Ferrière-la-Petite and Cousolre cross-border link

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Cycle route connecting EuroVelo 3 to the Ravel in Belgium

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  • Touring/Gravel
    Activity: Touring/Gravel
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    Distance: 15.31 km
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    Duration according to the author: 1.5 hrs 
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    Difficulty: Easy
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    Back to start: No
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    Ascent: + 106 m
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    Descent: - 84 m
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    Highest point: 202 m
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    Lowest point: 137 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
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    Area: Avesnois
  • ⚐ District: Ferrière-la-Petite (59680)
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    Start: N 50.239738° / E 4.01731°
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    End: N 50.236061° / E 4.210415°
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    IGN map(s): Ref. 2806O
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Description of the route

Departure from Eurovélo No. 3 in Ferrière-la-Petite.

(S/E) Head towards the centre via Rue du Lieutenant Boucly, continue straight on until you reach Rue Max Dormoy on your left.

(1) Follow this road and then continue along Rue de Quiévelon.
(2) Continue straight ahead on Rue de Ferrière-la-Petite.

(3) In Quiévelon, turn left onto Grand Rue. Turn right in front of the town hall, then continue straight ahead on Route d'Aibes.

(4) In Aibes, opposite No. 11, turn left onto Ruelle Fleurot, then left again onto Rue Basse.

(5) Cross the road by first turning right then left and follow Rue du Cimetière. Continue straight ahead, cross an old railway line and continue until you cross it again.

(6) Turn left twice and continue along Rue de la Gare, cross the Thure and arrive at a fork in the road just after.

(7) Turn left towards the centre of Cousolre and you will reach the village square.

(8) Cross the square, Route Nationale, then turn left towards Bousignies-sur-Roc, Rue Jules Montay.

(9) At the four-way crossroads, continue straight ahead towards the hamlet of Reugnies. Go downhill and cross the hamlet, ignoring the turnings on the right and left.

(10) At the end of the hamlet (look for a car park a few metres to the right), take the dirt track on the left towards the place called Fond des Gouttes. Follow the Belgian border, continue straight on towards Beaumont to join the Ravel. You will arrive at Leval-Chaudeville in Belgium (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 137 m - Start of Eurovelo route no. 3 Ferrière la Petite - Solre (rivière)
  2. 1 : km 0.4 - alt. 138 m - Rue Max Dormoy and Rue de Quiévelon
  3. 2 : km 2.4 - alt. 177 m - Grand Rue and the village of Quiévelon
  4. 3 : km 4.18 - alt. 196 m - Quiévelon
  5. 4 : km 5.68 - alt. 200 m - Aibes
  6. 5 : km 6.14 - alt. 196 m - Hameau des haies and Rue de la Gare in Cousolre
  7. 6 : km 9.24 - alt. 195 m - T-junction, left
  8. 7 : km 10.37 - alt. 155 m - Thure (rivière)
  9. 8 : km 10.88 - alt. 166 m - Route Nationale and Rue Jules Montay
  10. 9 : km 12.01 - alt. 184 m - Crossing the Hamlet of Reugnies
  11. 10 : km 13.54 - alt. 156 m - Dirt road to the place known as Fond es Goutte - Hantes (rivière)
  12. E : km 15.31 - alt. 157 m - Arrival in Belgium at Leval Chaudeville

Worth a visit

Cafés Rando Nord

- Café de la Poste, 134 Route Nationale, 59149 Cousolre Tel: +33 (0) 3 27 63 21 99
- Cafés/Brasserie le Canari, 11 Hameau de Reugnies, 59149 Cousolre Tel: +33 (0) 3 27 63 28 27

Places to visit:
- the Talking Machine Museum, Route Nationale, 59149 Cousolre Tel: +33 (0) 3 27 61 39 78

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