The pretty rolling countryside of Thoricourt

Set off to explore the pretty village of Thoricourt, its castle and numerous small chapels.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 7.25 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 27 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 25 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 107 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 72 m

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Description of the walk

Park in the Place Obert car park in front of the Church of the Holy Virgin.

(S/E) With your back to the church, follow Rue de Silly to the left. Pass a small chapel that the owners have painted the same colour as their house to reach Rue d'Horrues, which branches off to the right.

(1) Follow this street until you reach a crossroads with a second chapel. Cross carefully and continue straight ahead. Pass another chapel, walk past a large chicken farm and you will reach a T-junction.

(2) Turn left, follow this road, pass a first dirt track on the right (dead end) and reach a crossroads formed by two dirt tracks and the road.

GR® markings

(3) Follow this path to the left, slightly uphill. Reach the edge of a private wood and continue straight ahead until you reach a road.

(4) Cross it carefully, pass by a memorial stone honouring a Belgian resistance fighter who was murdered here in 1944, walk along the right-hand side and follow the dirt track that runs along the edge of the woods. Stay on the track until you reach a road, then turn left. Pass in front of the magnificent Thoricourt Castle and its beautiful farm. Immediately after the farm, take the small road to the right. Join a larger road with another chapel, cross carefully and follow a left/right turn onto a tree-lined path, the Chemin Royal.

(5) The straight path runs through the countryside and reaches a beautifully restored old farmhouse at the level of a paved path.

Not marked byGR®

(6) Follow it to the left until you reach Rue des Panottes, then turn left.

(7) Leave the street and take a barely visible path that branches off to the right at the gable end of a red brick house at number 30. Reach Rue des Frères and follow it to the left.

(8) Two hundred metres further on, at No. 17 after a hedge, follow another path to the left and return to Rue des Panottes.
At the end of the path, turn right and then left onto Ruelle du Boulanger.
At the end of this street, turn right onto the street that leads to Place Obert de Thieusies on the left (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 90 m - Place Obert de Thieusies
  2. 1 : km 0.27 - alt. 96 m - Rue d'Horrues
  3. 2 : km 1.42 - alt. 74 m - T-junction
  4. 3 : km 2.1 - alt. 79 m - Crossroads of paths and streets
  5. 4 : km 3.28 - alt. 99 m - Crossing the road
  6. 5 : km 5.2 - alt. 90 m - Crossroads (cross)
  7. 6 : km 5.81 - alt. 83 m - Fork in the road
  8. 7 : km 6.4 - alt. 93 m - Path not very visible.
  9. 8 : km 6.73 - alt. 94 m - Path
  10. S/E : km 7.25 - alt. 90 m - Place Obert de Thieusies

Notes

This route follows a marked trail (marked 3.04) to the vicinity of Thoricourt Castle.
Benches on the pretty Place Obert in Thieusues.
Several gravestones of the Obert de Thieusies family on the exterior walls of the church.

Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.8 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.8 / 5
Route interest
4.6 / 5
Luc1
Luc1

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 28, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Very muddy section, really very muddy...

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Gastel
Gastel

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 05, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

pleasant route

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MVB
MVB

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 15, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A wonderful discovery of this valley.

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mrjack1889
mrjack1889

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

Very pleasant walk, very easy to follow. Thank you very much!

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Yogiyoga
Yogiyoga

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 14, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

We take a lovely walk that invites us to linger in a particularly peaceful and welcoming setting.

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