The wolf trail from Lignereuil

This hike in Artois will take you through beautiful villages between plains and woodlands on good quality paths, returning via the 1,350-metre-long Allée des Tilleuls, lined with 898 hundred-year-old trees planted in 1745 by Louis Benoit de Hamel, and Lignereuil Castle.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.91 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 138 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 141 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 499 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 364 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Lignereuil (62810)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.289795° / E 2.473163°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2306E
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Description of the walk

Start from the car park at the village hall on Rue du Faye.

(S/E) Leave the car park and turn right onto Rue du Faye. Follow the bend in the road until you reach another street, Rue des Vignes.

(1) Take the street opposite, then take the track on the right, Rue à Cailloux (GR®121), and continue straight on at the Fork in the Road until you reach the Poulvron Fork.

(2) Carry on straight ahead on the GR®121 to reach Denier.

(3) Turn left, then keep left and follow the PR®. Carry straight on, skirting the woodland until you reach a Fork in the road.

(4) Carry on straight ahead and stay on the PR® until you reach the road junction in the centre of Blavincourt.

(5) Cross the D81 and continue straight on along Rue de Beaufort (D78), then Rue de Blavincourt (D78) until you reach a Fork in the road.

(6) Turn left and continue on the PR®. Follow a track until you reach a path.

(7) Turn right onto the footpath and, at the end, turn left until you reach the fire blanket.

(8) Turn left and rejoin the GR®121. Continue to the D77 (second Fork in the road) and the Allée des Tilleuls.

(9) Turn left onto this road; at the end, turn right onto Rue Angelique and head for the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 463 ft - Village hall car park
  2. 1 : mi 0.11 - alt. 469 ft - Rue des Vignes
  3. 2 : mi 1.35 - alt. 371 ft - Poulvron junction
  4. 3 : mi 1.62 - alt. 410 ft - Denier
  5. 4 : mi 2.37 - alt. 394 ft - Y-junction
  6. 5 : mi 3.37 - alt. 430 ft - Blavincourt, Rue de Beaufort
  7. 6 : mi 3.98 - alt. 443 ft - T-junction
  8. 7 : mi 4.56 - alt. 486 ft - Path
  9. 8 : mi 4.87 - alt. 453 ft - Fire blanket
  10. 9 : mi 5.76 - alt. 433 ft - Allée des Tilleuls
  11. S/E : mi 6.91 - alt. 463 ft - Village hall car park

Notes

No water source.

Worth a visit

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