Around Les Hauts de Meuse and Bois Brûlé

A walk alternating between the country lanes of the Plateau d'Erpent and the forest paths of the Bois Brûlé.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.60 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 74 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 72 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 203 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 145 m

Description of the walk

Departure from the car park opposite the Collège Notre-Dame de la Paix.
(S/E) With your back to the school, go down to your left to Rue des Myosotis.
Follow this street (alongside the fitness centre) then turn left into Rue du Vieux Bon-Dieu.

(1) Take the first left towards the buildings and follow the grassy path slightly to the right. Continue straight ahead for approximately 900 metres and pass the guard's house (the only house on the left at the entrance to the woods).

(2) Enter the Bois Brûlé. Take the forest path on the left after the guard's house.
Turn right onto the forest path and follow it for about 500 metres.
You will come to a barrier overlooking the railway line. Turn sharply left and follow the forest path for about 400 metres. When you reach the top, take the path on the right and follow it for about 500 metres.
You will come to a T-junction: take the forest lane on the left for about 250 metres.
You will come to a sort of forest roundabout; go halfway around it.
Exit the roundabout and turn right onto the path that runs alongside a large clearing for about 200 metres, then take the path that veers left for about 350 metres.
At the next junction, turn left, then immediately right onto the forest lane.
Exit the woods and head left, following the path alongside the horse pastures for 170 metres.
You will come out onto Avenue du Bois Williame, near the glass recycling bins.

(3) Turn right, then right again onto Rue des Hauts de Meuse.
Do not take the 90° right turn, but continue straight ahead along the field, then along the country lane.

(4) Turn left onto Allée de la Closerie, a path through the fields that descends towards the school for about 600 metres. The last 100 metres are paved and lead to the school car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 171 m - Notre-Dame de la Paix College
  2. 1 : km 0.35 - alt. 161 m - Rue du Vieux Bon-Dieu
  3. 2 : km 1.3 - alt. 165 m - Maison du Garde - Bois Brûlé entrance
  4. 3 : km 3.53 - alt. 181 m - Exit the woods Avenue du Bois Williame
  5. 4 : km 3.98 - alt. 200 m - Allée de la Closerie
  6. S/E : km 4.6 - alt. 171 m - Notre-Dame de la Paix College

Reviews and comments

3.9 / 5
Based on 12 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.1 / 5
Ease of following the route
3.6 / 5
Route interest
4.1 / 5
Carolyne
Carolyne

Overall rating : 1.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 23, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

This is the second time I've done this walk, but it's impossible to follow the route as indicated. What's more, the paths are in terrible condition after the weather we've had over the last few days.

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Bruno Tal
Bruno Tal

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 21, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very beautiful walk, very simple and varied, ideal for walking with your dog.

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Carolyne
Carolyne

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 29, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

From the outset, the directions were unclear. We tried to find the route, but very quickly, after about 1 kilometre, we lost the markers. We will definitely return to try the "adventure" again.

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Berpolo
Berpolo

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 04, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

In reality, I couldn't follow the route on my app. My location never appeared. Probably because I didn't use it properly. I managed to get to the starting point of the hike, but once I got there, I couldn't see my location, so I had to follow the route approximately, which meant I ended up going the wrong way...

Kind regards.

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BTW
BTW

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 06, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely, varied and easy walk to discover part of the Erpent plateau.
Please note that there are no markings and the forest section is poorly signposted (directions and distances), but there is no risk of getting lost.

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Chris Tine
Chris Tine

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 01, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello everyone,
The walk is nice, but point 2 was a bit complicated for us. At the barrier overlooking the railway, we couldn't see where we were supposed to go next and ended up at the "forest roundabout" via the wrong road.
The satnav was a great help in this case.

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MiniPouce26
MiniPouce26

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 04, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The following part of point 2 was not clear : "Turn right onto the forest path and follow it for about 500 metres. You will come to a barrier overlooking the railway line. Turn sharply left and follow the forest path for about 400 metres. Reach the top, take the path on the right and follow it for about 500 metres. You will come to a T-junction: take the forest lane on the left for about 250 metres."

We passed above the forest path where we should have turned off. And afterwards, we never found the barrier overlooking the railway line, so we don't know if we took the right path in the end.

After that, the woods are small and, thanks to GPS, we found the route again and the walk was very pleasant .

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cmonjoie
cmonjoie

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 29, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Easy and very pleasant walk

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erquer
erquer
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Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 27, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant autumn hike, very beautiful location

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Dominique L11.
Dominique L11.

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 19, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little walk. Worth doing again to climb to the top of the Néviau rocks. ;-)

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grandin
grandin ★

Have a good recovery, Finky.

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finky
finky

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 28, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

It's great to get back into the swing of things after a long illness...
Superb weather...

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Toofur
Toofur

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 13, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely, fairly easy walk, perfect for beginners, in a beautiful little wood and a very quiet neighbourhood.

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