Via the Ciply slag heap and the Ronvaux nature reserve

A lovely walk offering an interesting variety of paths, trails and quiet streets, where you can discover the Ciply slag heap as well as the small Ronvaux nature reserve, home to several species of bat.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 4.47 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 174 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 171 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 420 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 292 ft

Description of the walk

Park in the Rue du Chêne car park in Noirchain.

(S/E) Head towards the nearby junction and turn left onto Rue d’Asquillies, which leads towards the stud farm.

(1) At the junction, cross the small bridge on the left over the By and follow the path up towards the cemetery. Turn right and follow the path downhill.

(2) Keep straight on at the junction and go under the motorway.

(3) Turn right onto Rue de Goispienne and follow the path alongside the slag heap.

(4) Turn left onto Rue des Robiniers.

(5) Enter the Ciply slag heap site and walk around it at your leisure (you can walk around it without climbing it, but that would be a shame), then return to Rue des Robiniers.

(5) Carry on to the left until you reach Rue de Brunehaut, where you turn right.

(6) When you reach the bench, head off to the right, cross the By again and continue to the row of houses (no. 220) where the Sentier de la Garenne begins.

(7) Take the path between the two houses, follow it down and, after the stream, turn right and then immediately left onto Rue des Robiniers. Walk up this street, pass the small square with the children’s playground and continue to the new blocks of flats.

(8) After the flats, turn right onto the Sentier des Gailles, then further on turn right onto Rue Brunehaut and you’ll come back to the junction you passed on the way there.

(3) Go back under the motorway.

(2) At the fork in the road, turn left and then carry straight on to the car park on Rue du Chêne (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 335 ft - Rue du Chêne
  2. 1 : mi 0.12 - alt. 338 ft - Crossroads – 1st circular loop
  3. 2 : mi 0.76 - alt. 335 ft - Junction common to both the outward and return journeys
  4. 3 : mi 0.93 - alt. 348 ft - Junction, 2nd circular loop
  5. 4 : mi 1.35 - alt. 312 ft - Rue des Robiniers
  6. 5 : mi 1.67 - alt. 305 ft - Access to the Ciply slag heap
  7. 6 : mi 2.41 - alt. 292 ft - Junction, bench
  8. 7 : mi 2.73 - alt. 344 ft - La Garenne Trail
  9. 8 : mi 3.22 - alt. 328 ft - Sentier des Gailles
  10. S/E : mi 4.47 - alt. 335 ft - Rue du Chêne

Notes

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