Around the Mosaïc Natural Park in Santes

If you're a birdwatcher at heart, you'll appreciate the observatories in this nature reserve. You can also picnic on the benches under the trees or enjoy a meal in Mosaïc Park (booking required). This route is particularly green and shaded, making it the perfect place to spend a wonderful day with family or friends.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.79 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 20 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 20 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 85 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 59 ft

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Description of the walk

Departure from the back of the Mosaïc car park in Ancoisne.

(S/E) Join the Canal de la Deûle, pass under the bridge and follow the river for about 200 m.

(1) Take the path on the left after the rest area and continue.

(2) Turn left to walk alongside the stadium and tennis courts, then join Rue Mocquet. Turn left and walk for about 40 metres.

(3) Take Chemin des Wedres on your right. Continue to the end and turn right at the water treatment plant. Cross a small wooden bridge, turn left and then right onto Chemin Vert.
Continue along Chemin d'Entre Deux, turn left onto Chemin de la Part d'Eau and continue along the paved road until you reach the crossroads. Turn left onto Chemin du Grand Marais, which continues along Rue Faidherbe until you reach the first houses in Emmerin. Take the street on your left called Chemin de Santes for about 300 metres.

(4) Take the path on the left through the fields and then continue along the edge of the forest. Turn left just after the small bridge and you will reach the pond.

(5) Continue around the pond on your left. Follow this path, keeping left at the various crossroads in this wooded area, until you reach Rue de la Canteraine.

(6) Take the circular path opposite, which leads back to the Canal de la Deûle. Turn left and walk alongside the building materials company for about 200 metres.

(7) Turn right onto the path and then right again. Go around the car park without entering it. Cross the bridge over the canal and take the path on the left that leads to the banks. Continue to the right.

(8) Leave the canal by turning right, then veer left at the house. Once you reach the crossroads a few dozen metres further on, turn right to enter the woods and continue to a multi-directional crossroads.

(9) Make sure you stay on the highest path and continue to thesecond wooden staircase near the fishing ponds.

(10) Go down these steps on the right, continue along the footbridges and, at the end, turn left to reach the wooden bridge.

(11) Cross it and take the path on the right immediately after. Continue to Rue Carnot, follow it to the right to the end to enter Santes. Turn right onto Rue du Général de Gaulle.

(12) At the crossroads, turn right again onto Rue Guynemer, which continues as Rue de la Briqueterie.

(13) Turn right to follow the edge of the woods, then left. Cross the bridge over the canal again and you will find the Mosaïc car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 66 ft - Mosaïc car park on the edge of the - Deûle (rivière)
  2. 1 : mi 0.2 - alt. 66 ft - Turn left
  3. 2 : mi 0.53 - alt. 62 ft - Stadium, on the left
  4. 3 : mi 0.68 - alt. 66 ft - Chemin de Wedres
  5. 4 : mi 2.57 - alt. 66 ft - Chemin de Santes, on the left
  6. 5 : mi 3.09 - alt. 66 ft - Pond
  7. 6 : mi 3.46 - alt. 66 ft - Rue de la Canteraine
  8. 7 : mi 3.99 - alt. 66 ft - Turn right.
  9. 8 : mi 4.82 - alt. 66 ft - Turn right
  10. 9 : mi 5.25 - alt. 72 ft - Crossroads
  11. 10 : mi 5.73 - alt. 66 ft - Stairs
  12. 11 : mi 6.09 - alt. 59 ft - Wooden bridge
  13. 12 : mi 6.94 - alt. 66 ft - Rue Guynemer
  14. 13 : mi 7.33 - alt. 62 ft - Crossroads, on the right
  15. S/E : mi 7.79 - alt. 66 ft - Mosaïc car park - Parc Mosaïc

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 8 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.9 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.6 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
User 28473732

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 30, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A pleasant route

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AlainJanick
AlainJanick

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 23, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I did the route during the week on a lovely day; at the weekend it must be much busier

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Bernard Stefaniak
Bernard Stefaniak

Ha! Is the footbridge over the pond submerged at the moment?
The last time I did this route, the pond was dry.
Thank you for this information, I will go back to check it out.
Best regards

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Bertrand, Cécile et Sam
Bertrand, Cécile et Sam

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 27, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pleasant hike, without much difficulty, but be careful if there is a lot of water, as there is this year, because the path on the pond side is submerged.

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Marquilly
Marquilly

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 09, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Very popular places. A pleasant outing with no surprises.

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kevin240286
kevin240286

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 03, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Enjoy discovering it, and I'll be back for more!

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guytout
guytout

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 09, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Avoid in rainy weather without appropriate footwear.

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Pierre59110
Pierre59110

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 15, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Varied route (landscapes and terrain), without significant difficulty.

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danicau
danicau

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 03, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Nothing to say about the GPX file. IMPEC. Very beautiful region,
not many people when we did it.
We're interested in other routes in the area, we'll
will be back,
Kind regards,

Daniel CAUCHIE (danicau).

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