The Saint-Amand Mill

A pleasant route combining tarmac, paths and trails, starting from a small village in the Eure department, in the Oison valley.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 15.56 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 40 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 78 m
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    Descent: - 77 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 174 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 120 m

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Description of the walk

Parking and departure from the village church. If there are no spaces in the car park, use the second car park opposite the town hall.

(S/E) Leave the car park and take the road on the left. Turn left at the first road, Rue de l'Oison. Ignore the road on the left at the hairpin bend to the right and continue to the next bend to the left.

(1) Continue along this road and, at the crossroads, take the road opposite, Rue du Bosc-Féré. At a place called "Le Moulin de la Rose", continue straight ahead along the path. Take the left turn that comes up, pass between the farm buildings at a place called "Le Feugré" (the path is lined with hedges and trees that hide the farm). At the next T-junction, turn left and rejoin the road further on.

(2) At the tarmac, Rue du Point du Jour, turn left, ignore the road on the left, Rue le Vieux Chemin, and continue straight ahead. At the Y-junction, turn right onto Rue Peu de Vin. At the X-junction, continue straight ahead onto Rue du Val aux Loups until the first right-hand bend.

(3) In the bend, take the path opposite. Go straight ahead, ignore the left turns and continue to the road, Avenue du Francboisier. At the T-junction, turn right and continue to the bottom of Avenue Francboisier. At the T-junction, turn left and continue towards Saint-Pierre-de-Bosguérard until you reach the junction with a traffic island in the middle of the road, Rue Étienne Delacroix.

(4) Take the left-hand path and turn right onto the first path in the middle of the field. Continue to the road, Rue des Sorbiers, continue straight ahead and pass the retirement home on your left. At the T-junction, turn left onto Rue Marie de Vaudemont (be careful of traffic on this section leading to point 6), the road climbs slightly. Pass the cemetery on your right and continue straight ahead. Pass the sign for Tourville-la-Campagne and continue to the X-junction with the stop sign.

(5) Continue straight ahead and turn into the first road on the left. At the road, Rue des Canadiens, turn left and continue until you reach the dead end sign.

(6) Turn right onto the small road that slopes slightly downwards, pass the houses on your right a little further on and at the first T-junction, turn left onto the road in the plain and continue to the road.

(7) Turn left onto the D86, go straight ahead at the X-shaped junction and turn right onto the first road. At the road, turn right and then immediately right again onto the first road on the bend. Continue straight ahead until you reach the D81 road.

(8) Turn left onto the D81 and turn into the first road on the left. When you reach the X-shaped junction at the road, take the road opposite and continue to the cemetery.

(9) At the road, turn left onto Route de Tourville and continue to the first house on the right. Take the path on the right, just before the house. At the road, turn left, pass in front of the town hall and return to the church, which is the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 124 m - Church on Route de Tourville. Cross the - Oison (rivière)
  2. 1 : km 0.51 - alt. 137 m - Route de l'Oison
  3. 2 : km 2.93 - alt. 145 m - Rue du Point du Jour
  4. 3 : km 3.65 - alt. 145 m - Rue du Val aux Loups
  5. 4 : km 5.68 - alt. 126 m - Rue Etienne Delacroix
  6. 5 : km 8.44 - alt. 157 m - Route de Brionne
  7. 6 : km 9.39 - alt. 158 m - Rue des Canadiens
  8. 7 : km 10.67 - alt. 154 m - D 86
  9. 8 : km 12.85 - alt. 163 m - D 81
  10. 9 : km 15.02 - alt. 144 m - Tourville road
  11. S/E : km 15.56 - alt. 123 m - Church on Route de Tourville

Worth a visit

Saint-Amand-des-Hautes-Terres:
Saint-Amand Church.
Le Moulin Amour, the last mill in the Oison Valley

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 9 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.4 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.8 / 5
Route interest
3.6 / 5
FLEURPATOU
FLEURPATOU

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 10, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely little hike, half of which is on tarmac roads, but apart from a few short sections, there is very little traffic. The rest of the route takes you along pleasant, well-maintained paths.

The hike took 3½ hours, so I would estimate the distance to be 14 km.

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randonac
randonac

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 06, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Excellent description. Too much tarmac and flat terrain. Wouldn't recommend it.

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benoitrando
benoitrando

The analysis is correct, but it is impossible to do otherwise because of the private woods for which I have not been able to reach an agreement with the owner.

Thank you, Mamy Yoyo, and best wishes for the future.

Best regards
Benoit

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mamy yoyo
mamy yoyo

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 23, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

Up to point 6, no complaints, but after that it's just a succession of paths and tarmac roads and crossings of plains that are only interesting for walking's sake. A little disappointed with this route. On the other hand, well done to the author for the reliability of their description.

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Truxtman
Truxtman

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 17, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A magnificent, very pleasant and uncrowded hike. However, it seems to me that we could go directly from marker 7 to 9, as crossing the fields (marker 8) adds nothing except extra kilometres.

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DENEUVE PIERRE
DENEUVE PIERRE

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 13, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

very beautiful hike:

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benoitrando
benoitrando

Hello Louis,
Thank you for your comment. Could you please tell me exactly where the passage is prohibited so that I can possibly adopt your passage. Following an initial comment from a hiker friend, I made some changes (without visiting the site). Point 1 has therefore been modified on the map only. I can't go back there right away, so it would be great if you could let me know.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Kind regards
Benoit

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Louis.
Louis.

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 19, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk between fields and forest. Lots of paths, which is perfect. The only downside is the section that is closed before the 2.
I got around the problem by continuing to the fire station on a well-maintained path to reach the 3rd.

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benoitrando
benoitrando

Hello friend,

Thank you for these constructive comments. I will take your remarks into account. The problem with this part of the region is that the woods are almost all privately owned and off-limits, and I did not see any signs at point 1.

Best regards
Benoit

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kelylamil
kelylamil

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 09, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
A pleasant hike in the beautiful Oison Valley.
Very easy for a post-lockdown return to hiking
Lovely passages through fields of grain in full bloom and fields of flax beginning their short flowering season.
Please note that the section of road after the retirement home to point 6 is dangerous due to traffic and therefore seems very long.
At point 6, I did not turn left onto the RD26 but crossed it to take a path on the left, which is very pretty in its wooded section and allows you to reach point 7 without taking the departmental road.
Finally, I should point out that the path at point 1 is private, as is the wood it crosses. A sign on a tree mentions this at the entrance to the path. In order to follow the route, I took it anyway, but I was stopped by a forestry employee who kindly pointed out that I was on private property. However, he allowed me to continue to the barrier, warning me that it would soon be topped with barbed wire! He also told me that there was a non-private path further up, but it is impassable
Thank you, Benoit, for this route, which I really enjoyed.
Best regards

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benoitrando
benoitrando

Good evening,
at point 1, if you take the path, you can only reach the barrier.

Kind regards

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Dionisi Yves
Dionisi Yves

Hello,

It is mainly stage 1 that lacks landmarks. As indicated, I took the left path that led into the forest, but arrived at a different location than the barrier mentioned, which I found further on. But perhaps I did not read the description carefully enough.

I would need to do the route a second time to see if the new version is clearer. But that won't be possible for a while, as I will be away until 8 September.

As for the comment about tarmac, it's true that all hikes involve some. But personally, I prefer to avoid it as much as possible (each to their own!).

Best regards.

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benoitrando
benoitrando

Hello Yves,

I have amended the description based on your comments. If it's not too much trouble, please take a look and let me know if it's OK.

Best regards
Benoit

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benoitrando
benoitrando

Hello Yves,

I will follow your advice regarding the first two points, as there are not many landmarks to go by. As for the mileage on tarmac or flat terrain, each hike includes some of both. When I designed this route on the IGN map, there wasn't that much tarmac. When I checked the route on the ground, I had to change it in certain places because of planned passages through woods and private land.

Thank you for your constructive comments.
Kind regards
Benoit

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Dionisi Yves
Dionisi Yves

Overall rating : 2.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 01, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Hello,

This hike is pleasant between points 1 and 4. After that, there are long kilometres on tarmac or flat ground (5 km of tarmac between points 5 and 7, 2 km of flat ground between points 9 and 10), with no shade, which are of little interest. This route is not recommended in hot weather.
As for directions, the first two stages lack landmarks, which can lead to mistakes (as was the case for us). It would be a good idea to add the distances to be covered before changes of direction. The other stages are not difficult.

Best regards.

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