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Parking available at Place de la Mairie in Zutkerque.
(S/E) Facing the starting sign, take the street on the right, opposite the church. At the junction of the two departmental roads, turn right towards Polincove.
Pass the D226E on your left and take the small road opposite, Rue de l’Hermitage. Continue straight on for about a hundred metres and take thefirst dirt track on the left, which leads to the ruins of Leclerc Chapel.
(1) In front of the ruins, take the path on the right. At the end of this path, you’ll rejoin Rue de l’Hermitage; turn left onto it and walk past the Château de la Baronne de Draëck.
(2) Take the small road with your back to the castle’s porch. It leads to the junction with Rue de Recques. Cross the road to the left to rejoin the dirt track. When you reach the D226, turn left towards the hamlet of La Grasse Payelle.
(3) At the central crossroads, take the road on the left, Rue Vrolant. This continues as a track. Then, at the fork in the track, turn left towards the Petit Plouy farm.
(4) After walking past 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 turn right again at the next junction. There is a possible shortcut; see Practical Information.
(5) At the junction of the paths, turn right. Cross the D218 and the square in front of Polincove church, where you can stop for a picnic by the water’s edge.
Continue along Rue du Moulin until you reach the Moulin Bleu fishing pond.
(6) At the Moulin Bleu, turn left and follow the Hem; then cross the footbridge and carry on straight ahead. Cross the bridge and turn left onto the path that runs alongside the Tiret watercourse.
(7) Cross the Tiret, then head right along the riverbank. At the junction, turn left and follow the D219. Please ensure you 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 junction, rejoin the D219 and carry on straight ahead until you reach the bridge over the Hem.
(9) Cross the bridge and turn right onto the road running alongside the river; pass an old drying house, then turn left onto Impasse de l’École. Turn left onto this road and follow the riverbank until you reach the bridge near Fort Saint-Jean.
(10) At Fort Saint-Jean, turn left onto the D218, then immediately take the small road on the right. Cross the D219 and take the dirt track opposite; it 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, carry on straight ahead, still heading south-west. At the next junction, turn left then right to reach the ruins of the Leclerc Chapel.
(1) Turn right onto the path you took on the way there and return to the Town Hall Square (S/E).
Visorando Member
Tourist office
Easy 
Local authority
Difficult 
