From Maroilles to Nouvion-en-Thiérache

This is the first stage of a cycle route that takes you through the rolling countryside of Avesnois and Thiérache, between Maroilles and Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache. Along the way, take the time to sample some delicious Maroilles cheese!

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  • Touring/Gravel
    Activity: Touring/Gravel
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    Distance: 18.62 km
  • ◔
    Duration according to the author: 2.5 hrs 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: No
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    Ascent: + 102 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 73 m

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    Highest point: 211 m
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    Lowest point: 132 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐
    Area: Avesnois
  • ⚐ District: Maroilles (59550)
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    Start: N 50.1344° / E 3.7612°
  • ⚑
    End: N 50.017007° / E 3.781825°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2706OT, 2707E, 2707O, 2708E, 2708O

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    Type of surface: Not specified
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Description of the route

Depart from the car park at Maroilles church.

(S) Head to Grand Rue, turn left and walk down the street, passing the post office.

(1) Turn left onto Rue du Moulin. Continue along Rue de la Basse.

(2) At the fork, keep right "all directions".

(3) At the next fork, keep right again, towards Ferme de Cerfmont.

(4) At La Haie de la Croix, continue straight ahead on Chemin de Cerfmont. Stay on the tarmac road and ignore all the side roads. Take thefirst left onto Ruelle Vendois and you will reach Ferme de Cerfmont (Maroilles cheese factory).

(5) Return to the intersection at La Haie de la Croix.

(4) Turn right and follow the D32 "all directions".

(6) At La Rue là-haut, turn right, still on the D32. Head south and ignore all side roads.

(7) Drive through Les Vallées and continue on the D32. At the junction, turn right and join the D964 (stop sign).

(8) Turn left towards Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache and enter Prisches via Rue Raymond Wastiaux.

(9) At the next stop sign (church on the left), continue straight ahead and drive through the village.

(10) At the intersection at the village exit, continue straight on along the D116. Reach Beaurepaire-sur-Sambre and, at the stop sign, continue straight on.

(11) At the small roundabout, turn right onto the D324. At the fork that appears immediately, turn left. Pass the cemetery and ignore a path and then a road on the left.

(12) At the fork, continue right towards Nouvion-en-Thiérache on the D78. Continue straight ahead until you reach the D324.

(13) At the stop sign, turn right onto Rue de la Croix (D234) to reach the La Paix hotel and restaurant, 37 Rue Vimont Vicary (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 150 m - Car park - Église Saint-Humbert (Maroilles)
  2. 1 : km 0.27 - alt. 138 m - Rue du Moulin. Towards the - Helpe lineure (rivière) - Affluent de la Sambre
  3. 2 : km 0.87 - alt. 136 m - Fourche
  4. 3 : km 1.21 - alt. 138 m - Fourche
  5. 4 : km 1.62 - alt. 139 m - La Haie de la Croix
  6. 5 : km 3.11 - alt. 174 m - Cerfmont Farm
  7. 6 : km 5.18 - alt. 142 m - The Street Up There
  8. 7 : km 8.21 - alt. 192 m - The Valleys
  9. 8 : km 9.47 - alt. 177 m - Route D32 x Route D964 - Rivérette (rivière) - Affluent de la Sambre
  10. 9 : km 9.96 - alt. 176 m - Église Saint-Nicolas (Prisches)
  11. 10 : km 10.51 - alt. 182 m - Route D32 x Route D116
  12. 11 : km 12.91 - alt. 188 m - Route du Nouvion
  13. 12 : km 14.66 - alt. 200 m - Fourche - Route D78
  14. 13 : km 17.99 - alt. 181 m - Rue Théodore Blot
  15. E : km 18.62 - alt. 184 m - La Paix hotel and restaurant

Notes

Unmarked route.

(E) Take advantage of the late afternoon to explore Parc de l'Astrée.

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