La Houchinel from Houchin

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This hike from Houchin will allow you to discover another side of the mining basin without much difficulty along beautiful trails.

A bit of history: the pit, 12 mining companies from Noeux-les-Mines. Mining began in 1939 and was halted in 1940 with the German occupation and never resumed.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 5.37 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 30 
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    Difficulty: Easy
  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 72 ft
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    Descent: - 66 ft
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    Highest point: 240 ft
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    Lowest point: 128 ft
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Photos

british cemetery
houchin Church

Description of the walk

Start from the town hall car park.

(S/E) Leave the car park and turn left onto Chemin de Lonchinelle until you reach a fork.

(1) At the crossroads, turn right onto Chemin de Lens.

(2) Keep right and take the first right to arrive just before the farmhouse tower.

(3) Turn left and continue straight ahead on Rue de l'Égalité until you reach Rue de Barlin.

(4) First turn right then left, then take the road between numbers 8 and 10 and continue straight ahead until you reach a fork.

(5) Turn left, then cross Rue du Jeu de Paume. Continue straight ahead, then turn left and continue straight ahead until you reach Chemin des Abbayes.

(6) Turn left then right. At the crossroads, turn onto the road on the right and continue straight ahead until you reach a fork in the road.

(7) Turn right, at the end of the road turn right and keep going until you reach Rue du Bois.

(8) Turn left and continue on Chemin du Mont Fendu. Go through a wood and you will reach the edge of another wood.

(9) Turn right, then right again onto Rue des Anciens Jardins d'Ouvriers. At the end, turn right onto Rue du Bois Villain.

(10) Turn right and continue straight ahead until you reach the crossroads.

(11) Turn left and continue straight ahead on Rue des Fontinettes. At the end, turn right and return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 174 ft - Town hall car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.28 - alt. 157 ft - Crossroads
  3. 2 : mi 0.68 - alt. 187 ft - Chemin de Lens
  4. 3 : mi 1.22 - alt. 180 ft - Farm tower
  5. 4 : mi 1.4 - alt. 194 ft - Rue de Barlin
  6. 5 : mi 1.59 - alt. 240 ft - Fork
  7. 6 : mi 1.83 - alt. 190 ft - Chemin des Abbayes
  8. 7 : mi 2.38 - alt. 164 ft - T-junction
  9. 8 : mi 3.35 - alt. 180 ft - Rue du Bois
  10. 9 : mi 3.81 - alt. 174 ft - Edge of the woods
  11. 10 : mi 4.31 - alt. 171 ft - Rue du Bois Villain
  12. 11 : mi 4.85 - alt. 167 ft - Crossroads
  13. S/E : mi 5.37 - alt. 174 ft - Town hall car park

Notes

No water source

Worth a visit

Haillicourt slag heaps

Béthune

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