The Bérulle Iron Trail

Date of your route : May 22, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

The start of the walk is well signposted in white and blue, but the markings disappear towards the end. We had to rely on our GPS. What’s more, the sights—the sandpit, the hut and so on—are in ruins. It’s a lovely walk through the forest, but that’s about it.

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Date of your route : Jan 19, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A pleasant, cultural route; we took a slight wrong turn at station 4: head straight back into the woods. White and blue signage.

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Date of your route : Dec 27, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk today in glorious sunshine, which allowed us to enjoy a picnic at the Berulle wash house, at the picnic tables there. The path is easy going and varied, with beautiful views over the village of Berulle. A point worth noting: the blue-and-white markings to follow have clearly been repainted recently and are very useful for finding your way. The history of mining is very interesting, with informative panels.
We followed this route in the afternoon, combined with the Sainte Reine Chapel circular route in the morning.

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Date of your route : Jun 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

“A lovely route – you need to follow the blue and white markings as you leave the village; make sure you go the right way round, as the markings are one-way only. A shame.
You need to be very careful on the first half as the markings are, shall we say, very archaic; they don’t indicate changes of direction, so look carefully at junctions – it gets better from the oven area onwards. Except between the hill in zones 4 and 5, where the markings indicate turning right one moment and then, two metres further on, turning left – you shouldn’t pay any attention to the latter.
And at the end of the long descent from Zone 6, there’s a tree in front of you with a cross on it, but this is actually to indicate that you shouldn’t turn right (the sign is in the wrong place); ultimately, you do need to take the small path opposite that goes up slightly.”

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The route isn’t signposted like most of the suggested walks, but this one is fairly straightforward.
I spent a few hours walking (several times) along most of the paths in and around the Bérulle Forest to select the most suitable ones, then to describe the route and provide some practical information.
Could you tell me what made you feel the description was only moderately reliable?
Indeed, printing out the PDF beforehand is very useful.

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Date of your route : Jan 11, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★☆☆ Average
Very busy route : No

There are absolutely no signs on the ground! If, like me, your phone battery has run out and you’ve got no information, you won’t be able to find your way!!! A word of advice: read the directions carefully beforehand and print out the map!

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