The Eaulne Valley, Londinières and Fréauville

This walk, starting from Londinières, will take you through the lush Eaulne Valley to the village of Fréauville.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 10.95 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 30 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 119 m
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    Descent: - 119 m

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    Highest point: 144 m
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    Lowest point: 73 m

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Description of the walk

Start from the car park opposite the town hall and church in Londinières, Rue Maréchal Leclerc.

(S/E) Opposite the town hall, turn left, cross Rue Maréchal Leclerc at the pedestrian crossing and immediately turn right into Rue du Général de Gaulle.
Continue along Rue du Général de Gaulle on your left until you reach the junction.

(1) Take the first road on your right, Rue de Clais. Continue to the junction with Rue des Granges.
Cross the junction, continue straight on along Rue de Clais, which climbs and becomes a dirt track.
Follow the track, pass a detached house called Beau Soleil on your left and continue to a fork.

(2) Then continue left until you reach another fork and immediately take the path on your right for 1170m.
At the end of the track, turn right, pass under a power line and continue to a crossroads.

(3) Turn right, go under the power line again and continue to a fork in the road. Follow the path on your right for 1175m, ignoring the paths on either side, until you reach a junction with a small road.

(4) Turn left onto Rue du Beau Soleil. Follow it down to the D1314.
Cross the D1314 at the pedestrian crossing. Turn left onto Rue de l’Église and continue to the junction before the church.

(5) Turn right onto Rue du Clair Ruissel. Follow this street until the junction with the D117.

(6) Cross it, then take the Route du Mont Caboche opposite, which becomes a dirt track after the old manor house.
Continue along the path, which climbs slightly, until you reach a crossroads.

(7) Turn right and continue to the first track on your right. Follow this track and, at the end, join the D12 road on your left.

(8) Follow this road to your right until you reach Londinières. At the entrance to Londinières, continue straight ahead, walking down the left-hand pavement of Rue des Canadiens until you reach the junction of Routes de Croixdalle and Grainville.

(9) Cross the junction and continue straight on along Rue du Pont de Pierre, which crosses over the Eaulne.
At the end of the street, cross Rue Gaston Découvert to reach your starting point: the car park opposite the town hall and the church (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 76 m - Car park on Rue Maréchal Leclerc in Londinières
  2. 1 : km 0.12 - alt. 76 m - Rue de Clais
  3. 2 : km 1.28 - alt. 94 m - On the left
  4. 3 : km 3.07 - alt. 136 m - Crossroads
  5. 4 : km 5.53 - alt. 94 m - Rue du Beau Soleil in Fréauville
  6. 5 : km 5.85 - alt. 84 m - Rue Clair Ruissel in Fréauville. Cross the - Eaulne (rivière) - Affluent de l'Arques
  7. 6 : km 6.55 - alt. 82 m - Crossing the D117
  8. 7 : km 7.65 - alt. 122 m - Turn right
  9. 8 : km 9.2 - alt. 98 m - D12
  10. 9 : km 10.62 - alt. 74 m - Crossroads of the Croixdalle and Grainville roads
  11. S/E : km 10.95 - alt. 76 m - Car park on Rue Maréchal Leclerc in Londinières

Notes

Wash house in Fréauville.

Worth a visit

In Londinières:
Paragliding site on the D1314, Fresnoy Folny road.
Motocross track.

In Lucy:
Private garden ‘Le Crapaud à trois pattes’, open from 15 May to 31 October by appointment.

In Fesques:
The Fesques marshes in the Eaulne valley.

In Neufchâtel-en-Bray:
The Mathon Durand Museum.

Reviews and comments

4.5 / 5
Based on 4 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
User 3773325

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 07, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike, easy and pleasant at this time of year. Probably best avoided in winter, as the area must be very windy judging by the number of wind turbines.
The explanations are fairly easy to follow, but there is a slight mix-up between 3 and 4. Not necessarily very clear!
Thanks to the person who posted this hike on Visorando
Dominique

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bernardbon76
bernardbon76

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 24, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

It’s a lovely route. At point 3, the instructions could do with being clarified to avoid any confusion. Halfway between points 3 and 4, it should be made clear that you need to turn right onto a grassy path that’s hard to spot (to avoid walking all the way to the road and having to retrace your steps to find this path, which isn’t clearly marked at the start). But with the map, it’s fairly easy to find your way. Thank you for this lovely route, which allows you to admire the Eaulne Valley.

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benoitrando
benoitrando

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 08, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

I really enjoyed the route, and I also found it was nearly 14 km rather than 10 km.

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ninijules
ninijules

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 07, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

This route is particularly appealing to walkers who enjoy strolling through the fields, which offer magnificent shades of green and views over the Eaulne Valley – a beautiful route suitable for everyone. As for the distance, we recorded 13.8 km (instead of 10 km), which we completed in 3 hours.

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