Canteraine - short version

Start: Car park behind the Noyelles-lès-Seclin church.

(S/E) Go around the church to the right, then when you're in front of the entrance, cross the main road (D952). On your left, take the Rue des Saules alley, which you follow until you reach Rue d'Ancoisne (D145). Cross this road (attention to traffic) and turn right to leave the village.

(1) After approx. 200m, take the first track on the left which runs alongside a pasture. At the end of the track, turn right, cross the D952 and take the path opposite. After approx. 100m, take the left-hand path for 600m.

(2) Cross Rue Roger Salengro (D63) and turn slightly right onto the small road (one-way), which becomes paved. After the cemetery, take the small path on the left (paved then grassy) which runs alongside the back of the houses.

(3) The path turns right and then straight ahead between the houses; continue this way until you reach Rue Jean Jaurès (D145), which you cross and then turn left. Stay on the sidewalk and follow the road as it bends to the right.

(4) When the road bends to the left, take the small path opposite which bends to the right a few metres further on (yellow arrows). Go straight ahead, then turn right at the end of the road, following along Parc Mozaïc.

(5) Opposite the canal, turn right, go under the bridge and cross the Parc Mozaïc car park. Leave the car park by the driveway, cross the road and take the path opposite. At the end of the road, turn left between the buildup of stones and the water treatment plant. At the junction, turn left, then straight on to the canal.

(6) (Alternative available, see more information below) Turn right and follow this path, forking right. Cross the small bridge, the tarmac driveway and take the dirt track opposite. Follow it to the right, then bend left. Take a detour to the right, then left, through the small wood, and rejoin the tarmac path. You are now facing a small pond

(7) Go around the pond to the left and join a small path between the trees opposite, then cross a small bridge to the right.

(8) Follow this path along the fields, then turn left towards the road. Follow this road to the right as far as the village of Emmerin (beware of traffic).

(9) At the first junction, turn left, cross to the right-hand pavement. The road turns right. Go straight ahead on Rue Rouget de l'Isle, then take the first right on Rue Leboucq, and go straight ahead on the small Cours du Soleil lane.

(10) Straight on past a small car park and out of the village. The path becomes gravelly, follow it straight ahead (leaving two paths on your right).

(11) At the small Hameau de la Nappe, the path is tarmac (Chemin de la Nappe) before becomimg grassy again.
The path comes to a large barn, turn right then left to reach the road (D952).

(12) Cross it straight ahead onto a narrow road (Rue de la Source). Follow it, then turn right (first grassy track on the right) as it joins another tarmac road (Rue Danton). Follow this path, which then turns left and passes under a power line. Continue straight ahead until the path becomes a road (first house).

Turn right. The path crosses the Becque stream. At the end of the path, turn right towards the village. The path makes a half-loop to the right, following the edge of the Noyelles-lès-Seclin gardens. Turn left at the first intersection, then follow Rue de Cassignies to the church car park (S/E).

Start: Car park behind the Noyelles-lès-Seclin church.

Alternative (+3km approx.)
At waypoint (5) Turn left and take the towpath, pass the entrance to the Mozaïc park, cross the Seclin canal then cross the Deule canal by the Bac bridge, go down to the other bank then take the towpath (or the Belvédère path in the woods) in the other direction as far as the Wawrin bridge to rejoin the hike in (5)