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Starting point: Marcel Kobzik Sports Hall.
(S/E) From the tennis court car park, walk past the archway and gate on your left, then go through the turnstile opposite, which leads to the football pitch. Cross the football pitch on the right-hand side towards the Ruisseau de la Pérée. Before crossing the small bridge over the stream, turn right onto Rue de la Pérée. Continue along the pavement on the left and pass over the weir visible below. Leave the indoor tennis court on your right and carry on straight ahead along Rue Paul-Émile Victor until you reach the Oesia Cultural Centre, which you can access via a small path on the left that crosses the ditch.
(1) Walk round the building on the left to reach the car park and follow Rue de Fizes. Go under the gantry and turn left to reach the Danielle and François Mitterrand roundabout.
(2) Follow Rue Marguerite Yourcenar on your right to reach the Marais district and come out onto the D29; follow this to the left for a good hundred metres until you reach Rue Alexandre Calder.
(3) Turn left onto this street, which leads to the Champaigné neighbourhood. Cross Rue Jean Rostand and continue along Rue Bourneure, then Rue de la Poivrie.
(4) At the bend in this street, carry on straight ahead along the CR6 path and then, 400 metres further on, turn left onto the CR11 until you reach Avenue de la Coquinière.
(5) Turn right, then take thefirst right onto Rue Anatole France, passing the Henri Dès Nursery School on your left. Then turn right onto Rue Georges Courteline.
(6) Head straight for the Couleuvrou allotments, which you should walk through, taking the time to have a look around. On the way out, walk up Allée Léo Lagrange and cross Rue de Couleuvrou (D77) to reach, opposite on the right, the small road marked by a cross at the junction.
(7) Continue on to the Domaine de la Thomassière, about 1,500 metres away. Walk past La Thomassière and, after crossing the railway line, follow the path towards Chanceaux-sur-Choisille until you reach the Domaine de la Chaise.
(8) Then cross Rue de la Bretonnière and continue straight on along the CR26 path until the next junction. Turn left towards La Petite Borde and join the D77 by heading up Allée Van Gogh to reach Rue des Bévénières.
(9) Pass Rue Manuel de Falla on your left and follow the next street, Rue des Besnardières, which turns left.
(10) When you reach the junction, cross Rue de la Bretonnière, then take the path opposite which takes you across the railway line. Turn right, follow Impasse Besnardières, then you’ll reach Rue de la Mairie, which you follow to the left until you reach Place du 8 Mai 1945.
(11) Opposite the old town hall, cross the small square where the library is located. After climbing a few steps, take Rue Georges Fouassier opposite, then turn right onto Rue Martial Rousseau to reach the entrance to Parc de Mazières.
(12) Discover the château which now houses the new town hall. Walk along the edge of the lake on the right and leave the park through the gate leading onto Rue du Vieux Bourg; cross this street and head up Rue de la Saintrie on the opposite side.
(13) Over the wall on your right, take a look at the manor house belonging to the comedian Piem, then turn right after about 100 metres to join the small path leading to the banks of the Ruisseau de la Perrée. Follow the path to the right and walk alongside the fallow deer enclosure until you reach the final small bridge, which takes you across the stream.
(14) After crossing the Perrée bridge, turn right to reach the old wash house, which you should take the time to explore.
(15) Retrace your steps back to the multi-sports ground, then follow the narrow path to the sports hall and the tennis court car park, which you’ll reach after passing through the turnstile (S/E).
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