Caribou from Monchy-le-Preux

This walk will take you through the plains and woods of the Arrageois region, which marked the limit of the German advance during the First World War. The marker can be seen on the RD 939. From Monchy, the Germans bombarded Arras, destroying the belfry.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.25 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 00 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 33 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 32 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 113 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 76 m

Description of the walk

Departure from the church car park

(S/E) Leave the car park with the church in the background, turn left and continue on the right into Rue de Roeux. Continue as far as the entrance to the wood.

(1) Turn right into the lane, then immediately left, then left-right. Join the D33E1.

(2) Turn right, then first left. At the end of the road, turn right until you reach a Y-shaped fork.

(3) Turn left and continue along this road. At the end of the road, turn right and continue straight ahead until you reach the crossroads at hill 77.

(4) Keep to the right and continue as far as the water treatment plant.

(5) Keep to the right, Rue de Vis, and continue as far as the junction.

(6) Make a left-right turn. At the end of the road, keep to the left, then straight on until you reach the crossroads near the cemetery.

(7) Turn right, then left three times to take the path. You will come to a T-junction.

(8) Turn left and, at the end, take the second road on the right, as far as the Y.

(9) Turn right and right again at the end of the road. Continue straight on until you reach the second road on the left, Rue de la Gaieté.

(10) Turn left and, at the end, turn right, Rue de l'Église, then left, and rejoin the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 108 m - Church car park
  2. 1 : km 0.31 - alt. 96 m - Wood entrance
  3. 2 : km 0.9 - alt. 94 m - D33E1
  4. 3 : km 2.26 - alt. 92 m - Y-shaped fork
  5. 4 : km 4.26 - alt. 77 m - Rating 77
  6. 5 : km 5.77 - alt. 84 m - Water treatment plant
  7. 6 : km 6.01 - alt. 86 m - Carrefour
  8. 7 : km 6.61 - alt. 96 m - Forks near the cemetery
  9. 8 : km 7.03 - alt. 99 m - T-junction
  10. 9 : km 8.29 - alt. 99 m - Y intersection
  11. 10 : km 9.65 - alt. 105 m - Rue de la Gaieté
  12. S/E : km 10.25 - alt. 108 m - Church car park

Practical information

No water point

In the nearby area

Town of Arras

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