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The Bois du Cazier site (admission fee applies)
The Bois du Prince and Bois du Cazier, via the Eau d’Heure
The Saint-Charles Sud slag heap of the former Bois du Cazier coal mine may not be the ‘roof of the Pays Noir’, but it offers a remarkable vantage point over its history! Its summit provides a 360° panoramic view of the Charleroi region.
Combined with the splendid Bois du Prince, the old railway line 133 that linked Couillet to Jamioulx, the Eau d’Heure and the Jamioulx State Nature Reserve (a former Visian limestone quarry and lime production site), this walk takes you on a journey of discovery through a genuine green lung to the south of Charleroi!
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Activity: Walking -
Distance: 10.99 mi -
Average duration: 5h 50 -
Difficulty: Moderate -
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Back to start: Yes -
Ascent: + 932 ft -
Descent: - 932 ft -
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Highest point: 771 ft -
Lowest point: 374 ft
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Waypoints
- S/E : mi 0 - alt. 492 ft - Les Cygnes car park
- 1 : mi 0.32 - alt. 591 ft - Marcinelle Leisure Centre
- 2 : mi 1.08 - alt. 515 ft - The Fontaine Qui Bout
- 3 : mi 1.38 - alt. 535 ft - Sart Saint-Nicolas-Les Haies
- 4 : mi 2.25 - alt. 735 ft - Summit of the Saint-Charles Sud slag heap
- 5 : mi 3.17 - alt. 476 ft - Entrance to the Bois du Cazier site
- 6 : mi 4.16 - alt. 489 ft - Marcinelle school complex – Haies
- 7 : mi 4.6 - alt. 509 ft - Former Line 133 near Marcinelle
- 8 : mi 4.89 - alt. 502 ft - View of the Terril du Cerisier
- 9 : mi 5.41 - alt. 446 ft - Former Line 133 near Mont-sur-Marchienne
- 10 : mi 6.05 - alt. 374 ft - Former Line 133 near Jamioulx
- 11 : mi 6.21 - alt. 394 ft - Eau d'Heure (rivière)
- 12 : mi 6.86 - alt. 420 ft - Jamioulx railway station
- 13 : mi 7.21 - alt. 436 ft - Jamioulx State Nature Reserve
- 14 : mi 7.93 - alt. 715 ft - Bois Servais Fontaine
- 15 : mi 8.25 - alt. 715 ft - Route
- 16 : mi 8.82 - alt. 709 ft - Noir Chien
- 17 : mi 9.94 - alt. 702 ft - Bois du Prince
- 18 : mi 10.41 - alt. 538 ft - Allée des Templiers
- S/E : mi 10.99 - alt. 492 ft - Les Cygnes car park
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