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Departure from the car park of the Floreffe sports hall. Access is fairly easy by train (station 400 m away) and by bus. Information is available on the websites b-rail.be and letec.be/
(S/E) Reach the towpath via the tarmac access road that runs alongside the small water treatment plant and turn right after about 300 m, leaving the Sambre on your left
(1). At the football pitches, just after the sports hall, you will find a sports area. This is a great place to warm up before your walk and spend some quality time with your family. Once you have finished warming up, return to the towpath and continue along the Sambre on your right towards the Port Autonome de Floreffe.
(2) Continue your walk along the towpath, keeping the Sambre on your right.
(3) Pass under the railway bridge. Take a moment to admire the old farm on your right and turn around to enjoy the view of Floreffe Abbey.
Then continue along the towpath. There is something interesting to see just after the bridge on the right and on the concrete jetty in the Sambre: you will often see a lovely little family of herons, who generally enjoy this quiet spot for sunbathing.
You will arrive at the bridge over the Sambre, near the village of Franière, which is part of Floreffe.
(4) Just before the bridge on your left, take the small road called Rue du Rivage for about a hundred metres until you reach another road. Turn right, opposite the large blue portico, and continue to the junction with Rue de Soye. Turn right again, cross the bridge while admiring the view of the Sambre and, shortly after the water treatment plant that you will see below on your right, take the small road on your right to reach the banks of the Sambre.
Follow the towpath to the left. This is initially tarmac and then becomes a stone-paved road suitable for vehicles. When you reach a kind of basin built along the Sambre, turn left to follow it.
(5) Turn right, continuing along the basin on the path, which is now no longer paved but composed of earth and grass. Continue towards the railway bridge and pass under it.
(6) Just before the next bridge, take a small path on the left that runs alongside the road.
(7) Once you reach the road (Rue Mauditienne), turn right and cross the bridge. Immediately turn right and head down towards the mobile home park to reach the towpath.
(2) Continue to the right and go straight ahead until you reach the tarmac road on the right that leads to the sports hall and car park (S/E).
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