Route de la Comtesse in Beaubray

Start from the hikers’ car park, Rue de Villeneuve in Beaubray.

Red and white markings of the GR 22 and^GRP®

(S/E) Head south into the forest and continue straight on along the^GR®. At the junction, turn right (with the fir trees on your left). At the next junction, go straight ahead. You will reach the tarmac road, Rue des Ventes Mauxes, and turn right.

Off^{the GR®} and^GRP®

(1) At the junction with the D45, turn right towards Guernanville and walk carefully along the main road. Ignore the paths on the right and continue to the Chemin de la Brèche à la Poule.

(2) Follow this path to the right, north-west, to enter the forest. Continue straight ahead, then at the junction, go straight on and keep going straight. At the next junction, turn right then left and keep going straight. At the next junction, go straight on. At the next junction, turn right and then right again to reach the Chemin du Massif forestier below (Blue Route. FFRandonnée).

(3) Follow the Chemin du Massif forestier to the right, continuing straight on until you reach the tarmac road.

(4) “It is possible to end the walk here by turning right onto the tarmac road leading to the walkers’ car park.”
Cross the tarmac road and take the path into the forest opposite, continuing straight on. At the junction at elevation 138, turn right and, on leaving the forest, reach the tarmac road.

(5) Turn left onto it. Continue straight on for about 300 m, then turn right onto the wooded path. Keep going straight on. At the fork, take the path on the right and head uphill.

(6) Turn sharply right and continue climbing. At the top of the hill, join the^GR® 222.

Red and white markings for the GR 222 and^GRP®

(7) Continue straight ahead. Beautiful houses and pretty ponds line the path. You’ll reach Chemin de la Verrerie, then at the junction with the tarmac road, Rue de la Verrerie, turn right and continue straight ahead until you reach the road.

(8) At the crossroads, head straight ahead, enter the forest and continue straight on.
At the junction with the pine trees, turn right and continue straight on.

(9) At the fork, turn left and head towards the tarmac road, Rue du Long Bois.

(10) Turn right. Cross Rue de Villeneuve and return to the starting point (S/E).

Yellow markings.
Wear practical, suitable clothing and footwear, and boots in wet weather.
Chemin du Massif Forestier - Blue Route. FFRandonnée.
Red and white markings on the GR 222.
Bring wellies in wet weather.

100 m from the Beaubray/Sainte-Marguerite-de-l'Autel junction stands the Montouchet oak, a testament to a forestry tradition.
Croix Franchet, a reminder of a tragedy in the forest.
Lesme Valley, the underground watercourse of the Rouloir, visible during heavy rain.
A place known as "La Pierre Chaumont", a large sandstone boulder which, according to legend, fell from a giant’s boot.
Notre-Dame de la Nativité Church, built of stone and flint in the 15th and 16th centuries.
16th-century Chapelle des Minières.
Tourlaville Chapel, 18th century.
Manoir du Colombier.