Boinvilliers loop via the Bât Cheval bridge

On this easy rural hike, you will walk through fields and woods and enjoy a few scenic views. You will also discover some interesting heritage sites. Peace and quiet await you!

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 14.16 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 123 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 131 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 159 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 56 m

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Description of the walk

The trail starts from the car park located on Impasse de l'Église, between the town hall and the church.

(S/E) When you leave the car park, turn left onto Avenue du Vieux Château. Take the first left onto Rue des Épinettes, then immediately right onto Rue des Closeaux until you reach the D170.

(1) Take this road on the left for a few dozen metres. Then turn right onto a path (trees on the right). Pass under the high-voltage power lines. At the crossroads under these lines, continue to the right before coming out onto a small road.

(2) Take this road to the right until you reach Flacourt. Ignore a turn-off to the right at the entrance to the village and continue to the stop sign at the crossroads at Place de la Mairie.

(3) Make a quick right/left turn to take Impasse de l'Église. Just after the church, take a look at the Domaine de Flacourt dovecote on your right. Retrace your steps to the previous crossroads.

(3) Turn right onto Rue de l'Auberge towards Mantes until you reach the village exit sign.

(4) Take the second path on your right perpendicular to the road. Further on, at the entrance to the woods, cross the Pont Bât Cheval bridge and go up opposite to reach a crossroads.

(5) Continue straight ahead into the woods. Shortly after leaving the forest, ignore a turn-off on the left.

(6) Then turn right onto a path through the fields. Walk past an observatory, then ignore a turning on the left and continue for about 100 metres.

(7) Just before a road, turn right onto Chemin du Bel Air, which is stony at first and then tarmac at the end. You will arrive at a junction with a small street.

(8) Cross it and continue along a path that joins Ru Morand and then runs more or less alongside it. After passing a house on your right, further on at a T-junction, turn left and continue to the next junction.

(9) Go up to the left on a hairpin bend, heading east. Ignore the side roads until you reach the D170.

(10) Cross it carefully and continue opposite into the forest, then along the edge. Keep going straight ahead, entering the forest again until you reach the next crossroads.

(11) Turn right. Continue south towards the high-voltage power lines until you reach a crossroads. Continue left into the woods. After about 150 metres, you will reach a crossroads.

(12) Turn right south and pass under one electricity pylon, then left of another to arrive shortly afterwards at a crossroads. Part of the path does not appear on the map but does exist.

(13) First turn right then left and continue through the woods, keeping to the same direction. Further on, at a T-junction, go up to the right. Ignore a path on the right and walk along a field. After a right-hand bend, you will come to a fork.

(14) Continue left (south-west) on a wide path that winds its way to a stabilised path.

(15) Continue left to the cemetery, then cross the road carefully to reach the next crossroads.

(16) Turn right and you will reach Avenue du Vieux Château. Continue straight ahead, ignore two streets on your left and you will soon reach the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 134 m - Car park located on Impasse de l'église
  2. 1 : km 0.55 - alt. 135 m - D 170
  3. 2 : km 1.55 - alt. 155 m - Flacourt Road
  4. 3 : km 2.28 - alt. 134 m - Crossroads in Flacourt
  5. 4 : km 2.94 - alt. 132 m - Path on the right
  6. 5 : km 3.94 - alt. 117 m - Crossroads
  7. 6 : km 5.05 - alt. 134 m - Path on the right
  8. 7 : km 6.62 - alt. 86 m - Chemin du Bel Air on the right
  9. 8 : km 7.13 - alt. 64 m - Chemin du Bel Air x Rue du Haut de Vert
  10. 9 : km 8.77 - alt. 83 m - Left hairpin bend
  11. 10 : km 9.72 - alt. 109 m - Crossing the D 170
  12. 11 : km 10.52 - alt. 104 m - Path on the right
  13. 12 : km 11.2 - alt. 103 m - Path on the right
  14. 13 : km 11.72 - alt. 103 m - First turn right/left
  15. 14 : km 12.51 - alt. 116 m - Left at the fork
  16. 15 : km 13.13 - alt. 112 m - Left towards the cemetery
  17. 16 : km 13.62 - alt. 117 m - Crossroads
  18. S/E : km 14.16 - alt. 134 m - Car park located on Impasse de l'église

Notes

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Worth a visit

Boinvilliers

Saint-Clément-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church: a stone building dating from the 15th century, remodelled in the 16th century, built on an unusual cruciform plan. The bell tower, in the form of a massive square tower with a slate roof, flanks the entrance on its left. According to Wikipedia.

Former 17th-century castle and farm: At the northern entrance to the village, a wall flanked by a pepperpot tower evokes the castle, built in 1596, which no longer exists. A triple arched gateway leads to a large 17th-century farmyard. During the Second World War, the Germans installed a machine gun "nest" in one of the two remaining towers, causing the tiles to fall and break. The new owner (1973) had the moat and a fish pond filled in and one of the two towers demolished. According to Geneanet.org

Flacourt

Town hall: original building

Saint-Clair Church: stone building with a square bell tower dating from the 13th century, rebuilt in 1877 and restored in 1997. This church contains two tombstones belonging to the Morainvilliers family, lords of Flacourt in the 15th and 16th centuries.

Dovecote of the Flacourt Estate

Wash house: Rue de l'Auberge

Pont Bât Cheval

View of Rosay Castle: after (15)

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 1 review

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
3 / 5
COCHARDMOD
COCHARDMOD

Sorry about that! It wasn't the peace and quiet we promised...

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ealet
ealet

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

A pleasant hike through fields, small villages and forests; however, the route is quite busy (mountain bikes, quad bikes, motorbikes, joggers) from points 5 to 7, but it was a Sunday
thanks to the author for sharing this

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