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.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.34 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 141 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 138 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 528 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 348 ft

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Description of the walk

Start from the town hall car park.

(S/E) Leave the car park, cross Rue Principale (D75) and head straight ahead along Rue de Camblain l’Abbé (D73E1) until you reach a junction.

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

(2) Keep to the right on this road, then carry on straight ahead until you reach a Fork in the road.

(3) Take the track on the right and follow it to a Fork in the road.

(4) Turn onto the path on the left. At the end, first turn right then left onto the D75 and carry on straight ahead until you reach a woodland.

(5) Carry on straight ahead, through the woodland, and keep heading along the road until the next right-hand turn.

(6) Turn right onto Rue du Bois to reach the chapel (the castle is due east), then turn right towards the grotto.

(7) Turn round and head back to the church, then carry on straight ahead to the town hall.

(8) Take the path on the right, then carry on straight ahead until you reach a three-way junction.

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

(10) Take the track on the right, then take the first one on the left and carry on straight ahead until you reach the junction for Le Favry.

(11) Cross the road and carry on straight ahead, then take the first road on the right. At the end, keep left and head for the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 440 ft - Town hall car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.2 - alt. 417 ft - Junction
  3. 2 : mi 1.14 - alt. 404 ft - Road: D49E5
  4. 3 : mi 1.72 - alt. 384 ft - Y-junction
  5. 4 : mi 2.17 - alt. 371 ft - Junction
  6. 5 : mi 3.01 - alt. 410 ft - Woodland
  7. 6 : mi 3.41 - alt. 463 ft - Rue du Bois
  8. 7 : mi 3.61 - alt. 463 ft - Cave - Château de Villiers-Châtel
  9. 8 : mi 3.83 - alt. 499 ft - Path on the right
  10. 9 : mi 4.19 - alt. 502 ft - Three-way junction
  11. 10 : mi 4.89 - alt. 512 ft - A place known as “Le Bois Bridoux”
  12. 11 : mi 6.01 - alt. 486 ft - Junction towards the hamlet known as “Le Favry”
  13. S/E : mi 6.34 - alt. 440 ft - Town hall car park

Notes

No water

Worth a visit

Villers-Châtel Castle

Cave

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