Route from Lannouan to Landévant

A short walk to explore Saint-Martin’s Church, Lannouan Castle, the surrounding woods and Landévant’s local heritage.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 2.33 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 75 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 79 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 138 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 49 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Landévant (56690)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 47.761976° / W 3.120767°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 0820SB
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Park near the church.

(S/E) Walk north up Rue de l’Église, cross Rue Nationale towards Rue du Bois. At the three-way junction, turn left onto Rue du Pont Neuf (towards Baud).

(1) Turn right onto the green path and follow it for 300 metres. Cross the road and take the tree-lined path opposite (private property). Follow the wide, shaded avenue to the right, then immediately to the left. Walk alongside the boundary wall bordering the gardens of Lannouan Castle. In front of a wrought-iron gate, you’ll see the superb 18th-century Lannouan Castle (private property; not open to the public). Continue along the path to the right until you reach Talvern (with its very old buildings).

(2) Turn right and head back towards the village. After 400 m along the road, turn left towards the hamlet of Kerverh.

(3) After 100 m along the road, turn right and walk along the fields, then through a small wood (private property). Cross the Ruisseau de Talvern. Continue following the signposts until you reach a housing estate: a tarmac road.

(4) At the first junction, turn left onto the sunken lane. Before crossing Rue d’Auray, look to your right for a superb lintel depicting Landévant and his wife.

(5) Cross Rue d’Auray to reach Rue de la Grange, opposite. At No. 2 on this street, you’ll see a well typical of Breton wells (private property) and, in front of the presbytery, a Celtic stele. Dating from the 5th century BC (Early Iron Age), this ‘Lech’ is a funerary stele.
Walk round the church to return to your starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 62 ft - Parking near the church
  2. 1 : mi 0.25 - alt. 102 ft - T-junction
  3. 2 : mi 1.09 - alt. 118 ft - Talvern
  4. 3 : mi 1.42 - alt. 118 ft - The hamlet of Kerverh
  5. 4 : mi 2 - alt. 66 ft - Sunken lane - Gare de Landevant
  6. 5 : mi 2.18 - alt. 79 ft - Crossing Rue d’Auray
  7. S/E : mi 2.33 - alt. 62 ft - Parking near the church

Notes

Please be particularly respectful when crossing private property.

Worth a visit

Saint-Martin’s Church, completely rebuilt in 1834, replaces a 15th-century building of which a few animal sculptures remain. The inscriptions in Gothic script bear the dates 1413 and 1422. The tower was built in 1857.

The Perrien family built Lannouan Castle after purchasing (in 1702) the former manor house and its outbuildings.

At the entrance to the village of Talvern stands a washhouse, which was once shared by the neighbourhood but became private following land consolidation.
The window lintel at 9 Rue d’Auray features two figures: Landévant and his wife, surrounded by tools.
The well is surmounted by five balls, indicating the number of families who had the right to use it.

Reviews and comments

3.9 / 5
Based on 4 reviews

Reliability of the description
3.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
t29sinking
t29sinking

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 05, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant walk. Easy. Not too long. If you love woodland walks, you’ll love this.

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mcie56
mcie56
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Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 11, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

An easy, accessible walk. In the woodland section, there are a few inclines, so it might be a bit tricky for those who find walking difficult. A lovely walk
It’s a shame there are no signposts or signs to guide you along this route. As a result, finding your way through the woods can be a bit tricky when the path branches off in all directions.
You can’t see the castle at all because of the trees.
Once you’ve found the greenway, the route is almost entirely free of cars and roads, which is very pleasant.

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henri57
henri57 ★

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback

There are no signposts for half the route and the description is a bit complicated to follow.

The signposting is not the responsibility of either the route creator or Visorando. That is why Visorando provides a detailed description and an IGN map at a scale of 1:25,000. And, to top it all off, if you have any trouble finding your way, there’s a GPS app.

Kind regards

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marysebouche
marysebouche

Overall rating : 2.3 / 5

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

A pleasant walk, but not particularly interesting. There are no signposts for half the route, and the description is a bit complicated to follow.

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Olympe56
Olympe56

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 19, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A pleasant walk as it isn’t too long, easy to do at the end of the day (which is what we did), taking you along some very pretty tree-lined paths, allowing you to explore Landévant, its old buildings and ‘Landévant and his wife’, and alternating between woodland and residential areas (which is nice at the end of the day so you don’t feel too far from home).

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