La Briganderie

It is said that the farmers of the Quartier du Carreau used to sell their chickens and rabbits in the village centre. On their way back, they were robbed in the woods on the hillside, now known as the "Briganderie".

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 11.46 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 133 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 129 m

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    Highest point: 106 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 38 m

Description of the walk

Park in the car park of the church in Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent

(S/E). Head west and walk along the church on your right. At the corner, turn right. At the roundabout, turn left. Ignore a turn-off on the right and continue to a crossroads.

(1) Then turn left. Go under the railway bridge and immediately turn right.

(2) At the station, continue straight ahead. After about 100 metres, take the stairs on the left. Follow Rue du Grémont and, at the end, turn right onto Côte d'Azur.

(3) At the three-way junction, turn right and continue uphill. At the T-junction, turn left onto Rue du Chêne Carpentier, towards the water tower. At the foot of the water tower, turn right onto Rue du Réservoir.

(4) At the crossroads, turn left onto a side road along the D 111. At the junction, turn right onto Route du Château. This road soon curves to the left and then to the right.

(5) Opposite the entrance to the old castle grounds, turn right onto Route d'Aplemour. Take thefirst left onto Route d'Énanville.

(6) At the fork, turn left and follow the path alongside a copse on your left. Further on, turn left onto a grassy path.

(7) After the manor house, at the T-junction, turn left onto Chemin des Perdrix (red and white markings).

(8) At a place called L'Enfer, turn left. Follow Route du Château to the woods at Aplemour farm.

(9) Then turn right and walk along the woods on your left. Take the bridge over the railway line.

(10) At the crossroads (arboretum), turn left. After about 20 metres, climb up Rue de la Briganderie on the right. Continue straight ahead and ignore the side roads.

(11) On the Carreau plateau, turn left onto a path marked in red and white. Continue straight ahead (west-southwest). You will come out onto Rue des Muriers and, before reaching a perpendicular road, turn right onto a path that passes between the houses of La Belle Étoile. You will rejoin the tarmac and come to a crossroads. Turn left.

(12) At the T-junction, turn left and continue straight ahead. Take thefirst left onto Rue de l'Épine. Cross Rue des Muriers on the left-hand side. When the street turns left, continue straight ahead along a path. The path becomes grassy and then descends steeply to Rue des Communes. Take this street on the left. At the roundabout, first turn left then right to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 40 m - Car park - Église Saint-Laurent (Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent)
  2. 1 : km 0.46 - alt. 39 m - Crossroads
  3. 2 : km 0.73 - alt. 49 m - Gare de St-Laurent-Gainneville
  4. 3 : km 1.28 - alt. 88 m - Three-way junction
  5. 4 : km 2.29 - alt. 99 m - Crossroads - Route D111
  6. 5 : km 3.65 - alt. 100 m - Site of the Château d'Aplemour
  7. 6 : km 5.13 - alt. 101 m - Fork
  8. 7 : km 5.81 - alt. 106 m - T-junction
  9. 8 : km 6.65 - alt. 83 m - L'Enfer
  10. 9 : km 7.37 - alt. 95 m - Aplemour Farm
  11. 10 : km 8.35 - alt. 55 m - Arboretum
  12. 11 : km 9.46 - alt. 97 m - Intersection
  13. 12 : km 10.36 - alt. 101 m - Le Carreau
  14. S/E : km 11.46 - alt. 40 m - Car park - Église Saint-Laurent (Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent)

Worth a visit

At the start, passing under the railway line, you will reach the Sitelle discovery trail. The sitelle is a small slate-grey passerine bird with a rust-coloured breast that climbs down tree trunks head first.
250 metres from the starting point, there is another discovery point, "the owl".

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 11 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.6 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.7 / 5
Route interest
3.6 / 5
cauxrando
cauxrando

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 02, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very well described route.
A varied route along muddy paths in this rainy January month, with little-used roads on Sunday mornings.

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Souquet Dimitri
Souquet Dimitri

A lovely, fairly gentle and peaceful walk.

The only downside is that there is nowhere to sit down for a picnic.

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christophe breard
christophe breard

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 16, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

A route that is not very busy because it is done in the rain, well explained and easy to follow.

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Colbert50
Colbert50

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 12, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

lovely walk in the sunshine
thanks to MTP from Saint Romain

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bbel
bbel

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 21, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Just a note: avoid the section near the water tower when it has rained heavily, as the road is flooded and the verges are impassable. We had to go around it by walking along the edge of the field next to the water tower fence.

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DEJEUNES Sylvie
DEJEUNES Sylvie

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 29, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We've just had a problem at Number 11, so please be vigilant in that area.

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LOISEL
LOISEL
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Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 13, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Thank you for this well-written hiking guide.
Our only regret was that there was a bit too much tarmac.
Between points 10 and 11, we turned left a little too early onto the discovery trail, but that allowed us to finish the hike in a lovely little wood!

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riffort
riffort
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Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : May 24, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Hello, a very pleasant hike at this time of year with the crops in full growth, colouring the fields in different shades of green. Thank you for the guidance and information.
Perhaps there is a lot of tarmac.
Kind regards

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GG83GL
GG83GL

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 16, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Hello, thank you for the description and information. However, after point 3 and the dreamy name Côte d'Azur, you walk along flat, windy fields, a commercial zone and then a residential area, followed by a view of Le Havre prison. When we reached point 5, we cut straight to point 9, where the walk was more pleasant. The detour between the houses at point 12 seemed uninteresting to us, but then the descent into the forest was pleasant until we reached our destination.
It's a shame, as it's usually always a pleasure to use the routes suggested by Visorando.

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stéphane 76
stéphane 76

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 12, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I enjoyed this family hike with the little ones and would definitely do it again. Kind regards.

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LVa
LVa

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant and varied walk.
At the start, you need to follow the "main road" along the pavement to the roundabout at point 1.
Between points 10 and 11, we mistakenly followed the GR2 variant.
Thank you

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Cyrille MICHEL
Cyrille MICHEL

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 21, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A superb walk for a Sunday afternoon
We discovered other places in Saint Laurent de Brevedent
However, BE CAREFUL with the description of how to get there. It all depends on where you park, as the car park is all around the church (so you're not actually right next to the church, but behind it)
But thanks to the orientation and the map, we were able to set off (luckily)
We downloaded a compass app on our mobile phone because we didn't have one with us.
Be careful, we didn't find point 11. We must have confused it with a private road, which I think was actually point 11. So we continued straight on to point 12.
Otherwise, we'll show it to our friends.
Thanks again.

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