From Angres to Pinchonvalles

This walk, starting from the old ponds, will take you to the Pinchonvalles slag heap via the woods of l’Abîme, les Bruyères and Givenchy, all along good paths, before returning via the Ancienne Fosse N°6 in Liévin.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.69 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 512 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 492 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 410 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 171 ft

Description of the walk

Start from Rue Champaubert.

(S/E) Walk up the street, take Rue des Normands on the right. Cross it and take the side street. At the end, turn left and continue straight ahead.

(1) At the fork, turn left and continue to the memorial stone, then turn left to reach Givenchy-en-Gohelle and Rue Marcel Sembat.

(2) Turn left, then first turn left then right and continue straight on until the junction in the woods.

(3) Turn right twice. At the end, turn right and keep going straight, then cross Rue Léon Degreaux to go to the opposite side.

(4) Turn left onto the track in the housing estate. Continue straight ahead, then, at the end, turn right onto the D5.

(5) Turn right immediately at the junction and continue to the next one.

(6) Head straight ahead; at the Y-junction, take the path on the right and keep going until the next fork.

(7) Head straight on along the winding path uphill. At the top, take the path on the left then go back down a little.

(8) Turn left, then take the first left and return to the junction from the outward journey.

(7) Turn right and continue straight on at the first junction to reach the second one passed on the way out.

(6) Turn right, then right again at the next fork and finally left at the edge of the woods. Continue straight on until you reach the D5 road. Turn left to reach the junction from the outward journey.

(5) Turn right and head towards a junction.

(9) Keep to the right, then first turn right then left. At the end, turn left, then right and left again to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 197 ft - Car park, Rue Champaubert - Sochez (rivière) - Canal de Lens
  2. 1 : mi 0.83 - alt. 361 ft - Fork
  3. 2 : mi 1.61 - alt. 276 ft - Rue Marcel Sembat
  4. 3 : mi 2.04 - alt. 305 ft - Fork in the woods
  5. 4 : mi 2.69 - alt. 249 ft - Clos du Bois Fossé housing estate
  6. 5 : mi 3.11 - alt. 200 ft - Junction of the first two circular loops
  7. 6 : mi 3.45 - alt. 236 ft - Crossroads
  8. 7 : mi 4 - alt. 276 ft - Crossroads of the circular loop - terril de pinchonvalles
  9. 8 : mi 4.42 - alt. 289 ft - Bottom of the descent - terril de pinchonvalles
  10. 9 : mi 6.37 - alt. 223 ft - Crossroads
  11. S/E : mi 6.69 - alt. 197 ft - Car park, Rue Champaubert - Sochez (rivière) - Canal de Lens

Notes

No water source

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