Along the Helpe Majeure by bike

Cycling is the ideal way to discover the thousand and one secrets of the Avesnois region.

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    Activity: Touring/Gravel
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    Distance: 21.59 km
  • ◔
    Duration according to the author: 3 hrs 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 67 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 61 m

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    Highest point: 191 m
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    Lowest point: 132 m

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Description of the route

Parking: Maison du Parc in Maroilles.

(S/E) Leave the abbey courtyard and join the Grand Rue, then turn right.
Immediately turn left onto Rue de la Mairie, which becomes Rue du Lieutenant further on. Continue straight ahead.

(1) You will see the Moulin des Prés. Before the Croix Robosse bridge, turn right onto Chemin Dame Marguerite.

(2) At the end of this road, turn right onto the D32, which becomes Rue des Juifs. Pass a chapel on your left and turn left onto Rue de la Sablonnière. Continue along this street towards the north-east.

(3) At the end of this street, you will come to a crossroads. Turn right onto Rue du Bois Brun.

(4) After a sharp right-hand bend, take the first right onto Rue du Marais until you reach Grande Rue. Turn left and then immediately right onto Rue de Taisnières. Go around a sharp right-hand bend.

(5) Turn left onto Rue des Pâtures and continue to the next intersection.

(6) At the crossroads, turn left onto Rue de Maroilles, then take the first right onto Rue de Marbaix. Then take the first left, which is still called Rue de Marbaix. Continue straight ahead, passing three paths on the left and then one on the right. Continue on the D117, which becomes Rue de Taisnières, and pass Le Câtelet.

(7) At the Y-junction, take the left-hand path, pass in front of Marbaix Church and continue straight on to Grande Rue, which you cross with caution to reach Rue de Cartignies opposite.

(8) Pass the first street on your left, then the second, and at the Y-junction, take the left-hand path to continue along Rue de Cartignies and continue straight ahead.

(9) At the crossroads, turn right onto Fache de la Poutée, pass the hamlet of La Justice and continue straight on along the main street.

(10) At the end of this street, make a quick first turn left then right onto Rue du Mal d'Accord and continue straight ahead on this road

(11) At the T-junction, turn left and then immediately right onto Rue du Faux. Go past the first crossroads.

(12) At the Y-junction, continue left onto Rue du Faux and keep going straight ahead.

(13) Just before Grande Rue, turn left onto Rue du Marais.

(14) At the end of this street, turn right onto Rue des Warennes and continue straight ahead.

(15) At the crossroads, take Ruelle des Garçons opposite and continue to Place de l'Église.

(16) At Grande Rue, turn left and then left again after the post office to return to the Maison du Parc car park in Maroilles (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 140 m - Car park: Maison du Parc in Maroilles
  2. 1 : km 1.8 - alt. 132 m - Turn right onto Chemin Dame Marguerite
  3. 2 : km 3.01 - alt. 140 m - D32, on the right
  4. 3 : km 5.16 - alt. 135 m - Rue du Bois Brun
  5. 4 : km 6.4 - alt. 133 m - Rue du Marais on the right
  6. 5 : km 7.95 - alt. 149 m - Rue des Pâtures
  7. 6 : km 9.39 - alt. 144 m - Rue de Maroilles
  8. 7 : km 12.34 - alt. 139 m - Y-junction, left
  9. 8 : km 12.88 - alt. 143 m - Rue de Cartignies
  10. 9 : km 14.5 - alt. 182 m - Chemin Fache de la Poutée on the left
  11. 10 : km 15.99 - alt. 191 m - Rue du Mal d'Accord
  12. 11 : km 17.26 - alt. 191 m - Rue du Faux
  13. 12 : km 17.85 - alt. 185 m - Turn left at the fork
  14. 13 : km 20.47 - alt. 166 m - Rue du Marais
  15. 14 : km 20.78 - alt. 156 m - Rue des Warennes
  16. 15 : km 21.08 - alt. 155 m - Church of Maroilles
  17. 16 : km 21.34 - alt. 148 m - Grande Rue, on the left
  18. S/E : km 21.59 - alt. 141 m - Car park: Maison du Parc in Maroilles

Notes

Unmarked route.

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 2 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.5 / 5
Ease of following the route
4 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
Buzzrando
Buzzrando

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 29, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

No particular difficulties.

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fleko
fleko

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 29, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A very pleasant route along quiet country roads surrounded by lush greenery.

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