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The route starts at Place du 3 Septembre 1944, opposite the village hall (Municipal Theatre).
(S/E) Take the street running parallel to the theatre, pass the entrance to the village hall and continue straight on along Rue de Chanzy for about 200m, crossing Rue des Remparts. Take the second street on the left to reach the wash house (renovated in 2013–2014).
(1) Continue your walk by retracing your steps, first turn left then right onto Rue Fontaine à Gros Bouillons, and on your way, you’ll see the ramparts on your right. At the end of this street, you’ll come to a crossroads where you can see a drinking trough in front of the restaurant.
(2) Turn left onto Rue de Landrecie and walk for about 400m. As you cross an old bridge, just by the bridge’s pillar on your right, take a small path and walk for about 200m. You’ll come back onto a tarmac path; turn right at the cemetery on your right. Continue for about 250m and, at the end of this path, you’ll reach Rue de Fesmy (drinking water point).
(3) Turn left and after about 100m, take the first street on the right, Rue du Général Morland. Follow this street until you reach a spot where there is a geocache (In the Footsteps of Matisse 1).
(4) At the bottom of this street, turn right onto Avenue Henry Matisse (blue gate) and walk down this avenue until you see the Henry Matisse nursery school on your right. At the end of this, turn left onto Rue du Maréchal Mortier.
(5) At the junction with Rue de la République, continue straight on along the D21 towards Busigny. Continue for about 1 km along Avenue Maréchal Delattre de Tassigny, using the footpath. Pass a roundabout and continue.
After crossing the bridge over the Selle, turn right to walk part of the way round the pond from right to left. Then follow the path leading out onto Avenue des Essarts. Continue along the pedestrian street. At the end, follow the pavement on the opposite side for safety and continue your walk. When you reach a field on your right, cross Avenue des Essarts and take this path, Ruelle Regnaudin, just next to it for about 300 metres. Cross the Selle via the bridge, enter Thuru Park and head left to walk around the old swimming pool and the rest of the park.
Once you have finished your visit to the park, return to the bridge you used when entering the park, turn left, and take the path on the left which runs parallel to the one next to it—also known as Route Regnaudin—and you will reach the D21 (Avenue du Maréchal Delattre de Tassigny). Follow it for about a hundred metres to the left.
(5) Turn left onto Rue de la République. Walk down this street for about 900 metres to reach the Matisse Museum.
(6) Turn left into Rue Charles Seydoux and take the first street on your right, Rue du Bois Monplaisir. 60 metres further on, turn right and walk along the Selle on a footpath to reach the D955, on the road to Montay. Keep to your right and cross the bridge.
(7) The entrance to Fénelon Park is just on your right, by a large gate. Enter the park and follow the footpath that leads behind the museum. Then take the tarmac path to leave the park.
Then turn right onto Rue des Poilus de la Grande Guerre. Walk past the Seydoux Fountain to reach Rue Gambetta. Turn left and, at the top of the street, turn right onto Rue Jean Jaurès. Continue straight on until you reach Rue du Marché aux Chevaux, where you turn left. About fifty metres further on, you’ll arrive in front of the Brasserie Historique de l’Abbaye du Cateau.
(8) Continue straight on and, at the top of the street, take the first left to enter the car park behind the church. Walk on and take the cobbled path on your right to go round the church and exit through the gate onto Rue Jean Jaurès. Then turn right onto Place Sadi Carnot, before turning left 50 metres further on and heading towards Place du Général de Gaulle (car park).
(9) Walk 70 metres and take the cobbled path to the right of the belfry; follow Rue Victor Hugo for 70 metres to reach the theatre square, Place du 3 Septembre (S/E).
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