The Liessies Abbey Park and the Chapel of Saint Hiltrude

Date of your route : Oct 20, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk through the countryside and forest, the chapel is worth seeing, as is the abbey grounds....

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Date of your route : May 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Just one word: brilliant!
Not a soul in sight (we love having the place to ourselves), except in the abbey grounds, of course. Uphills and downhills with streams below, woodland, well, a bit of mud, but as always, and less than in the Mormal Forest
A real treat, thank you very much, we’ll be back!

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Date of your route : May 10, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

After the Apostles’ Bridge, turn left immediately (marker 2)

Between landmarks 2 and 3, at the turret ruins (on your right), make sure you go up despite other signs.

The other signs are clear

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Date of your route : Mar 27, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Difficulty at this point (3): the path is hard to make out through the vegetation; it’s barely two metres from the previous junction. We went too far along the forest road and only found it when we turned back.
The paths are extremely muddy, which is normal for the season, but it’s a lovely walk; the chapel in the middle of the forest is a surprise (see the story of Saint Hiltrude), and the grounds of Liessies Abbey are very interesting.

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Date of your route : Jul 05, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

At point 3 on the way back, you can’t see the signpost because it’s set back from the path where you’re supposed to turn right; thank goodness for the phone’s GPS to find your way. And a second downside: still on the way back, it’s not easy to find your way back to the Pont des Apôtres. The route is longer than advertised.
Otherwise, the Abbey Park is a relaxing place with benches to sit on.

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Date of your route : Jul 03, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

It’s not easy to find the starting point – the house where the route begins – as it looks like a private home that you enter via the garden. The park’s blue signposting isn’t clearly marked at the start; follow the ‘toilets’ arrow. To reach the chapel, the route leaves the park. Here too, it isn’t obvious where the route continues. Easy terrain.

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Date of your route : Jun 26, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello, in point 3 it says "and crosses a path". We saw it and crossed it... But you have to take it on the left! If you continue along the path as we did, the route is 12.5 km long... We found our way back thanks to the GPS, and it’s not the extra few kilometres that matter, but without the GPS, we’d have been lost... . Otherwise, we’ll be back in this region – it’s magnificent!
Thank you for introducing us to this part of the Avesnois. Carine & Bruno, Thuin, Belgium.

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