Fontenay-Saint-Père circular

During your walk, you will discover this beautiful little village, including its church and wash houses, as well as the surrounding countryside.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.35 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 146 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 146 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 138 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 65 m

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Description of the walk

The starting point is on Rue Pasteur, in the small car park on Rue de la Mairie, just before the school and the town hall.

(S/E) From the car park, take the small staircase leading to Rue de la Poste. Walk down this street to a T-junction and turn right onto Rue de la Grenouillère. Turn left to pass below the church on your right.
Continue along Rue Pasteur, then turn left onto Rue de Mantes. Turn left onto Rue de la Petite Vallée.

(1) After about 300 metres, turn right onto a path that runs alongside a wall on your left.

(2) At the crossroads, turn left to reach the hamlet of Le Saussay. Continue straight ahead to Rue du Saussay, then turn right. Ignore a turning on the left.
At the crossroads (Croix du Pile of Stone Gathered from Fields), turn left. Cross Place des Rues and take Rue Léon Andrieux.

(3) Take Rue du Meslier on the right. At the fork, continue along Chemin du Meslier on the right. Then turn left onto a path that runs alongside the wall surrounding the Château du Meslier. Ignore a turning on the left.

(4) Turn left to reach a crossroads.

(5) Turn left and then immediately right towards Botheauville. Cross this hamlet, ignoring the turn-offs on the right. Then ignore a turn-off on the left before reaching a crossroads and continue straight ahead.

(6) At the corner of the woods, turn left. Ignore a turn-off on the left further on and continue to a four-way crossroads.

(7) Turn left. After 200 m, at a fork, continue to the right along a wide path. You will arrive at Rue de la Mairie, where you will turn left. Pass a street on your right.

(8) Further on, turn right down Rue du Moulin. At the T-junction, turn right onto Rue de la Grande Vallée.

(9) At number 26, opposite Rue de la Grange Dîme, turn left onto a small path and continue along a track. At the end, turn right onto Rue des Sablons and then right again onto Rue Léon Andrieux. Continue to a T-junction.

(10) Turn left onto Rue de la Grande Vallée. Cross the junction and, after number 61, turn right onto Sente des Écoles. At the end, turn left onto Rue de la Mairie to quickly return to the starting point. (S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 109 m - Car park Rue de la Mairie
  2. 1 : km 1.13 - alt. 89 m - Crossroads of Rue de la Petite Vallée and Chemin
  3. 2 : km 1.46 - alt. 107 m - Crossroads
  4. 3 : km 2.41 - alt. 103 m - Intersection of Rue Andrieux and Rue du Meslier
  5. 4 : km 3.72 - alt. 85 m - Le Mêlier
  6. 5 : km 4.35 - alt. 65 m - Road junction
  7. 6 : km 5.95 - alt. 136 m - Crossroads at the corner of the woods
  8. 7 : km 6.61 - alt. 125 m - Four-way intersection
  9. 8 : km 8.35 - alt. 97 m - Rue du Moulin downhill
  10. 9 : km 8.83 - alt. 80 m - Small path opposite Rue de la Grange Dîme
  11. 10 : km 9.74 - alt. 80 m - Crossroads of Rue Andrieux and Rue de la Grande Vallée
  12. S/E : km 10.35 - alt. 109 m - Car park Rue de la Mairie

Notes

Following comments from Visorandonneur laveine78, the route and description were modified after (7) on 8/03/2024.

(5) You can stop just to the right after crossing the road. A nice little spot.

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Worth a visit

You will find information panels from a heritage trail set up by the French Vexin Regional Nature Park during this hike.

The Church of Saint-Denis.

The wash houses to be discovered in this order throughout the hike.
At the bottom of Rue de la Poste: Grenouillère wash house.
At the intersection of Rue de Mantes and Rue de la Petite Vallée: the Grez wash house.
In the hamlet of Le Saussaye: Le Saussaye wash house.
At the intersection of Rue de la Mairie and Rue de la Grange Dîme: La Corvée drinking trough.
On Rue de la Grande Vallée: Grande Vallée wash house.
At the end of Rue Andrieux: Léon-Andrieux wash house.

Mural painted on the municipal technical centre by Ma touche perso: 15 Rue de la Grenouillère

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 9 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.9 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.8 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
COCHARDMOD
COCHARDMOD

Sorry for you!

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laveine78
laveine78

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 22, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Only one problem to report: between points 7 and 8, we couldn't find the small path on the left at the fork, so we caught up with it by crossing the field. However, it is no longer cleared and we had to battle through various brambles while wearing shorts.
Otherwise, a very pleasant hike.
Thank you.

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COCHARDMOD
COCHARDMOD

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Dinore
Dinore

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 12, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Great little morning walk at -2 degrees. Beautiful scenery under the frost and the rising sun. Ideal for walking your dog in peace and quiet; I only came across horses and sheep.

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COCHARDMOD
COCHARDMOD

At the moment, it's difficult to avoid the rain... I was there on Monday too!

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villennois
villennois

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 05, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Lovely route, beautiful views, but unfortunately the rain decided to join us during our walk.

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COCHARDMOD
COCHARDMOD

Thank you!

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milgerard
milgerard

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 21, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant walk: Pretty village and hamlets, beautiful countryside with wide horizons.

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hydrangéa
hydrangéa

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 05, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Lovely at the start and end of the walk, pretty village. The fields have no hedges, very bare (wheat as far as the eye can see).

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COCHARDMOD
COCHARDMOD

Thank you!

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Grosse  Valérie
Grosse Valérie

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 15, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful views

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COCHARDMOD
COCHARDMOD

The "tracker" thanks you!

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mlh
mlh

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 23, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant route enhanced by the discovery of the wash houses and the village of Fontenay. The Visorando information sheet is very clear and reliable, both in terms of the description and the journey time. Thank you to those who mapped out the route.

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COCHARDMOD
COCHARDMOD

Thank you!

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IDEGALARME
IDEGALARME

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 02, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Beautiful hike. Very varied landscapes. Lasts 3 hours including breaks. See you soon on visiorando.

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