Les Petits Pas at Les Boudaines d’Coin in Bruille-lez-Marchiennes

Start from the car park at Bruille-lez-Marchiennes Town Hall.

(S/E) Head towards the church, then take the first street on the right to quickly reach a four-way junction.

(1) Turn left onto Rue du Pont, then take the next left onto Rue Calmette. After the Saint-Roch chapel, follow the farm track.
Cross Rue d'Aniche (at the pedestrian crossing) to take the narrow path opposite and arrive at Rue Pasteur.

(2) Turn left, then immediately right onto the cobbled road towards the Muid farm. Go round the farm , where the ancient lime tree – classified as a remarkable tree – is located, and continue along this path for about a hundred metres.

(3) Take the first grassy path that veers to the left. Please note, the entrance to the path is not obvious. It is located next to a wooden electricity pole, about a hundred metres before an isolated house. Follow it to the end.

(4) Turn right at a right angle onto Chemin des Galibots towards Somain and head for Villers-Campeau Castle.

(5) Walk alongside the château grounds, then, when you reach Rue du Chevalier de la Barre, turn left. Go under the motorway bridge, then turn right onto the brick road that crosses over the Somain marshalling yard.
Continue along Route de Traisnel, which is closed to all vehicles, until you reach the green chequered road markings just before the high-voltage power lines.

(6) Turn left onto Chemin des Galibots until you reach the first junction after a right-hand bend near the motorway.

(7) Take the path on the right, pass under the high-voltage power lines and then the railway line before reaching Chemin de Villers-Campeau and a road junction.

(8) Turn right onto Route de Bruille (Rue Élie Fendali), pass a building supplies shop and continue for about 150 m past the shop.

(9) Leave the road and take Chemin des Galibots towards Auberchicourt on the left. After a left turn, then a right turn, then another left turn, you’ll reach the junction with Rue Appolinaire Gaspart.

(10) Turn right onto the path that runs alongside the Sainte-Marie slag heap, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Continue to the 90° bend before the railway line.

(11) Leave the bridge on your right. Walk along the left-hand side of the railway line to the level crossing and cross it.

(12) Immediately turn right onto Ruelle du Tordoir and return to the junction you passed on the way out.

(1) Turn left twice to return to the starting point (S/E).

(4) Walking boots are essential in wet weather as some sections can be muddy.

(11) Sainte-Marie slag heap in Auberchicourt: it covers 7 hectares and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Marked trails – Educational panels – A sanctuary for over 400 varieties of plants and numerous species of mammals, birds, amphibians and insects.