On the edge of the Pays de Bray from Aumale

Start from the square between Rue du Baillage and Rue de l’Abbaye d’Auchy, near the Halle au Beurre in Aumale.

(S/E) With your back to the Halle, leave the square and take the pavement opposite on Rue de l'Abbaye d'Auchy, following this street to your right. Continue straight ahead, crossing the Place des Marché.

(1) Leave Rue du Vieux Cimetière (marked Rue Nicolas Barre on the IGN map) on your left. Walk past the church on your left, continue straight ahead on the pavement of Rue René Gicquel. Cross the junction at the post office, continue straight ahead until you reach another junction and cross it.

(2) Cross the Bresle, go round the florist’s and take Avenue du Général de Gaulle to the junction near the station.

(3) Turn left then right to cross Rue du 8 Mai 1945, passing in front of the Hôtel de la Gare. Cross Place de la Gare and turn left, following Route d’Amiens to the SNCF footbridge. Turn right and cross over the railway line.

(4) At the end of the footbridge, turn left onto Rue de la Verrerie then right onto Route de Picardie, walking alongside the cemetery.
Turn right at the first street, Rue du Onze Novembre, and take the path on your right just after the cemetery gate.
Continue along this^GR® de Pays path, which climbs towards Digeon and turns into a tarmac road at Ferme Le Bois Robin, which is on your left

(5) Continue straight on along the road until the next Fork in the road. At the Fork in the road, take the path on the right. At the end of this path, you will rejoin the road.
At the junction, turn right towards the village of Escles-Saint-Pierre. Enter the village.

(6) Turn onto the first road on your right. Follow this road, which turns into a flat track. Continue along the track until you reach the woods.

(7) Take the path on your left which cuts diagonally across the woods (Larris de Qincampoix). At the edge of the woods, at the bottom of the path, turn left and cross the railway line.
Cross over the Ruisseau du Menillet before reaching the D68.

(8) At the junction with the D68, turn right and continue along the D68 to the village of Quincapoix-Fleuzy. Enter the village and turn right at the first road, Chemin du Lavoir. Continue to the level crossing and cross the railway line.
Immediately turn onto the road on your left and follow it to the end, where it meets Rue Saint-Samson at a T-junction.
At the junction, turn left onto Rue Saint-Samson. Continue along this street until you reach the junction with the D68.

(9) Cross the junction and take the road straight ahead that goes uphill. Take the first path on your right until you reach the junction with the D316.
Cross the D316 and take the Varembeaumont forest track opposite, which climbs through the woods to the forest house.

(10) Go round the forest house and turn right onto the^GR® de Pays. Continue straight on, ignoring the side paths, to head back down into the valley where the path turns into a tarmac road as you reach Fleuzy.

(11) At the bottom of the road, turn onto the pavement on the left. Continue to your left until you reach a Fork in the road. At the Fork in the road, continue along the same street to your right.

(12) At the second junction, cross the road and take Chemin de la Verrerie opposite. Turn left, then cross the railway line. Continue along Chemin de la Verrerie, which becomes Rue de la Verrerie, keeping straight on until you reach the cemetery.

(4) Turn left, take the footbridge over the railway line and come out onto Route de Picardie. Turn onto the pavement on the left.
Cross Route de Picardie to the right at the first junction. Take Rue Saint-Lazare opposite.
Cross two junctions and continue straight on along Rue Saint-Lazare. Cross over the River Bresle.

(13) At the junction, take Rue Louis Philippe on your right and cross this street to the left at the steps behind the church. Climb the steps and go round the back of the church to the right. Take Rue du Vieux Cimetière (marked Rue Nicolas Barre on the IGN map) opposite, which runs alongside the church.

(1) At the top of Rue du Vieux Cimetière, turn right onto Place des Marchés, then continue straight on along Rue de l'Abbaye d'Auchy to return to your starting point (S/E).

Please take care when crossing the railway tracks.

Historic monuments in Aumale:

• The Town Hall, a former mansion. Inside, a collection of earthenware.
• Church of Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul.
• Carved beams: at 1 Rue du Vieux Bourg and the church forecourt.
• Aumale Castle (now a care home).
• Chemin des Remparts.
• Halle au Beurre, with a prison in the basement.
• Former Saint-Martin d'Auchy Abbey.
• Former Lambotte flour mill at 2 Rue Saint-Lazare.

Private wildlife park in Aumale, Envol Sauvage: collections of ornamental birds.

Flower garden at Digeon Castle (Somme).