Nailly and its surrounding countryside

This very pleasant route allows you to explore the countryside around Nailly and its castle on a good walk that alternates between woods, undergrowth and fields, the Rû des Salles and its wash house

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 10.91 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 30 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 122 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 124 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 180 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 92 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ City: Nailly (89100)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 48.223349° / E 3.225487°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 2518E
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Car park on Rue de l’Église opposite the community hall.

(S/E) From the car park, follow Rue de l’Église, heading in the opposite direction to the car park. Turn left onto Rue des Sablons, which runs alongside the cemetery, then follow the path to the right until you reach the first fork.

(1) Turn left onto the path that climbs. When you reach the edge of the woods, follow the path to the left until the next junction.

(2) Turn left to head back down towards the village via the path and then Rue des Chamognots. Follow Rue Haute to the right and pass Rue de Paris.

(3) Take the path leading down to the left between the houses (at no. 10). Cross the Grande Rue at the pedestrian crossing, go down to Rue de l’Ancienne Gare and follow it to the right. You are now on the former route of the Sens-Égreville railway line {1901/1956}. At the junction with Rue du Gué, turn sharply left.

(4) Turn right onto the path running alongside the castle park’s boundary wall and continue straight on.
Ignore the first path on the right and head into the Vallée de la Voie aux Vaches, first across open fields and then through woodland.

(5) At the junction at the end of this path (on a flat stretch), take the path on the left that leads downhill. When you reach the next junction, turn right then left to cross the bridge over the motorway. At the end of the bridge, turn left onto the path running alongside the motorway, then follow it as it veers to the right.

Follow this track, which becomes rutted with deep tracks, and take the path on the left that runs parallel to it. At the edge of the woods, ignore the track on the right leading to Les Caves and continue for about a hundred metres.

(6) Take the path on the left that runs alongside the woods. At the bottom of this path, turn left then right at the edge of the woods onto the path that climbs up to the Glacier farm.

(7) Cross the road (Rue des Glaciers) and continue along the meadow to the woods. Turn left at the edge of the woods towards the pylon and follow the stony path to the motorway bridge, which you cross to reach a junction.

(8) Go straight on along the edge of the woods, then turn right to cross them and continue to Rue de Bois-le-Roi.

(9) Turn left and return to the junction you passed earlier.

(4) Leave the street and turn right onto Chemin de Bois-le-Roi, which runs alongside the Ruisseau de Salles and leads onto Rue du Château.

(10) Turn left, cross the stream, then at the junction, continue straight ahead and uphill along Rue du Château to reach Grande Rue. Turn right, cross further on at the pedestrian crossing and first turn left then right to return to Rue de l’Église and the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 102 m - Car park on Rue de l'Église
  2. 1 : km 0.26 - alt. 104 m - Junction above the cemetery, turn left
  3. 2 : km 1.07 - alt. 125 m - Junction with Rue des Chamognots, turn left
  4. 3 : km 1.61 - alt. 113 m - Turn left onto the lane
  5. 4 : km 2.35 - alt. 96 m - Junction of the circular loop
  6. 5 : km 4.46 - alt. 172 m - Flat section; turn left at the junction
  7. 6 : km 6.4 - alt. 164 m - Turn left
  8. 7 : km 7.57 - alt. 169 m - Ferme du Glacier
  9. 8 : km 8.69 - alt. 167 m - Junction after the bridge over the motorway, straight ahead
  10. 9 : km 9.96 - alt. 96 m - Rue de Bois-le-Roi
  11. 10 : km 10.52 - alt. 92 m - Rue du Château, on the left
  12. S/E : km 10.91 - alt. 102 m - Car park on Rue de l'Église

Notes

The route follows short sections of other routes; in some places there are markings of different colours, but I have chosen not to mention them so as not to confuse the description.

Worth a visit

Saint-Pierre Church (13th–15th centuries) in Nailly.

Bois-le-Roi Castle, built in the 17th century.

Ferme du Glacier (educational farm).

Nailly wash house.

Reviews and comments

4.7 / 5
Based on 4 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.8 / 5
User 27143534

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 14, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very enjoyable route that lived up to its description.
I recommend this route.

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Francis M
Francis M
• Edited:

Thank you for your comment. I’m delighted you enjoyed this walk. (The beautiful autumn colours surely had something to do with it..!)
As for the signposting, just to remind you, the yellow markings are for PR and PRP (short country walks), which are managed by the FFR (the departmental branch in this case) and are listed in their guidebooks (which you have to pay for)....So there’s no question of a Visorandonneur adding yellow markings at will to mark their own route...!!!
To make it easier to follow a route, I can only encourage you to use the Visorando app after downloading the routes that interest you (offline)
Happy hiking
Best regards
Francis

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Mariemerlange
Mariemerlange

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 10, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very good description; the map is still very useful as there is virtually no signposting. A yellow line here and there would be reassuring
A lovely walk

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Meuh meuh
Meuh meuh

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : May 30, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pleasant walk, but best avoided after heavy rain as many of the paths are rutted

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KRIECHLAK
KRIECHLAK

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 19, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

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