The mountains from Angres

This hike, starting from Angres, will take you through the Bois de l'Abîme and the Bois des Bruyères before descending to Souchez. You will then pass through Prés Molaine and Ablain-St-Nazaire before climbing to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, the highest point of this hike, before a more leisurely return.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 17.74 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 5h 35 
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    Difficulty: Difficult

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 189 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 191 m

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    Highest point: 179 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 62 m

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Description of the walk

Departure from the Jesse Owen Sports Hall.

(S/E) With the hall behind you, turn left. At the end, turn left onto Rue Anne Franck and continue to the crossroads.

(1) Go straight ahead, then, once again, at the end, first turn right then left. Pass a fork in the road and reach a crossroads.

(2) Turn left, then cross the street, continue straight ahead on Rue des Ornes and continue to Rue des Normands. Cross it.

(3) Turn right onto the side road. At the end, turn left. At the fork, keep right and continue straight ahead until you reach a crossroads.

(4) Turn right onto Rue de Givenchy and continue along this street, passing three paths on your left.

(5) Go straight ahead onto Rue Raoul Briquet and continue to the town hall.

(6) First turn right then left and continue straight ahead until you reach the path on the left after the chapel.

(7) Turn left, pass in front of the old station, then the pigsty, and reach the first crossroads.

(8) Turn right towards Ablain-Saint-Nazaire.

(9) Turn right, then cross the street and continue straight ahead. After the bend, turn left, then first turn right then left, and continue straight ahead until you reach a crossroads.

(10) Turn right and go up to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette.

(11) Cross the road and take the side road on the left. Go around to the café, then turn left and rejoin the road.

(12) Take the descent on the left, then follow the first left to reach a crossroads.

(13) Turn left, pass two crossroads, then turn right twice and continue straight on until you reach Route du Roi d'Angleterre (second crossroads).

(14) Cross the road and continue straight ahead until you reach another road.

(15) Go straight ahead, then take the first left and continue straight ahead until you reach the D937.

(16) Cross the road, go straight ahead, then take the second right until you reach the underpass beneath the A26.

(17) Turn left, go under the A26, cross the street and continue to the right, before turning onto the path on the left and continuing straight ahead until you reach the street called Maisonnerais du Bois des Bruyères.

(18) Turn right; at the end, keep right on Route de Souchez. Cross the road and take the second left to reach the junction you passed on the way there.

(2) Continue straight ahead on the dirt track and go straight on until you reach the end.

(1) Keep left and head towards the Jesse Owen sports hall (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 71 m - Jesse Owen Sports Hall
  2. 1 : km 0.41 - alt. 69 m - Crossroads
  3. 2 : km 0.89 - alt. 73 m - Crossroads
  4. 3 : km 1.43 - alt. 65 m - Rue des Normands
  5. 4 : km 3.37 - alt. 128 m - Rue de Givenchy
  6. 5 : km 4.86 - alt. 76 m - Rue Raoul Briquet
  7. 6 : km 5.66 - alt. 74 m - Town hall
  8. 7 : km 6.21 - alt. 77 m - Path
  9. 8 : km 7.03 - alt. 84 m - Intersection
  10. 9 : km 7.71 - alt. 84 m - Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
  11. 10 : km 8.8 - alt. 127 m - Fork
  12. 11 : km 9.17 - alt. 171 m - Cimetière National de Notre-Dame de Lorette
  13. 12 : km 10.34 - alt. 157 m - Route du Roi d'Angleterre - Cimetière National de Notre-Dame de Lorette
  14. 13 : km 11.43 - alt. 109 m - Intersection
  15. 14 : km 13.09 - alt. 100 m - Route du Roi d'Angleterre
  16. 15 : km 14.11 - alt. 117 m - Road
  17. 16 : km 14.59 - alt. 103 m - Rue Pasteur
  18. 17 : km 15.75 - alt. 69 m - Souchez Road, A26
  19. 18 : km 16.25 - alt. 66 m - La Maisonnerais du Bois des Bruyères - Sochez (rivière) - Canal de Lens
  20. S/E : km 17.74 - alt. 71 m - Jesse Owen Sports Hall

Notes

No water source

Two options:

-at (7) take the path on the right, at the end turn right and continue to point (15) approximately 10 km.

-at (11) turn right and continue to (15) for approximately 14 km

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