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Parking is available at Place de la Mairie in Zutkerque.
(S/E) Opposite the starting sign, take the street on the right, opposite the church. At the intersection of the two departmental roads, turn right towards Polincove.
Leave the D226E on your left and take the small road opposite, Rue de l'Hermitage. Continue straight ahead for about 100 metres and take thefirst dirt track on the left, which leads to the ruins of the Leclerc Chapel.
(1) In front of the ruins, take the path on the right. At the end of this path, you will find Rue de l'Hermitage. Turn left and walk alongside the Château de la Baronne de Draëck.
(2) Take the small road behind the castle porch. It leads to the crossroads with Rue de Recques. Cross the street to the left to reach the dirt road. When you reach the D226, turn left towards La Grasse Payelle.
(3) At the central crossroads, take the street on the left, Rue Vrolant. It continues along a path. Then, at the crossroads, turn left until you reach the Petit Plouy farm.
(4) After passing the farm, turn left onto the tarmac road and enjoy the view of the bell tower of Polincove church. After a few metres, take the dirt track on the right, then right again at the next crossroads. There is a shortcut option, see Practical Information.
(5) At the intersection of the paths, turn right. Cross the D218 and Polincove church square, where you can take a break for a picnic by the water.
Then continue along Rue du Moulin to the Moulin Bleu fishing pond.
(6) At the Moulin Bleu, turn left and follow the Hem, then cross the footbridge and continue straight ahead. Cross the bridge and turn left onto the path that runs alongside the Tiret watergang.
(7) Cross the Tiret, then head right along the riverbank. At the crossroads, turn left and follow the D219. Be careful to stay on the hard shoulder.
(8) Before the 'Polincove' town sign, take the path on the right, then the road on the left. At the crossroads, rejoin the D219 and continue straight ahead until you reach the bridge over the Hem.
(9) Cross the bridge and turn right onto the road that runs alongside the river, pass an old drying shed, then turn left onto Impasse de l'École. Turn left there and follow the riverbank to the bridge near Fort Saint-Jean.
(10) At Fort St-Jean, turn left onto the D218, then immediately take the small road on the right. Cross the D219 and take the dirt road opposite, which joins the D219E1 at the hamlet of Blanc Pignon.
(11) Turn right and follow the D219E1 for about 200 metres. Don't miss the path on the left between two properties; take it, heading south-west.
(12) At the crossroads, continue straight ahead, still heading south-west. At the next crossroads, turn left then right to reach the ruins of the Chapelle Leclerc.
(1) Turn right onto the path you took on the way there and return to Place de la Mairie (S/E).
Visorando Member
Tourist office
Easy 
Local authority
Difficult 
