Bouëx circular loop

A short, unpretentious ride on a mountain bike or hybrid bike.

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  • Mountain biking
    Activity: Mountain biking
  • ↔
    Distance: 20.73 km
  • ◔
    Duration according to the author: 1.5 hrs 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 128 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 133 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 194 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 87 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Bouëx (16410)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 45.619365° / E 0.322981°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1832O

  • ◶
    Type of surface:
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     33% Road  34% Byway  33% Path
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    Bike carrying: Not specified
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the route

Park at the Bouëx football ground, located to the right of the Agricultural Cooperative on the outskirts of the village.
(S/E) On leaving the stadium car park, take the D4 on the right. About a hundred metres further on, take a wide white track that runs alongside the woods. Continue to the tarmac road, following the Chemin du Puits.

(1) Turn right onto it towards Vouzan. Pass through Fressanges and join a new road forming part of theGRP® Entre Angoumois et Périgord. Follow it to the left for a few metres, then leave it to the right, walking past a cemetery. You will then rejoin the D108.

(2) Turn sharply left onto this road and head towards the village of Le Moulin and its church.

(3) Just before the church, turn right and pass the Town Hall and School via the D412. Cross Maine Gaubrun and continue to the junction before L’Hermite.

(4) Take the D34 opposite. Drive through L’Hermite and continue on the D34 to the next junction.

(5) Turn right at a 90° angle to join the D87. Drive past Charbontière and then the ponds, until you reach the hamlet of Les Chénevières.

(6) Stay on the D87 and, after a long stretch, reach the junction with the D25.

(7) Turn right onto the D25, then quickly leave it and turn left onto the D73.
Continue on to Bouëx, La Croix and then the car park where you started (S/E)

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 143 m - Football stadium car park
  2. 1 : km 1.72 - alt. 135 m - End of the Chemin du Puits
  3. 2 : km 3.66 - alt. 134 m - D108
  4. 3 : km 4.3 - alt. 125 m - The Mill
  5. 4 : km 7.95 - alt. 194 m - L'Hermite
  6. 5 : km 10.43 - alt. 160 m - D87
  7. 6 : km 13.39 - alt. 110 m - D87. The - Roc (ruisseau) - Affluent de l’Échelle
  8. 7 : km 17.83 - alt. 100 m - D25, after the - Échelle (ruisseau) - Affluent de la Touvre
  9. S/E : km 20.73 - alt. 143 m - Football stadium car park

Notes

Standard equipment for this type of walk.

Worth a visit

The Coussadeau prehistoric site, the Bellevau site, the former Sers dairy, the church and Bouëx Castle.
A link to these places

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.8 / 5
Route interest
3.8 / 5
LORA2010
LORA2010

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello, a lovely outing for hikers or cyclists.
I recommend it

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patricelys
patricelys

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 26, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant ride on quiet roads. The route isn’t signposted, but the map isn’t complicated at all. Personally, I set off from Soyaux via Valade, which made for a ride of exactly 50 km.

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Gourami24
Gourami24
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 04, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A lovely bike ride to fill an afternoon.
The route is well-marked and quite varied. Some of the more rugged sections offer the chance to spot wildlife (deer and a fox in my case)
It’s great for hybrid bikes and e-bikes
I recommend it.

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TitiBen31
TitiBen31

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 20, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thank you for your reply. No matter how detailed the description, it’s almost impossible to list everything. A good sense of direction is therefore essential.

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nicaju
nicaju

Nothing on this route gave me any cause for concern. For the sections through the woods, we took out the compass as there were several paths to choose from. But there weren’t really any difficulties. We don’t have a GPS, so we followed the map we’d printed out.

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gazok54
gazok54 ★

Thanks, nicaju.
You’re the first person to leave a comment about this hike. We’re therefore very keen to know what concerned you in the description. That way, we can get off to a good start.

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nicaju
nicaju

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 09, 2015
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

A pleasant walk through the woods, with their beautiful colours. After this fairly short walk, we visited the Orthodox church of Doumérac in Charras, which looked quite out of place in our Charente countryside

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