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The walk starts and ends in front of the Pavillon d'Amour in Neuville-sur-Oise. See access in the Practical Information section.
Part of the route follows thePR® Yellow orGRP® Red and Yellow marked trails.
YellowPR® markings
Facing the Oise, turn right and climb the stone steps to reach the Neuville-sur-Oise bridge. Cross the bridge, keeping to the left: from the centre of the bridge, you have a beautiful view of the Pavillon d'Amour. Just after the bridge, go down the wooden steps.
No markings
Facing the Oise, turn left to pass under the bridge. Follow the Oise along the dirt track, which can be quite muddy after rain. After 500 metres, turn left onto a path that runs alongside a stream. At the end of the path and before crossing the stream, take the grassy path on the right to reach the Vincourt wash house, one of three wash houses in Jouy-le-Moutier, all built in the same architectural style. You will see an information panel showing the level reached by the Oise during floods, as well as flood markers. The entire lower part of Jouy-le-Moutier is in a flood zone.
YellowPR® markings
(1) Continue along Rue de la Fontaine Bénite. After passing a car park on your right and another on your left, you will come out onto Grande Rue.
No markings
Take Grande Rue on your right, staying on the right-hand pavement. Pass the "Bistro du Théâtre" (restaurant and café-theatre), with a statue of Saint Vincent, patron saint of winegrowers, in front. A few metres further on, you will come to a car park: on the far right, you can see a metal cistern above.
Cross this car park to enter the municipal park.
You will find a map of the park on your right after passing through the entrance gate. You have entered through the north-west entrance. Locate the wash house on the map, as well as the main entrance, which you will use to exit the park. The map also shows the location of various species of trees, most of which are over a hundred years old: if you have time, take a stroll around the park (not shown on the map).
(2) Walk past the Maison du Parc to reach the wash house, then leave the park via the main entrance. At the end of the street, turn right towards the Oise. Once on the riverbank, take the dirt track on the left and walk along the Oise. After the footbridge over a stream, you will come to a makeshift football pitch: take the street on the left (Chemin du Port de Jouy), which leads to Rue de Vauréal. Take this street on the left for a few metres and then turn right onto Rue des Blanchards.
(3) The Jouy-la-Fontaine wash house is on your left and requires a short detour. Then go up Rue des Blanchards on the left.
(4) On your right, at number 12 bis, you will see a restored well. You will encounter two other wells of the same architecture on Vauréal and Cergy along the route. Continue along Rue des Blanchards, which becomes Rue Félix Rouget in Vauréal (you will see a sign for "Vauréal" as you enter the town). After No. 30, go down the green corridor on the right. Cross the road (Rue de Vauréal) at the pedestrian crossing and continue opposite along the green corridor, which leads to a street that you take on the left. Further on, turn left onto Sente des Marettes.
(5) At the end of the street is the Carneaux wash house. With the wash house on your right, continue right on Sente des Marettes. At the junction with the path, turn right. When you reach the community gardens (Jardins de la Vanelle), turn right again to reach a street that you will follow to the left. A few metres further on, turn left onto Sentier des Dames Gilles.
(6) You will find the Lavoir des Dames Gilles on your left at the top of the path. After the wash house, climb the stairs to Rue Nationale. Follow it to your right for about 50 metres, then turn left up Rue du Pressoir.
YellowPR® markings
Take Rue Amédée de Caix de Saint-Amour on the right, walking alongside the cemetery. At the corner of the cemetery, take the path on your left.
(7) At the crossroads, you will see Vauréal Church on your right and a second well on your left.
Take Impasse Jules Bourgoin opposite.
PR® (yellow) andGRP® red and yellow markings
You will come out onto a street. Turn left to reach Rue de l'Ancienne Mairie.
PR® yellow markings
Cross the street at the traffic lights and take the street opposite that goes downhill, Rue des Marais. Turn right at the junction with Allée des Oiseaux and you will come out on Rue de Puiseux at the wash house.
No markings
Go down to the right and then take the path on your left about ten metres from the bridge.
YellowPR® and red and yellowGRP® markings
You will soon come to the old railway line between Pontoise and Poissy. Turn left onto it and continue straight ahead. At the junction with the Axe Majeur staircase, continue straight ahead.
No markings
After the barrier, go down the tarmac road called Chemin des Genottes.
(9) At the junction with Rue Vieille de Gency, there is a calvary and, to its right, a well of the same architecture as the two previous ones. Continue down the street and turn left at the stop sign for a few dozen metres.
YellowPR® signposting
Go down the path on the right. Further down on your right is Gérard Philippe's house.
PR® (yellow) andGRP® (redand yellow) markings
Continue left along Chemin de la Voirie. Turn left onto Sente des Roches. We will follow this path for most of the way. If you listen carefully, you should be able to hear the sound of water flowing from various springs.
(10) After about 200 metres, you will see the first wash house on your right, then another wash house about 30 metres further on, which can be reached via a narrow path. Continue along the Sente des Roches.
No markings
At the junction with the path (Chemin de la Guêpière), turn right to descend towards the Oise.
(11) When you reach the banks of the Oise, you will find the Guêpière wash house on your right. Retrace your steps, climb up Chemin de la Guêpière to the metal barriers and continue along Sente des Roches on your right. If you look carefully to your right, you should see other abandoned wash houses behind the fences.
YellowPR® and red and yellowGRP® markings
You will come out onto a street. Follow it to the left for a few metres and then continue to the right on the Sente des Roches. Turn right onto the Sente des Estessiaux for a few metres and then continue to the left on the Sente des Roches. Turn right onto Rue de Prairie for a few metres and then continue to the left on the Sente des Roches.
(12) At the stairs (Sente de la Rousselette), descend to the right towards the Rousselette wash house on your left. Continue down the Sente de la Rousselette, then take the road on your left (Rue Pierre Vogler). When you reach the metal gates decorated with foliage, pass under the pergola to walk along the Oise, then climb the stairs with wooden railings to reach the bridge. Cross the Oise: in the middle of the bridge, you will have a beautiful view of Port-Cergy. After the bridge, cross at the pedestrian crossing and go down the stairs.
YellowPR® markings
Take the path on the left. From this point, follow the yellowPR® markings to the starting point.
The path goes around the water sports centre (toilets and water point), runs alongside a car park and the ponds, passes a restaurant and then goes through the tree-top adventure park to continue towards the Oise, which you will follow on your right for about 1 km until you reach the Neuville-sur-Oise bridge. Pass under the bridge and you will arrive at the Pavillon d'Amour in Neuville-sur-Oise (S/E).
Visorando member
Easy 
Association / Club / Walk leader
Difficult 
