Les antennes depuis Vimy

Jolie randonnée qui vous conduira tout d'abord dans la campagne entre Vimy et Farbus, puis vous fera monter à Thelus avant de rejoindre le Mémorial Canadien et la Forêt de Vimy.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 8.43 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 315 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 315 ft

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    Highest point: 482 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 203 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Vimy (62580)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.373041° / E 2.80998°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2406E
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Description of the walk

Start from Place de la République.

(S/E) Opposite the town hall, exit the car park on the right, cross Rue du 11 Novembre at the pedestrian crossing, turn left, cross Rue Rouget de Lisle, and follow it to the right until you reach the second street on the left (Rue Voltaire).

(1) Take this street, then at the four-way junction, turn right and continue straight on until you reach Chemin du Moulin.

(2) Turn left onto Chemin du Moulin, follow the railway line on your left and, at the end, first turn right then left to reach Chemin des Marlisseurs after 100 metres.

(3) Follow it to the right and, at the end, cross Rue de la République.

(4) Turn right onto it until you reach Chemin du Goulot, on the left.

(5) Follow this, then carry on straight ahead to reach the Bois du Goulot and its slope.

(6) Head uphill; at the junction at the edge of the woods, carry straight on, then you’ll soon come to a Fork in the road.

(7) Turn right; at the end, turn left to finish on Rue de Vimy.

(8) Turn right onto this road and carry on straight ahead until you reach the D917.

(9) Turn right and keep to the side for 100 metres, cross the road, follow it round to the right again and take the path on the left, then left again onto a track. Cross over the four-lane road to reach a four-way junction.

(10) Turn left and carry on straight ahead along the service road running alongside the Route Canadienne. Continue to the junction with the D55.

(11) Turn right, stay on the service road, and carry on straight ahead until you reach a path on the right before the monument.

(12) Take this path; at the end, keep to the right, then carry on straight ahead until you reach the Route Forestière du Train de Loos on the right.

(13) Follow this until you reach the junction you passed on the way there.

(10) Turn left onto the path, then, at the junction, turn right, cross over the four-lane road and carry on until you reach Rue Sadi Carnot.

(14) Cross the street and turn left onto it. At the end, turn left onto Avenue du Canada and continue until you reach a path just past number 8.

(15) Turn right onto it, then first turn left then right at the end to join a path that continues along the street. Ignore the paths branching off to the left and then to the right. You will come to a street.

(16) Turn right, then take the first street on the right, Rue Adam de la Halle, towards Rue Victor Hugo.

(17) Turn right onto this street and head for the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 259 ft - Place de la République
  2. 1 : mi 0.27 - alt. 243 ft - Rue Voltaire
  3. 2 : mi 0.96 - alt. 226 ft - Chemin du Moulin
  4. 3 : mi 1.39 - alt. 236 ft - Chemin des Marlisseurs
  5. 4 : mi 1.81 - alt. 295 ft - Rue de la République
  6. 5 : mi 1.97 - alt. 269 ft - Chemin du Goulot
  7. 6 : mi 2.35 - alt. 400 ft - Bois du Goulot
  8. 7 : mi 2.6 - alt. 453 ft - Fork in the road
  9. 8 : mi 3.1 - alt. 453 ft - Rue de Vimy
  10. 9 : mi 3.51 - alt. 417 ft - D917
  11. 10 : mi 3.97 - alt. 456 ft - Fork in the road
  12. 11 : mi 5.25 - alt. 446 ft - D55
  13. 12 : mi 5.56 - alt. 476 ft - Path on the right - Mémorial Canadien de Vimy
  14. 13 : mi 6 - alt. 469 ft - Loos Railway Forest Track
  15. 14 : mi 7.44 - alt. 266 ft - Rue Sadi Carnot
  16. 15 : mi 7.66 - alt. 226 ft - 8 Avenue du Canada
  17. 16 : mi 8 - alt. 207 ft - Street
  18. 17 : mi 8.16 - alt. 207 ft - Rue Victor Hugo
  19. S/E : mi 8.43 - alt. 259 ft - Place de la République

Notes

No drinking water

Toilets at the Canadian Memorial

Worth a visit

Mémorial Canadien (12)

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