt track.
  7. 6 : km 5.34 - alt. 66 m - On the left, Rue Pasteur
  8. S/E : km 5.67 - alt. 74 m - Church car park

Notes

Alternative route from (5): follow the road via (1) to return to the car park (caution: the bend at elevation 71 is dangerous, it is safer to walk on the left-hand side of the road).

Worth a visit

- From (3), view of Mont-Saint-Aubert overlooking the Tournai plain.
- At the intersection with Rue de Bachy (4), enjoy the currently unobstructed view of the villages of Wannehain and Bourghelles.
You can visit the crypt of the Lords of Tenremonde.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 8 reviews
Reliability of the description
4.9 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
maumau
maumau

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 26, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Very good route overall and impeccable surface

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jerome.foncelle
jerome.foncelle

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Both the description and the map are very easy to follow. Accurate mileage.

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virphil
virphil

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 26, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Small attraction at the start of the route with gardens where animals roam (donkey, chicken, pig, peacock). Straight section of the route exposed to the wind.

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cemoi62
cemoi62

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 21, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A peaceful hike, partly following in Monique's footsteps, which allowed us to discover the story of this resistance fighter and the pretty village of Bachy. A pleasant and quiet route, but the path after point 5 is not maintained and we had to walk along the edge of the field instead. The other option would have been to turn back and continue along the road.

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yvon.meunier
yvon.meunier

For your information, the poplar wood has just been cut down. I will think about a new design.
Kind regards

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cookie59
cookie59

At point 5, we continued along the road instead of turning right onto a path, I suppose.

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yvon.meunier
yvon.meunier

For my information and to possibly add to the description, could you specify the point on the map that caused you problems?

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cookie59
cookie59

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 01, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Hello
A very good hike in beautiful sunshine, the only slight hiccup being towards the end when we continued along the road and couldn't see which path to take, but otherwise worth doing again.
We followed the GPX track.

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Luc Rammant
Luc Rammant

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 17, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Last bit a bit too many cars. The rest of the passage was OK.

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amicale direccte lille
amicale direccte lille

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 13, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Hello,
Not very interesting and too much walking on "tarmac roads", which means a lot of traffic.

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thank you, izbel
The author may be able to clarify their description to find the starting point for sure.

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izbel
izbel

We had printed out the document. It was disappointing for us in the sense that we never found the route...

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thank you, izbel
Since you didn't do this hike, it seems logical to me that you can't rate the reliability of the three points requested, so I deleted your three "Very disappointing" ratings.
To find a reliable starting point, Visorando offers several solutions:
- the GPS coordinates provided in the technical data sheet
- the blue link "Click here to find out how to get to the start of the hike"
- the IGN map, which is accurate enough to locate yourself.
Of course, you must print out the PDF document provided free of charge by Visorando before you set off, which includes the description and extract from the IGN map.

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yvon.meunier
yvon.meunier

Amazing!

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izbel
izbel
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We never found the route... even though we were parked right on the church square!!! Knowing that Bachy isn't that big...???
Very disappointed!

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