The Carency rollercoaster

This walk, starting from Carency, is not particularly difficult and will take you through Villers-au-Bois, between the plain and the woods. Carency was a seigneury until around 1620, then became a barony until 1665, before becoming a marquisate.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.99 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 177 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 167 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 466 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 299 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Carency (62144)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.380487° / E 2.703619°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2406E, 2406O
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

Start from the car park on Rue du Quai.

(S/E) Exit to the right, with the old station behind you, then turn right. At the end, take a first turn right then left. You’ll come out onto Rue du Général Barbot.

(1) First turn right then left; take Rue Gambetta and carry on straight ahead.

(2) Take the first road on the right and continue to the junction at the end.

(3) Turn left and you’ll immediately come to a Fork in the road.

(4) Turn left and carry on straight ahead. At the end, you’ll reach the D58.

(5) First turn left then right to cross the road and carry on straight ahead along a field track.

(6) At the junction, take the first path on the right and continue straight on until you reach the D58.

(7) At the end, first turn right then left onto Rue Pâquerette. At the next junction, carry on straight ahead along a footpath.

(8) At the end, at the junction, first turn right then left to continue between the fields, heading north-west.

(9) At the junction, turn right into the Vallée Niclette. Ignore a path branching off to the left (marker 118) and continue through the woodland. You will reach the junction from the outward journey.

(4) Keep going straight ahead in the opposite direction to the outward journey until you reach the next junction.

(3) Continue straight ahead again until you reach the junction.

(10) Turn left onto Rue Joliot-Curie. When this street bends left, carry on straight ahead along Rue du Quai to reach the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 299 ft - Car park on Rue de la Gare - Église Saint-Aignan (Carency)
  2. 1 : mi 0.37 - alt. 377 ft - Rue du Général Barbot
  3. 2 : mi 0.67 - alt. 394 ft - Path
  4. 3 : mi 0.9 - alt. 325 ft - Junction on the eastern circular loop
  5. 4 : mi 0.94 - alt. 325 ft - Junction on the western circular loop
  6. 5 : mi 1.51 - alt. 427 ft - D58 road
  7. 6 : mi 1.81 - alt. 443 ft - Junction
  8. 7 : mi 2.1 - alt. 453 ft - Crossing the D58
  9. 8 : mi 2.57 - alt. 466 ft - T-junction
  10. 9 : mi 3.04 - alt. 436 ft - Crossroads, Vallée Niclette
  11. 10 : mi 4.83 - alt. 312 ft - Fork
  12. S/E : mi 4.99 - alt. 299 ft - Village hall car park - Église Saint-Aignan (Carency)

Notes

No water points.

Reviews and comments

5 / 5
Based on 1 review

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
5 / 5
DESNAINS62
DESNAINS62
• Edited:

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little bucolic walk. A must-do between forest and fields. Easy, no major difficulties.

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