Merlemont Castle and Saint-Arnoult Abbey

Hike in the Merlemont Woods, with lots of woods and little road traffic.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.45 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 148 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 152 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 138 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 57 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Warluis (60430)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 49.393967° / E 2.148901°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2211E, 2311O
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

Park in the car park of the Aviation Museum in Warluis.

(S/E) Take the main road (C2) to leave the village. You will reach an X-shaped crossroads.

(1) Leave the return path on your right, continue along the road for 150 metres, then take the path on the left. Walk along a fence and cross the Moulin grove.

(2) At Petit Bruneval, take the road on the right and head towards Bruneval. Join the road you started on, take it to the left for 20 metres, then take the tarmac path on the right and continue towards the castle. At the crossroads, turn left.

(3) Just before the houses (fire hydrant), turn right onto the grassy path that runs alongside the woods and head towards a barn. In front of the castle, turn left onto a path and continue to a small road. Turn left towards Merlemont, then at the crossroads in the centre of the hamlet, go up the road on the right (Rue de la Chapelle).

(4) Turn right. Walk past the chapel on the left, pass by the edge of the woods, cross the road and continue along the path opposite. Stay on the main path which climbs straight ahead and leads to a crossroads.

(5) Take the path on the right for a few metres, then follow the one on the left. At the bend, stay on the main road and head for the former Abbey of Saint-Arnoult. Continue along the path, then along the road, pass the crossroads and continue straight ahead along Rue de Saint-Arnoult.

(6) Go up the path on the left, along the edge, then into the woods. Continue straight ahead, cross the wooded hill and descend to the edge of the woods, then continue straight ahead.

(7) Cross the road and take the path opposite. Walk along a copse and come out onto the road you took on the way there.

(1) Follow it to the left to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 80 m - Warluis Aviation Museum car park
  2. 1 : km 0.44 - alt. 79 m - Crossroads of the circular
  3. 2 : km 1.4 - alt. 61 m - Petit Bruneval
  4. 3 : km 2.84 - alt. 70 m - Château crossroads
  5. 4 : km 4.68 - alt. 73 m - Merlemont, fork to the right
  6. 5 : km 5.83 - alt. 135 m - Saint-Arnoult crossroads
  7. 6 : km 6.92 - alt. 93 m - Edge of the woods
  8. 7 : km 8.13 - alt. 76 m - Crossing the road
  9. S/E : km 9.45 - alt. 80 m - Warluis Aviation Museum car park

Worth a visit

Aviation Museum in Warluis.

Merlemont Castle

Saint-Arnoult Abbey

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 11 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.1 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.2 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
Noush
Noush

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 10, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A route without much difficulty. Lots of forest and a few roads. It goes up and down but remains easy.

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legodvicien
legodvicien
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Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 11, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant and varied hike.
The aviation museum is well worth a visit.
A beautiful collection assembled by enthusiasts, with a little local history thrown in.

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franck Bartier
franck Bartier
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 28, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

As usual with the Visorando app, there is nothing in particular to report.
I recommend walking this route in both directions to discover different views.
Great hike!

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Walker2
Walker2

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 02, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The only minor issue is that the route is supposed to pass in front of Merlemont Castle, but this small section of the hike is private property, about fifty metres before the castle. You have to turn left to get back on the path.
Otherwise, it's a superb hike.

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natte80
natte80

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 03, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant hike, surrounded by nature, beautiful landscapes, well-maintained path.

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nanouyaz
nanouyaz
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Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 10, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Pleasant hike.
The description is not always precise enough, particularly when approaching the castle and at the point (5), it would suffice to simply write: follow the yellow markings to avoid getting lost.
You also need to take the road to the cemetery and not the chapel, as the latter is not mentioned on any sign.

Perhaps there are a few too many roads, especially at the beginning. You need to park a little further away, at point (1), where there is space on the right.

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tibe
tibe

Overall rating : 5 / 5

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

A very pleasant hike under the June sun. Immersion in nature. A complete change of scenery just a few kilometres from the city. The only living creature we encountered was a deer. The yellow markings were very useful at point 5. Thank you to the author.

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implicitA
implicitA

Overall rating : 3.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 30, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : Yes

Some nice passages on the way back through the forest, near the castle, a beautiful barn without walls in the pasture, the horse studs are a nice spot, but at this point we cut across and didn't do the extra circular. A passage near a road, where we almost got eaten by the farm dog. The start at the aviation museum: worth a visit for aviation enthusiasts.

It felt a bit like zigzagging at times, when a slightly more direct route would not have made much difference. Not bad, but still very average in terms of interest.

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idVisoRando92
idVisoRando92

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 04, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

Hello,

Thank you for this hike, which allows us to discover a charming place in Beauvaisis and some monuments of interest. It's a shame that the chapel is not visible. However, the castle is open to visitors.

The route is marked in yellow (route J). This is useful when the explanations do not quite match the map. This is particularly the case at point 5. When you reach the crossroads (there are several, as shown on the map), turn right, leave the first path on the right and take the second (marked in yellow) which descends towards St Arnould Abbey. Then go around the abbey on the left and take the path on the right, which descends, following the markings.
Another point where we hesitated but where the description was correct is the junction with the tarmac road opposite the pond. You must take the road opposite, on the tarmac road, continue to the junction (altitude 90) and take the road opposite on Rue de St Arnoult to point 6.

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Nicole95
Nicole95

Overall rating : 2.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 07, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Ease of following the route : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average

We got lost twice.
It should be noted that there are two fire hydrants.
And we should have said to take the road to the cemetery.
We don't pass in front of the castle.
We only see it from the road.
The explanation at the crossroads is unclear.
We met another couple who also did not understand.

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VISORANDO1Miss2Lili
VISORANDO1Miss2Lili

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 19, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very beautiful walk, well explained.

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