Discover La Madeleine and its green spaces

Starting point: the Town Hall.

(S/E) Follow the main street (Rue du Général de Gaulle) southwards.

(1) Turn left onto Rue de l’Abbé Lemire. After about 50 metres, you’ll reach Square Coubertin. Turn back.

(1) Continue south on Rue du Général de Gaulle. The street bends to the right and then to the left.

(2) At number 42 (a large white and blue house), turn right. Take the^first left, cross a car park and head for Parc Yvonne Abbas. Turn back.

(2) Cross Rue du Général de Gaulle, follow it to the right for a few dozen metres, then turn left onto Rue du Chaufour. Turn sharply left onto Rue du Romarin. At the end (with Square du Chaufour opposite), turn right onto Rue Paul Doumer. Go round the roundabout that appears immediately and continue along Rue Paul Doumer. Walk past the Lycée Valentine Labbé and the Jardins de l’Europe. At the traffic lights, cross Avenue de la République and the tram tracks. Then turn right onto Avenue de Kaarst.

(3) Cross Rue Konrad Adenauer on your left and walk alongside the Parc des Géants. The street bends to the left and leads into Rue du Ballon. Follow this street to the left, with the cemetery on your right. Pass the Parc de l’Orangerie, cross Rue de la Madeleine on your right and continue along Rue du Ballon.

(4) After about 150 m, turn left onto Avenue du Parc Monceau. Walk alongside the park of the same name on your right, then turn right as the road bends. At the end, turn left onto Avenue Saint-Maur. At the traffic lights, cross Avenue de la République.

(5) Follow the avenue to the left and take the^first right, Rue du Maréchal Foch. After about 150 metres, make a brief detour to the right into the small Parc Anne Franck. Continue along Rue Foch (to the right as you leave the park) and, at the junction, go straight on. At the end of the street, turn right onto Rue Faidherbe. Cross Avenue Saint-Maur, walk alongside the Jardin des Dames de Saint-Maur on your right and follow the Sentier du Couvent. Continue along the street of the same name.

(6) At the roundabout, turn left onto Rue d’Héricourt. Join Rue Pasteur and follow it to the right. Take the^second left onto Rue Saint-Pierre. Cross Rue Jean Mermoz on your left and continue straight ahead onto Rue de la Concorde. At the end, you’ll come to Avenue du Général De Gaulle: cross it at the pedestrian crossing and follow it to the right for about thirty metres.

(7) Turn left onto Rue du Général Koenig. Walk past the Jardin des Quatre Saisons on your left, then turn right as the road bends. At the end, turn left onto Rue Eugène d’Hallendre. At the junction, take the^second left onto Rue Desmazieres. Carry on straight ahead until you reach Rue Saint-Joseph: then follow this road to the right. Cross Rue Georges Pompidou and continue straight ahead onto Rue de Berkem.

(8) Pass the Church of Saint-Vital and, at the next junction, go straight on. Reach the banks of the Canal de la Deûle, turn left and walk along the canal on your right until you reach the bridge.

(9) After the bridge, carry on straight ahead (south) along Quai du Halage. Continue along Rue Charles et Émile Delesalle. At the roundabout, turn left onto Rue du Pré Catelan. Walk with the Salle de la Chaufferie Huet on your right, then past Square du Tissage. At the traffic lights, turn right onto Rue Roger Salengro and walk for about fifty metres.

(10) Turn right onto Rue du Tissage. At the roundabout, carry on straight ahead onto Rue du Parc and walk past the Sililam sports complex on your right. You’ll reach Rue Jeanne Maillotte; turn left onto it. Carry on straight ahead and cross Rue des Gantois and then Rue Georges Pompidou in turn.

(11) At the end, turn right onto Rue Gambetta. Walk alongside the Square des Anciens Combattants, cross Avenue Victor Hugo and walk alongside Parc Alphonse Juin. At the traffic lights, cross Rue du Général De Gaulle and continue along Rue Guynemer. At the end, turn right onto Rue Fontaine, then right again onto Rue Pasteur. This will take you to the church and the town hall (S/E).

The vast majority of La Madeleine’s green spaces.
La Nouvelle Madeleine neighbourhood.
The Romarin neighbourhood.
Monceau Park.
The Saint-Maur neighbourhood.
La Deule Canal.
Huet Boiler House.
Main square (market on Monday and Friday mornings).