From the arboretum to the castle

This hike in the Artois plain will take you along good paths to Villers-Châtel and its castle, park and cave, where you can enjoy the surrounding landscapes, biodiversity and heritage.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.53 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 44 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 41 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 162 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 106 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Cambligneul (62690)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.379804° / E 2.615018°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2406O
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Description of the walk

Departure from the town hall car park.

(S/E) Leave the car park, cross Rue Principale (D75) and continue straight ahead on Rue de Camblain l'Abbé (D73E1) until you reach a crossroads.

(1) Take the path on the right and continue until you reach the road (D49E5).

(2) Keep right again on this road, then continue straight ahead until you reach a Y-junction.

(3) Take the track on the right and follow it until you reach a fork.

(4) Turn onto the road on the left. At the end, turn right and then left onto the D75 and continue straight ahead until you reach a wood.

(5) Continue straight ahead, crossing the woods, and keep heading towards the street until you reach Rue du Bourg (D73E3) at the end.

(6) Turn right to reach the town hall.

(7) Turn right and continue to the castle, enter the park and turn right to see the cave.

(8) Then turn around and return to the town hall.

(7) Take the road on the right, then continue straight ahead until you reach a three-way junction.

(9) Turn right, then take the first track on the left until you reach the crossroads at Bois Bridoux.

(10) Take the track on the right, then take the first left and continue straight ahead until you reach the crossroads towards Le Favry.

(11) Cross the street and continue straight ahead, then take the first street on the right. At the end, keep left and join the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 134 m - Town hall car park
  2. 1 : km 0.31 - alt. 127 m - Fork
  3. 2 : km 1.83 - alt. 123 m - Road. D49E5
  4. 3 : km 2.77 - alt. 117 m - Y-junction
  5. 4 : km 3.49 - alt. 113 m - Crossroads
  6. 5 : km 4.84 - alt. 125 m - Wood
  7. 6 : km 5.64 - alt. 150 m - Rue du Bourg
  8. 7 : km 5.84 - alt. 152 m - Town hall
  9. 8 : km 6.17 - alt. 141 m - Cave - Château de Villiers-Châtel
  10. 9 : km 7.09 - alt. 153 m - Three-way junction
  11. 10 : km 8.21 - alt. 156 m - Place known as "Le Bois Bridoux"
  12. 11 : km 10 - alt. 148 m - Crossroads towards the place known as "Le Favry"
  13. S/E : km 10.53 - alt. 134 m - Town hall car park

Notes

No water

Worth a visit

Villers-Châtel Castle

Cave

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