Les deux gares depuis Carency

This walk takes you through the countryside around Carency and Villers-au-Bois, and along the old narrow-gauge railway line (the railway line linking Lens to Frévent).

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 6.83 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 184 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 184 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 482 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 299 ft
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Carency (62144)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 50.380385° / E 2.703242°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2406E, 2406O
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Description of the walk

Start from the car park on Rue de la Gare.

(S/E) With the old station on your right, turn right onto Rue du Quai. At the end, first turn right then left, then, after the church, turn right onto Rue Jules Ferry and follow it to the end.

(1) Turn left onto Rue du Général Barbot and carry on straight ahead twice until you reach a dirt track. Follow it to the right until you reach the first crossroads, at a place called ‘la Moniquelle’.

(2) Take the track on the right and carry on straight ahead until you reach Le Fournier.

(3) Turn right; at the end, take Rue du 8 Mai on the left and carry on straight ahead until you reach the start of a very wide left-hand bend.

(4) Take the path on the right, turn left immediately, and you’ll reach a cross path.

(5) Turn right and carry on straight ahead until you reach a cross-path at elevation 136.

(6) First turn right then left, and carry on straight ahead until you reach the Grande Rue D58.

(7) Go down this road to the left for 100 m, then turn right onto Rue de Servin (D65), and takethe first street on the left, Rue du Guesnet, until it ends at Rue Pasteur.

(8) Turn right onto this street and carry on straight ahead along Rue Cernier until you reach the end.

(9) Carry on straight ahead until you reach a small copse. Go past it to reach the Fork in the road at Louvière.

(10) Take the path on the right, passing the British cemetery and the old narrow-gauge railway station, then you’ll reach a road.

(11) Cross it and head straight on along Rue Roger Salengro. At the next junction, carry on straight ahead until you reach the entrance to a wood.

(12) Carry on along the same path until you reach thefirst houses.

(13) Follow the street which continues from the path until you reach the T-junction and Rue Joliot Curie.

(14) Turn left onto Rue Joliot Curie and rejoin the (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 299 ft - Former Carency railway station - Carency (ruisseau) - Affluent du Souchez
  2. 1 : mi 0.39 - alt. 377 ft - Rue du Général Barbot
  3. 2 : mi 0.76 - alt. 433 ft - La Moniquelle
  4. 3 : mi 0.99 - alt. 436 ft - Le Fournier
  5. 4 : mi 1.68 - alt. 427 ft - Wide bend to the left
  6. 5 : mi 1.93 - alt. 413 ft - Bend
  7. 6 : mi 2.34 - alt. 443 ft - Elevation 136
  8. 7 : mi 2.65 - alt. 453 ft - Grande Rue
  9. 8 : mi 3.03 - alt. 472 ft - Rue Pasteur
  10. 9 : mi 3.62 - alt. 472 ft - End of Rue Cernier
  11. 10 : mi 4.25 - alt. 459 ft - Fourche, La Louvière
  12. 11 : mi 4.73 - alt. 449 ft - Road
  13. 12 : mi 5.36 - alt. 377 ft - Woodland
  14. 13 : mi 6.12 - alt. 328 ft - Houses
  15. 14 : mi 6.68 - alt. 312 ft - Rue Joliot Curie
  16. S/E : mi 6.83 - alt. 299 ft - Former Carency railway station - Église Saint-Aignan (Carency)

Notes

No water source.

Worth a visit

Carency Church.

Former narrow-gauge railway station.

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