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Car park at the former station near the Marie Curie School.
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(S/E) With your back to the old station building, take the path that runs alongside a playground with picnic tables and sports facilities. Follow this long path. Pass the old stands of the Aulne cycling route (metal safety barriers) on your left. Follow this long, straight, wooded path overlooking the river. This is the foundation of the Châteaulin-Carhaix railway line, which operated until the 1970s. Continue along a dirt track.
(1) Join a small road at the Résidence Roz Lezabannec and cross this group of houses. At the signpost, near an old abandoned tennis court, climb up to the right onto a small path that leads to a small road. Follow this road to the right, cross the Lezabannec farm and continue along a wide stony path between meadows. This is an old Roman road. Walk along the long wall of a beautiful property on your right and a Peugeot dealership on your left to reach the D887.
(2) Cross it and continue straight ahead along the path between the fields and meadows until you reach the entrance to a housing estate.
(3) Continue straight ahead, then turn right at the road towards a large school. Stay on the pedestrian strip on the right.
(4) Opposite the entrance to the Collège et Lycée Saint-Louis, cross at the pedestrian crossing and take the path that runs alongside a shop called "Malice". Cross the street and continue straight ahead.
Turn left onto a steep sunken path (marked on a tree). Cross the street you crossed earlier and continue straight downhill. Cross the old farm with its renovated buildings and a new road.
(5) First turn right then left to enter the alleyway that runs alongside the fire station and leads to the towpath.
(6) Facing the canal, ignore the yellow arrow indicating a left turn and turn right. Follow this towpath and pass the drinking water treatment plant. Look for a stone marker at the side of the path indicating that you are 358 km from Stream via the canal. Pass the Coatigrac'h lock. A sign tells you that thanks to this micro power station, Châteaulin was, in 1887, the third town in France to have electric street lighting. Continue along the canal, pass the campsite and, in the last bend, look out for the Notre-Dame Chapel on the hill.
Off the beaten track
(7) At the modern footbridge, turn left to cross the river: view of the two other bridges, the main road bridge and the old railway bridge, which is now also used by road traffic. On Quai Carnot, turn right and continue to the bridge: view of the town hall with its belfry-shaped tower. Cross the bridge and follow Quai Jean Moulin to the right. Turn left into the street between the town hall and the post office. Take the first left, then turn right twice to go around Saint-Idunet Church. Walk past the war memorial on your right and turn into Rue de l'Église, passing by the market halls. On your left, you will see the old corn exchange building.
YellowPR® markings
(8) Go up the right-hand side of Grand Rue, pass the clinic on your right and ignore the next street on your right.
(9) Facing a large cement cross, turn left into an alleyway, leaving the street behind you, and follow it to the end. Cross a street and then the car park near the Marie Curie School to return to the starting car park (S/E).
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