Wooded circular in Plogastel-Saint-Germain

Park at the Kérandoaré carpool car park, on the edge of the D57 leading to Plogastel-Saint-Germain from the D784, Route d'Audierne.

Yellow markings on signposts (very common)

(S/E) From the carpool car park, follow the D57 towards Plogastel-Saint-Germain for about 100 metres. At a beautiful beech tree, cross the road carefully and take the small road on the right to the last house.

(1) Turn left behind this house and follow a path that winds through a wooded area. The numerous signposts make it easy to find your way. The path leads to a footbridge over a stream.

(2) After crossing the footbridge, turn left, continue through the woods and you will come to a small road where you can see an old bread oven on the right, which was saved at the last minute in 2023 when this trail was created.

(3) Cross this small road and continue straight ahead, passing an old farmhouse in Saint-Avé Huella (under restoration in 2025). Cross another small road and descend straight ahead via the access road to a pumping station. Go around this enclosure, continue along the path overlooking a stream hidden by vegetation and arrive at a small road.

(4) Turn right, then left, cross this small road, take the path behind a house and continue straight ahead until you reach the D57, a major road leading to Plogastel-Saint-Germain. Cross it carefully and continue along the path that joins a small road.

(5) Turn right, go straight down and arrive at the D140, signposted "Give way". Cross at the pedestrian crossing on the right and, at the three-way junction, take a safe passage parallel to the road and go to the end.

(6) Turn left to go around the hamlet of Kerléron and arrive at a long boardwalk above a wetland. Follow it to its end. Walk along a wood and pass to the left of a high property wall. Arrive at the junction with the "Vallée de Plogastel" mountain bike route

(7) Turn left, pass in front of a well-maintained wash house and continue overlooking the valley where a stream flows, which becomes the Pont-l'Abbé River. Ignore the paths that descend into this valley and arrive at a small wooden bridge to cross a stream.

(8) Turn right and continue towards the hamlet of Kervil. Go around it on the left and come out onto the D140, where you leave the mountain bike trail. Follow the grassy strip on the left until you reach the sign indicating a nearby crossroads.

(9) Cross the road carefully and take the path opposite, which joins a small road. Follow it to the right, passing a Christmas tree plantation on your right. In the bend (Keréon on the map, thatched cottage), continue to the right until you reach the end of the road, which serves several properties. Turn left onto the path that passes near a shelter for the equipment of the "Archers du Castel" and leads to a carriage road to follow on the left. Continue along the uphill road that crosses an industrial estate, pass the funeral parlour and find the car park on the right (S/E).

This hiking trail, designed and created by local councillors, the Patrimoine association and hikers from Plogastel-Saint-Germain, is the first in the commune to be included in the Finistère PDIPR (public network of hiking trails).

NB: several paths do not appear on the map and the place names noted on the map are not present on the ground.

Many sunken paths lined with wooded embankments of deciduous trees, including chestnut trees.

In season, this is an interesting route for chestnut lovers, but not for dogs (husk).

Bread oven.