In the Melen countryside

Discover Melen and its countryside, its footpaths; walk across its meadows and admire the village from a lovely vantage point.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.36 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 217 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 217 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 925 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 673 ft

Description of the walk

Park on the Place de l’Église Saint-Job.

(S/E) Follow Rue du Centre southwards and turn right into Rue de Cerexhe. You’ll see the fishing pond on your right. For safety reasons, walk on the right-hand side when you reach Rue Jean Toussaint

(1) Cross Rue de Cerexhe with care and take a path on the left.
: At the end of the path, follow the track. Pass the fishing huts and continue straight on, using the farm buildings as a landmark.

(2) Turn left onto Rue du Fatway, which passes over the motorway, and head towards an electricity substation

(3) Follow this concrete path to the left past the electricity substation. Turn right onto Rue du Centre at the statue of the Virgin Mary.

(4) Turn left onto Rue de Labouxhe at the grotto of the Virgin Mary, then take thesecond road on the right, Rue Nicolas Monard. Then turn left onto Rue du Cardinal Mercier and pass in front of the Athénée Royale. Continue to the right until the end of the street.

(5) Join the Ravel and head left. Go under the motorway bridge and over the bridge on Rue Labouxhe.

(6) Leave the Ravel on the left at Rue du Parc Hauzeur.
Follow this street until it joins Rue Reux. Turn left and head towards the entrance to a small path leading uphill to the right just as the road bends.

(7) Walk up this path. When you reach the road, turn onto the path on the left. Pass the cattle grids and cross the meadows. As you go, admire the view of the village of Melen and its church. At the end of the meadows, take the path leading downhill. At the bottom of this path, head up to the right onto Rue de la Citadelle.

(8) Turn onto the path on the left, continue to the right when you reach Rue de la Libération, then straight on to the left. Walk down the path carefully. Follow this path to the left twice. Cross the small bridge over the stream and turn left towards Saint-Job Church. Turn right one last time and you’ll arrive back at the car park where you started (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 725 ft - Place de l’Église Saint-Job
  2. 1 : mi 0.49 - alt. 774 ft - Towards the vineyards and meadows
  3. 2 : mi 0.89 - alt. 830 ft - On the left: Rue du Fatway
  4. 3 : mi 1.13 - alt. 843 ft - Electrical substation
  5. 4 : mi 1.85 - alt. 883 ft - Grotto of the Virgin
  6. 5 : mi 2.46 - alt. 912 ft - Ravel
  7. 6 : mi 2.84 - alt. 915 ft - Cross at Rue du Parc Hauzeur
  8. 7 : mi 3.36 - alt. 778 ft - Trail
  9. 8 : mi 3.97 - alt. 728 ft - Wooded path
  10. S/E : mi 4.36 - alt. 725 ft - Place de l’Église Saint-Job

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 2 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4 / 5
Augustin Halleux
Augustin Halleux

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 22, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, with varied terrain; it gets busier in some places.

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lucvertongen
lucvertongen

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 24, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little walk, especially the start and the end. Otherwise, you stay quite close to the motorway and the noise it brings.
PS: bear in mind that at the start of the description, the point where the street name changes isn’t the same on the maps and in the description as it is on the ground

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