The Transmolignée

Parking at the Annevoie Gardens.

Green rectangle + Transmolignée logo

(S/E) When you see the Transmolignée sign on your right, go up the road. Pass in front of the Polissoir Chapel, then further on, in front of Annevoie Castle. Walk along the surrounding wall until you reach the intersection.

(1) Turn left onto Rue de l'Église. At the crossroads, with the old mill wheel on your right and the church on your left, continue straight ahead and climb up to a fork in the road.

(2) Turn right at the Chapelle du Berger until you reach the next fork.

(3) Keep to your right and enter the woods. Pass the Gros Bois Warnant hamlet and continue straight ahead until you reach the Croix d'Occis crossroads.

(4) Turn left and take the^first path on the right until you reach an intersection.

(5) Continue straight ahead and leave the woods. Enjoy the panoramic view of the Molignée valley above Warnant at Nord Fays. Leave the woods, pass Les Tilleuls Warnant and cross the road with caution.

(6) Take the farm track (south-west). Keep right at the intersection. At the road, turn left and further on, look for the path on your left. You will return this way.

(7) Continue along the road and, when you reach another road, continue straight ahead until you reach the crossroads.

(8) Turn left, pass along the vineyard and continue straight ahead. Enter the Ronquière woods. At the next intersection, go straight ahead until you reach the fork at a place called Bois de Ronquière. Discover the Tincu Fountain.

(9) Turn right and keep to the right as you climb. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead. Walk for 1 km along the main forest path until you reach the road.

(10) Turn left, then at the bend in the road, continue straight ahead on the dirt track. Go downhill and discover a view of the abbey in an open area. At the road, turn left and then right. Cross over the Molignée. Head towards the picnic tables.

(11) Turn right onto the RAVeL. Go through the tunnel. At the exit, cross the bridge over the Molignée. At the road, turn left. At the next road, turn left. Pass in front of Maredsous Castle. Go up the road and you will arrive at the abbey car park. Walk along it until you reach the road.

No signposts

(12) Turn left to visit the abbey.

(13) Retrace your steps.

(12) Continue straight ahead and pass the building housing the shop. Continue along the road and pass the boarding school. At the fork, continue left towards Maredret. On your right, you will see the buildings of Maredret Abbey in the distance. Continue to the crossroads.

(14) Turn left and descend towards Sosoye. Enter the village. A road comes back on your left. At the crossroads, with the tunnel on your left, take the stairs opposite and climb up to RAVeL 150.

(15) At the top, turn left and follow the RAVeL. Cross the Molignée river and then the N971.

(16) Shortly after the bridge, look for the path on your right. Take it and immediately turn left at the red barrier. Close it behind you and climb up to the Sosoye State Nature Reserve. At the top, turn right until you reach a fork.

(17) Continue to the right towards the bench. View of Sosoye and the Molignée valley. Continue along the path and return to the wide track. Continue to the right, go around the barrier and walk to the road.

^GR® markings

(18) Turn left. The road curves and becomes a dirt track. Keep left at both intersections. Walk to the road with the Chapel of Jesus the Consoler on your left.

(19) Ignore the path on the left and continue straight ahead along the road for about 50 metres, until you reach the next dirt track on the left.

No markings

Take the farm track on the left. Walk straight ahead (north) for about 700 metres and enter the forest, ignoring the adjacent paths until you reach a crossroads with a hunter's chair on your left.

Green rectangle signpost

(20) Turn right and walk for just over 400 metres until you reach the X-shaped crossroads (not on OSM).

(21) Turn left and walk straight ahead for just under 900 m until you reach the road. There is a potale on your right. Turn left. Walk along the road until you reach the^first path on your right.

No markings

(22) Turn right and go uphill. Leave the woods and walk to the road.

Markings Green rectangle + Transmolignée logo

(7) Continue to the right. At the bend in the road, go straight on for 1 km until you reach the next road.

(6) Turn left and walk up the road for 100 m until you reach the dirt track on your right.

No markings

(23) Turn right and enter the woods. Follow the main forest path for about 900 m until you reach the Croix d'Occis.

Green rectangle sign + Transmolignée logo

(4) Take the forest path opposite, also known as Route des Fers or Route du Rivage, which you took on the way there. Exit the woods and continue to the intersection.

(3) Continue straight ahead in the open until you reach the Chapelle du Berger.

(2) Keep to your left and go down the road. Enter Annevoie, pass in front of the church and walk to the N 932.

(1) Turn right, walk along the road and return to the car park. (S/E)

You can stop for refreshments and a bite to eat at the old Maredsous station, Maredsous Abbey, Sosoye from the RAVeL and on your return to the Annevoie Gardens.
The Transmolignée is initially a linear hike marked in both directions, but I suggest a different return route.
From October to December, keep in mind the dates of the hunts.

During

Potales, Oratories, Chapels, Crosses...
Tincu Fountain
Maredsous Castle: private, not open to visitors.
Maredsous Abbey: Benedictine monastery
Iron Road: also known as the Rivage Road. This road was used to transport iron ore from Warnant, Bioul, Salet, Sosoye and Denée to the Annevoie blast furnaces to extract liquid cast iron.

Nearby

Maredret Abbey: Benedictine nuns' monastery.