The wash houses and mills of Suèvres

Park in the car park on Rue Jean Desjoyeaux. The car park is on the right, 300 metres from the junction of the main street (Rue Lucien Mignat) and Rue Jean Desjoyeaux, where the town hall is located.

(S/E) Set off along the path, with your back to Rue Jean Desjoyeaux, then turn left at the junction with a side lane, the Chemin des Sablonnards. Ignore the path branching off to the left.

(1) When you reach the hamlet of Les Bonneaux, leave Chemin des Sablonnards and take Rue des Choiseaux on the left, heading towards Diziers. Ignore the various side roads.

(2) At the fork in the hamlet of Les Yvonnières, keep left. Rue des Yvonnières passes in front of a wash house and then the Château de Diziers on the right.

(3) Once past the old stables, turn right at the fork until Rue des Yvonnières meets a side street, which you take to the left. Turn immediately right onto Rue de la Folie, then left again at the next side street in the hamlet of La Folie.

(4) At the junction, continue along the lane by turning right, leaving the path opposite. At the junction with Rue de la Prasle, turn left then immediately right onto Rue du Clos Riche.

(5) Take the first path on the left, Rue du Bas Fontain. At the junction with Rue de Laloin, turn right, pass the wash house and then turn left, just after Laloin Castle, onto Rue du Château d’Eau.

(6) Take the first path on the left, Chemin des Couettes, cross Route Nationale 152 with care and continue straight ahead onto Rue du Grand Port, heading south. Cross a junction, then cross the Tronne. Turn left at the junction with a cross-path

(7) Turn left at the junction, then right at the next junction. The lane follows the Tronne until you reach a side street, which you take to the left. Cross the Tronne again, then turn left at the first junction onto Rue des Châteliers.

(8) Follow this street to the end, where you’ll come to Rue Saint Simon, which you’ll take to the right.

(9) At the junction with Rue des Gastines, there is a wash house on the left. A short detour allows you to see Saint Lubin Church and the castle of the same name. To do this, turn right onto Rue des Gastines, then left onto Rue Saint Lubin.

(10) The castle is 150 metres past the wash house. Then retrace your steps back to the wash house.

(9) At the wash house, continue along Rue Pierre Prouteau, which is the continuation of Rue des Gastines. Follow Rue Pierre Prouteau to its junction with Rue Lucien Mignat (Route Nationale 152), opposite the town hall. Cross this main road with care and continue straight ahead along Rue Jean Desjoyaux (step off the route briefly to see the church with its bell tower to the left of the town hall). Take the first street on the right, Chemin des Sablonnards. This bends sharply to the left before leading back to the starting point, 200 metres further on (S/E).

This walk can be enjoyed in all seasons.

The Rochechouard watermill is situated in the centre of the village of Suèvres and dates from the 14th century (1393). It retains its original mechanism; used as a tannery mill during the Revolution, it has since been restored to a grain mill.

The Church of Saint-Christophe in Suèvres is a complex dating from^{the 12th},^13th and^16th centuries. It features a Merovingian façade on the west side and a^16th-century bell tower.