Tour of the Bois de Claye-Souilly and the Bois Fleuri

Short circuit around Claye-Souilly and its shopping area, in the Bois de Claye and the Claye-Souilly Regional Forest. You can reach the Ourcq Canal, the Dhuys Aqueduct, the Papillon de la Prée Communal Park and its educational farm.

Details

78298190
Creation:
Last update:
Last review:
  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 13.02 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 40 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 41 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 98 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 57 m

Photos

Description of the walk

Parking available at the Shopping Promenade Claye-Souilly car park, next to the cinema

(S/E) With your back to the cinema, turn left towards the woods behind the Shopping Promenade. Enter the woods via the cycle path and ignore the paths on the left and right.

(1) At the end of this track, turn left, then right, then left, then take the path that branches off to the right, ignoring the two paths on the right.

(2) Turn left and continue to the RN3. Turn left and follow the path that runs alongside this national road to the footbridge, then cross it and go down the stairs. Turn right into the side street.

(3) Turn right onto Chemin de Gros Bois, then onto the lane of the same name, and take thefirst laneon the left between two stone blocks. Go along the left side of the Bois Fleurie Primary School, then go through a crossroads.

(4) Turn left and enter the Claye-Souilly Regional Forest, pass three paths on your right, and turn left at the next intersection. After a right-hand bend, ignore the path on your right and turn left at the next intersection. Then pass thefirst path on your right and turn right into the second.

(5) Turn left and then immediately right. Cross the intersection near a body of water, turn left, and then pass the road on your right.

(6) At the next crossroads, turn right and cross an unwooded area, avoiding several side roads.

(7) Turn left, ignore three paths on the right, and join Allée du Bois Fleuri.

(8) Turn left into this lane. When you reach the corner of the École Primaire Bois Fleuri, turn left again into Allée des Marguerites. At the end, at the crossroads, turn right onto Chemin de Chelles, then turn left (in the opposite direction to the outbound route) into the side road off the RN3. Take the footbridge again and turn left as you exit, then turn right and return to the intersection you passed on the outbound route.

(2) Continue straight ahead, avoiding two paths, and cross a junction.

(9) Turn left, leave the road on the left at the intersection, then turn right and cross four intersections, passing four bodies of water.

(10) Turn right, passing close to the Parc Communal du Papillon de la Prée. Turn right at the intersection and left at the next one

(11) Turn left, then right and left and exit the forest.

(12) Take the path on the right, follow the vegetation on your right and pass several ponds. Turn left and take the same path you came on, in the opposite direction, to return to the Shopping Promenade Claye-Souilly car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 60 m - Shopping Promenade car park
  2. 1 : km 0.72 - alt. 62 m - Fork in the road
  3. 2 : km 1.61 - alt. 63 m - Carrefour de la Boucle Nord
  4. 3 : km 2.23 - alt. 65 m - Chemin du Gros Bois
  5. 4 : km 3 - alt. 74 m - Crossroads
  6. 5 : km 4.83 - alt. 70 m - Fork in the road
  7. 6 : km 6.51 - alt. 89 m - Crossroads
  8. 7 : km 7.44 - alt. 92 m - Fork in the road
  9. 8 : km 8.39 - alt. 74 m - Allée du Bois Fleuri
  10. 9 : km 10.48 - alt. 61 m - Fork in the road
  11. 10 : km 11.51 - alt. 58 m - Papillon de La Prée Park
  12. 11 : km 12.31 - alt. 59 m - Fork in the road towards the forest exit
  13. 12 : km 12.52 - alt. 59 m - Green space and ponds
  14. S/E : km 13.02 - alt. 60 m - Shopping Promenade car park

Notes

Several shops, including restaurants, a cinema, a crêperie, etc.

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 3 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
3.7 / 5
Route interest
4.7 / 5
MARCHOIS
MARCHOIS

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Beautiful hike in nature, with a few urban sections.
Some paths are difficult to spot as they are not often used.
The route is not marked with GR signs, but with the Viso Rando app on your mobile phone, there's no problem.
There are places to eat at the car park at the start and finish.
Shopping Promenade

Machine-translated

RandosPat
RandosPat

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 08, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
An interesting route, completed in early July, we enjoyed the little-known but very pleasant forests. Some of the trails are rarely used, which is why vegetation covers the path between points 10 and 11 (route corrected since then). At point 3, the entrance to the forest is hidden between two boulders, a little after point 7 in the forest.

Machine-translated

gege0697
gege0697

Good evening to the entire Visorando community. I created this hike and have made a few adjustments to points 10 and 12 (the trail is overgrown with brambles and has not yet been maintained like the rest of the woods). This shortens the hike by about 500 metres. Thank you and enjoy your hike!

Machine-translated

skrando paris
skrando paris

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
An interesting tour for warm weather and a peaceful tour.

Best regards,

Machine-translated

Other walks in the area

For more walks, use our search engine .

The GPS track and description are the property of this route's author. Please do not copy them without permission.