Woods, hillsides, fields and streams near Vert and Villette

Departure from the small car park located on Sente des Prés opposite the town hall in Vert.

(S/E) Join Grande Rue, cross it and turn right. After about 30 metres, take a small path on the left. Cross a park on the right to reach the multi-purpose hall (source). Then go up to the left, across the meadow, to reach a path that you take on the right.

(1) At the junction with Rue de la Libération, turn right. At the next junction, turn left into Rue de la Cressonnière and then left again into Rue du Haut de Vert. Ignore the Chemin du Coteau and Chemin du Bel Air on your right.

(2) Just after this, leave the road and turn left onto a path. After passing a house on your right, go left at the T-junction further on.

(3) At the next junction, go up the hairpin bend on the left. Ignore a path on the right that does not appear on the map. However, the path that appears on the map and leads to a gas installation on the left no longer exists.

(4) Cross the D170 carefully and continue straight ahead.

(5) At the crossroads, turn right. Continue south towards the high-voltage power lines until you reach a crossroads. Continue left into the woods.

(6) At another crossroads, turn right and pass under one electricity pylon and then to the left of another. Part of the path does not appear on the map but does exist

(7) At the crossroads, first turn right then left and continue through the woods.

(8) Take a sharp left turn onto a wide path that descends. At the crossroads (white and red GR®11 marker), turn left and carefully cross the D983. Continue along Rue du Moulin, then turn right towards the church. Pass the church on your right and take Rue Saint-Martin on the right until you reach a fork, where you will turn left.

(9) Immediately afterwards, turn left again onto Chemin des Gaudines. Ignore a turn-off on the right that does not appear on the map. Take a sharp left turn onto a path that descends alongside a fence on your right and leads to Rue des Lierres.

(10) Turn right onto Chemin des Chavannes (marked in white and red), which passes near the cemetery. Ignore the side roads and continue to Vert.

(11) Turn left onto Rue du Moulin.

(12) Turn right onto Ruelle du Pont Jaffet and walk along the beautiful little path that extends from it.
When you return, continue to the church and turn left onto Grande Rue to find Sente des Prés and the car park a little further on the left (S/E).

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Signposting: a quick reminder

If the Sente des Prés car park is full...

(S) Parking is available on Grande Rue near the town hall.
(1) Car park near the Rue de la Libération multi-purpose hall, which is not always open.
You can park on Rue de la Libération.

On the route

Green

Saint-Martin Church: sundial painted on the south facade of the bell tower (1897).
Washing places: Grande Rue opposite the town hall, Rue de la Cressonnière opposite number 66, Chemin du Pont Jaffet.

Spring near the community hall.

Old mill, Rue du Moulin: sundial on the south facade of the mill's seigneurial residence (1876).

Fresco by JOKOLOR: Car park opposite the church

Villette

Saint-Martin Church.

Washing places:

• Rue du Moulin, intersection of Rue du Moulin and Rue de l'Église, visible from the bridge,
• on a property near the town hall, visible from the bridge,
• Rue Saint-Martin opposite no. 21 (at the end of a small passageway).

Old mill: just after 6 Rue du Moulin, you will see a small bridge opposite, under which flows the Vaucouleurs.
The river passes under a house that was once an old mill.

Nearby

Villette fish farm
3 Rue de Rosay
78930 VILLETTE

Clos Paradenia Rose Garden
Chemin d'Arnouville aux Graviers
78790 ROSAY
Visits by appointment.