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Starting point and access: Porte de Clignancourt.
- Metro – Line 4 (terminus). Take the Boulevard d’Ornano exit.
- Tram – Line T3b.
- Bus – Lines 56, 85, 137, 166, 255, 341.
On this route, you will come across aGR®® or GRP®® in a few places. In the description below, the relevant signposting is only mentioned where necessary.
(S) As you exit the metro station, turn left and then right onto Rue Belliard. Note the old Petite Ceinture railway line below on the right and the Jardins du Ruisseau that have been created there. At the first junction, turn right onto Rue du Ruisseau and cross the bridge over the Petite Ceinture.
(1) If the gate to the gardens (signposted‘open to all’) is open, go down the metal staircase on the right and walk back and forth through the small gardens laid out on the old platforms (please respect the site). Go back up onto the bridge.
(1) Walk a few more steps northwards and turn left into the Villa des Tulipes. Take a round trip along this cobbled lane, lined with houses and adorned with wisteria.
(1) Cross the railway tracks again via the bridge, cross Rue Belliard and continue along Rue du Ruisseau. Walk past the Church of Sainte-Hélène and note, on the right-hand side at the corner of Rue Gustave Rouannet, the tall brick chimney of a school. At the next junction, turn right onto Rue Championnet.
At the junction, turn right onto Rue du Poteau, then cross Rue Rouannet again. At the crossroads, turn left at a sharp angle onto Rue Damrémont. After the bus stop, turn right into Passage du Champ Marie, lined with blocks of flats. At the end, cross Rue Belliard, a central traffic island and then Rue Leibniz, and continue opposite along Passage Saint-Jules.
After a few metres, turn left into Square Maria Vérone. Cross the square, then Rue Paul Abadie, and continue along Rue Bonnet (note the mosaics decorating a former garage on the left-hand side). At the end, turn left onto Rue Jean Dollfus and follow it to the end.
(2) At the junction, turn right onto Rue Leibniz. After about fifty metres, turn right into Impasse du Talus – a short cul-de-sac lined with small houses – and then back out again. Continue along Rue Leibniz and, after about a hundred metres, turn right into Passage Charles-Albert.
At the end, turn sharply left into Rue Bernard Dimey, then pass the Passage du Champ à Loup (private) on your left. At the T-junction, turn left onto Rue Vauvenargues. At the traffic lights, turn right, cross Place Noël Veg and make a U-turn to the right into Villa Vauvenargues.
Cross Rue Leibniz, then turn right and follow Rue Belliard again, with the old Petite Ceinture railway line below on your right. At the corner of No. 185 (note the colourful façade), turn left into Rue des Tennis. At the end, turn right into Rue Lagille.
(3) Cross Avenue de Saint-Ouen at the pedestrian crossing. Continue for a few metres along Rue Arthur Brière and take thefirst left, into Rue Maria Deraismes. At the corner of No. 19, turn right into Square des Épinettes.
Turn right straight away. Just before a small information point, turn left. Pass a kiosk on your right, followed by a playground. At the foot of the statue of Maria Deraismes, turn right. At the end of the path, leave the square on your left.
Continue along Rue Jean Leclaire. At the next junction, turn right into Rue de la Jonquière. Follow this street, which winds slightly, ignoring the side streets.
(4) Before Pouchet School, opposite Rue des Épinettes, turn left into Cité des Fleurs. Follow this cobbled street, lined with stately homes and abounding in flowers.
At the end, turn right onto Avenue de Clichy. At the traffic lights, cross Rue Pouchet, then turn left to cross Avenue de Clichy. Continue along Rue Cardinet and take thefirst right, Rue René Blum.
(5) At the end of the street, turn left into Parc Clichy-Batignolles Martin Luther King (note the façades of the surrounding buildings). At the Fork in the road immediately ahead, take the cobbled path on the right. At the junction, carry on straight ahead and pass by the base of a wind turbine on the left-hand side.
After a few metres, at the next junction, follow a concrete path to the right. At the fork in the road, take the path on the left, which slopes slightly uphill. At the next junction, turn sharply right and head back down towards a pond.
Go round the pond on the right (with buildings on your right-hand side). At the foot of a concrete structure and some metal steps (with an old railway line beyond), turn left and cross the pond via a wooden walkway. At the junction, turn left, still on the wooden walkway.
At the exit, zigzag first left then right to follow a wide concrete path. Continue straight ahead, with a lawn then some bushes on your left and play areas or skateboard parks on your right. At the end, turn right onto a gravel path.
(6) Leave the park, cross Rue Cardinet and continue straight on into Rue Truffaut. Cross Rue Brochant and, at the next junction, turn right into Rue des Moines. Cross Place Charles Fillion and pass the chancel of the Church of Sainte-Marie-des-Batignolles.
At the corner, turn right and enter the Square des Batignolles. Immediately follow Allée Barbara straight ahead. Pass an artificial waterfall, then walk alongside a stream on your right. Ignore the bridge over this stream (majestic plane tree on the right) and continue along the edge of a pond on your right. At the end, go straight on to leave the square. Then turn left onto Rue Cardinet and cross the bridge over the railway lines (the station is on the right-hand pavement).
(7) At the traffic lights, turn right, cross Rue Cardinet, leave the station on your right and continue along Boulevard Péreire. At the Fork in the road, turn right onto Rue Georges Picard. Immediately ignore Rue Severiano de Heredia on your left, then cross Rue Mère Teresa and walk alongside some modern blocks of flats. Then turn left as the road bends.
At the T-junction, turn right onto Rue de Saussure. After about fifty metres, pass under a porch on the right and follow Rue Christine de Pisan downhill. At the end (small roundabout), veer left towards the Notre Dame de Confiance Chapel and pass under a second archway. At the exit, turn left and enter Square Paul Paray. Veer immediately left, then cut right to exit (red and white marker) and climb a sloping ramp.
Cross Rue de Saussure, climb a flight of steps and pass under a portico (red and white marker). Pass a fountain on your right, turn left and pass under a second portico. You’ll emerge onto Boulevard Péreire Nord; follow it to the right. At the traffic lights, cross Rue de Tocqueville and then the boulevard, following it along the left-hand pavement.
(8) After about fifty metres, turn left onto the footbridge spanning the old Petite Ceinture railway line. At the end of the footbridge, turn right onto Boulevard Péreire Sud. Go round Place Wagram on the left and continue along Boulevard Péreire Sud, with the Petite Ceinture line below on your right.
Cross Rue Alphonse de Neuville and carry on straight ahead. Walk past the tennis courts on your right and emerge onto Place du Maréchal Juin (E).
To get back home:
- Metro – Line 3. Péreire station; access is after Avenue de Villiers, going round the square to the left.
- RER – Line C. Péreire-Levallois station, with immediate access at the corner of Boulevard Péreire Sud.
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