Circular route via Lucenay starting from Anse

This is an easy hike starting from Anse, allowing you to discover the countryside around Anse and Lucenay.
Please note: The start and finish points of this walk are close to Anse railway station, so you can reach the town by train. Alternatively, if travelling by car, parking is free.
Problem with blocked passage in (7), see reviews.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.21 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 50 
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    Difficulty: Moderate

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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 27 m
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    Descent: - 27 m

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    Highest point: 203 m
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    Lowest point: 170 m

Description of the walk

(S/E) From the free car park at Anse station, head towards the shopping centre car park and cross it to the end, where you will come to a crossroads.

(1) Turn left under the railway bridge, then immediately right to cross another car park. You will then arrive at a small road running alongside the Azergues river. Turn right under another railway bridge, then turn right again to use the pedestrian crossings at this large crossroads.

(2) Cross the Route de Lyon with caution and continue straight ahead on Chemin du Divin, following the Azergues river. After about 500 metres, turn right onto Chemin du Leat.

(3) Then turn onto thefirst dirt track on the left (Chemin la Blancherie).

(4) At the end, turn right then left onto a small path that runs alongside the fence of the Lucenay Golf Course. Continue along this path until you reach the golf course car park.

(5) Turn left towards the greenhouses.

(6) Immediately after the greenhouses, turn right onto Chemin du Leat. About 500 m further on, take the path on the left. At the end of this path, at the crossroads, turn right onto Route de l'Azergues.

(7) Atthe first path, turn left towards the place called "Pré Ratel". Then, at the end of this path, before the footbridge, turn right towards the place called "La Saussaie", then left towards Chemin du Bois des Veines.

(8) Turn left onto Chemin du Bois des Veines. Cross a road and continue on Chemin de la Poyat. Continue straight ahead, passing the hamlet of La Poyat. Continue straight ahead until you reach the fork on your left towards the place called "Lisérable".

(9) At the end of this path, turn left. Follow this path, which turns left and then right. Pass the water treatment plant and arrive at a place called "Creux Tardivon".

(10) Take the path on the right towards the pond. Continue along Impasse des Étangs, then first turn left then right to continue on Chemin du Levant.

(11) At the end of this path, turn left to join the Chemin du Rossignol, which turns right towards Le Vernay, where you turn left and then right towards the greenhouses you passed on the way there.

(6) Continue straight ahead on the path opposite (the greenhouses are now on your left, with the golf course a little further on).

(12) Continue around the golf course on the left.

(4) Turn right onto the path you took on the way there (Chemin de Blancherie).

(3) At the end of this path, turn left onto the small road going uphill towards Anse, then turn right onto Rue des Trois Châtels (the Château d'Anse will be on your left). Then turn right onto Rue du Château until you reach Route de Lyon

(13) Cross this road carefully and continue straight ahead to the end of Rue des Marronniers.

(1) First turn right then left to reach the shopping centre car park you used on the way there and return to the car park at the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 176 m - Free parking at Anse station
  2. 1 : km 0.27 - alt. 170 m - Crossroads of the circular loop. Towards the - Azergue (rivière)
  3. 2 : km 0.7 - alt. 173 m - Route de Lyon
  4. 3 : km 1.34 - alt. 171 m - Chemin du Leat X Chemin de Blancherie
  5. 4 : km 1.89 - alt. 171 m - Chemin la Grange du Leat X chemin la Blancherie
  6. 5 : km 2.84 - alt. 181 m - Golf car park
  7. 6 : km 3.46 - alt. 173 m - Serres
  8. 7 : km 4.85 - alt. 175 m - Route de l'Azergues X Pré Ratel
  9. 8 : km 5.73 - alt. 180 m - Chemin du Bois des Veines
  10. 9 : km 6.9 - alt. 195 m - Lisérable
  11. 10 : km 8.12 - alt. 178 m - Creux Tardivon
  12. 11 : km 9.83 - alt. 174 m - Fork in the road
  13. 12 : km 11.33 - alt. 171 m - Chemin la Grange du Leat
  14. 13 : km 12.72 - alt. 172 m - Route de Lyon
  15. S/E : km 13.21 - alt. 176 m - Free parking at Anse station

Worth a visit

This hike passes through numerous fields of fruit trees (magnificent when the trees are in bloom).

On your return to Anse, you can "lose yourself" in the narrow streets of the old town to discover its beauty. You will always find your way back to the Lyon road and the shopping centre, which will take you back to the car park at the starting point.

Reviews and comments

3.9 / 5
Based on 9 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
3.9 / 5
User 28617303

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 23, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

A walk through the market garden fields. Nothing to write home about. Disappointing.

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mameissimilly@free.fr
mameissimilly@free.fr

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 08, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Be careful after passing the golf course, which we had no trouble crossing. We had to turn back because point 8 was inaccessible as the vegetation was too dense. We continued straight ahead for 100 metres instead of entering a wood and crossed a small stream. Be careful of slippery planks, then straight ahead and right, straight ahead again, and you will rejoin the path.
A lovely walk through orchards and fields with a wide variety of crops.
On the way back, you can hear the motorway, but it's not really bothersome.
Three-quarters of the route is on footpaths, and a short break in a bar in Anse to rehydrate invigorated us.

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Pigu
Pigu
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Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

An interesting hike starting at point 3 (before, there are far too many cars on the Divin road) but especially good from point 8 onwards.
Point 4: the path (actually a field) running alongside the golf course is impassable. Continue up the hill and turn left, cross the "Dame Blanche" residential area and continue to the golf course car park.
Point 7: the place called "Pré Ratel" is not marked, but it is the first on the left. 1 km further on, there is NO footbridge. Continue where the path becomes grassy for 150 metres, and at the left-hand bend, continue straight ahead to cross a ditch via a somewhat precarious bridge made with a plank and a bar to hold on to (you have to crawl under the bar on all fours). Continue for 50 metres and turn right to pick up a path that makes a U-turn to arrive on the other side of the hedge. The view on the left is magnificent! Pass an observation tower and then an abandoned wagon, then turn left to go back up and pick up the path to the Bois des Vernes (not the Bois des Veines).

Point 9: The place known as "Le Creux Tardivon" is not mentioned.

The most beautiful part of the hike is from the end of point 7 to the end of point 10.

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gigine57
gigine57

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 08, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Still the same problem at point 7 (impossible to pass), we had to turn back and cross a field to rejoin the route. As another hiker said, it's better to go back to the road and rejoin the route a little further on.
Otherwise, I loved this very easy route through the orchards.

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Philippe EGASSE
Philippe EGASSE
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 30, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk with no particular difficulties. Suitable in all weather conditions. Discover market gardening: fascinating. The only downside is the constant background noise from the motorway.

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grapyro
grapyro

Hello

You have asked me a question, and I would like to respond politely:
- regarding the quality of your website
- for the information provided, even though I haven't done the hike;
- for its user-friendliness
Kind regards

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caramilla69
caramilla69

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

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

Thank you for this hike, which made me dream as we passed by the place where I got married
We also took point 11 instead of point 7. The grassy path along the gulf is difficult to spot, but the route map helps us a lot.
I have a small question about the hike being classified as moderate; I would have considered it easy.

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luthaud
luthaud

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 28, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Easy walk with no elevation gain through market garden landscapes.

Point 7 of the description: the places known as "Pré Ratel" and "La Saussaie" are not marked (but there is a path...). The footbridge at "La Saussaie" crosses the ditch and the path through the small wood is not well marked and somewhat overgrown.

Jacques (69009)

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TotoB
TotoB

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 27, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, short and easy.
Very pleasant, no problems with golfers (I even retrieved a ball for one of them, who was a bit clumsy but happy to get his equipment back...).
However, we did get lost at point 6 and ended up at point 11... Which was a good thing because there is no path at point 7!!!

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chbosse
chbosse

Good evening,
I'm sorry you found this walk disappointing. I have corrected the description "After point 7" to take your comment into account.
As for the path along the golf course, I've been walking here for months and it's always mowed. You must have come across some "grumpy" golfers :-)
Christian

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bulle 69
bulle 69

Overall rating : 2.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 16, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

Between points 4 and 5, you walk along the edge of the golf course: golfers told us that we were lucky that a section had been mowed, but that usually the grass is tall and there is a risk of being hit by a golf ball.
After point 7: at the first path, turn left towards a place called "pré ratel" and then, at the end of this path, at the footbridge at a place called "la saussaie", turn right towards the path leading to the woods...
In fact, after the footbridge, there is nothing but wire fencing blocking access and, above all, no path... So we had to turn around and go back to the road we had left, then take the next path on the left.
It's a shame, but the hike needs to be updated.

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