Green walk in Neuilly-Plaisance

A three-hour circular in the commune of Neuilly-Plaisance, starting from the RER station and ending at the Plateau d'Avron and its park, via the green corridor. The return journey is more urban, through quiet streets, with a detour along the banks of the Marne.

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    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 9.81 km
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    Average duration: 3h 00 
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    Difficulty: Easy

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    Back to start: Yes
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    Ascent: + 77 m
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    Descent: - 77 m

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    Highest point: 116 m
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    Lowest point: 35 m

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Description of the walk

(S/E) Leave the RER station via the north exit and turn left onto Voie Lamarque (GR® 14A). Cross Rue Faidherbe and continue along Voie Lamarque until you reach Place Jean Mermoz.

(1) Cross the tree-lined square, then Chemin de Meaux, to rejoin Voie Lamarque under the trees. Walk past École Paul Doumer on your left and continue to Rue des Loges d'Avron. Continue straight ahead into Parc des Coteaux d'Avron via the Cahouettes entrance.

(2) Follow Chemin de Montgomery, then turn right onto Traversée des Carrières (you are still following theGR®14A). Go up to the left via Allée des Frênes, which veers left at the top. Do not leave the park yet, but turn left to reach the park's large meadow. Walk around the meadow, passing in front of the vegetable garden, with a panoramic view of the southern suburbs.

(3) Continue north, leave the park via the north gate on Avenue Cornelis and turn right. Turn left onto Avenue Louise, leaving theGR®14A, then right onto Avenue des Demoiselles, passing under the water tower. Continue to the Rond-Point des Demoiselles roundabout. Go around the roundabout and follow Avenue Daniel Perdrigé. Stop to take a look around the small, pretty garden (Square du Château d'Eau) at the corner of Avenue de l'Est. Continue to Place Stalingrad.

(4) Cross the shaded square, pass in front of the Fauvette municipal cinema and continue straight on along Avenue Daniel Perdrigé. Cross Avenue des Fauvettes, then turn left onto Avenue de l'Ouest, walking alongside the future Plateau park. At the end, in the bend, take the path on the right, then almost immediately another path on the left that descends towards Sente de la Mare aux Loups. Turn right to join the path. Walk along the park under construction on your right to reach Rue du Bois de Neuilly (you will briefly enter Rosny-sous-Bois).

(5) Turn left to go down towards Neuilly-Plaisance, then left again onto Rue du Bel Air. Turn right into the charming Villa de l'Ermitage. At the end, turn left onto Rue Jean Bachelet, then right onto Rue de la Pelouse. Go down this street to Rue Pierre Brossolette at the bottom. Turn right towards the crossroads at the beginning of Avenue du Maréchal Joffre (border between Rosny-sous-Bois and Neuilly-Plaisance). From this point, you can take a circular route through the new "Parc Nature du Plateau d'Avron" nature park, part of Rosny-sous-Bois, which opened in May 2022. The complete circular route (via the elevated pontoon, wetlands and observation tower) is approximately 2 km long.

(6) Go down Rue de la Marne, then turn right onto Avenue du Maréchal Joffre and then turn into Rue Gaston. At the end, turn left onto Avenue du Chalet, then turn right into Passage Gauthier, which joins Avenue Danielle Casanova between the houses. Turn left and continue to Rue Pasteur. Turn left onto this street to reach the Rond-Point du Chalet.

(7) Take Avenue du Chalet on the right, then Chemin des Promenades on the right until you reach Rue Faidherbe. Turn left and continue to Place Saint-Henri.

(8) Take a look at the church, then retrace your steps to Rue Gambetta and turn left. Go down this street to the end and turn right onto Rue de l'Espérance, then immediately left onto Boulevard Fichot. Continue straight ahead to the wide Boulevard d'Alsace-Lorraine, on the edge of Le Perreux.

(9) Cross this boulevard and take Avenue du 8 Mai 1945, then take the first left, Rue de l'Embarcadère, entering the new neighbourhood on the banks of the Marne. Turn right onto Rue des Bateliers, then left onto Rue des Presles to reach Quai de l'Argonne and the promenade along the Marne.

(10) Return to the RER station by walking along the Marne, via Quai de l'Argonne and Promenade André Devambez. Arrive under the RER bridge (car park) and turn left under the RER bridge to reach the Neuilly-Plaisance RER station, crossing Boulevard Galliéni (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 39 m - Gare de Neuilly-Plaisance
  2. 1 : km 1.02 - alt. 45 m - Square Jean-Mermoz
  3. 2 : km 1.73 - alt. 71 m - Entrance to Les Cahouettes (Parc des Coteaux)
  4. 3 : km 3.84 - alt. 115 m - Porte des Prairies d'Avron
  5. 4 : km 4.71 - alt. 111 m - Place Stalingrad (Cinéma des Fauvettes)
  6. 5 : km 5.66 - alt. 109 m - Sente de la Mare aux Loups
  7. 6 : km 6.81 - alt. 56 m - Beginning of Avenue Foch
  8. 7 : km 7.7 - alt. 40 m - Rond-point du Chalet
  9. 8 : km 8.15 - alt. 38 m - Place de l'Église (Saint-Henri)
  10. 9 : km 8.84 - alt. 39 m - Carrefour de la Maltournée
  11. 10 : km 9.25 - alt. 35 m - Banks of - Marne (la)
  12. S/E : km 9.81 - alt. 39 m - Gare de Neuilly-Plaisance

Notes

The Neuilly-Plaisance RER station is the starting point for this walk. There is also a car park (free at weekends).
The route crosses bus line 114 at several points, making it easy to reach the RER station if necessary (Place Jean-Mermoz, Place Stalingrad, Place de l'Église).
There are several bakeries along the route: Place Jean-Mermoz, Place Stalingrad, the beginning of Avenue Foch, Place de l'Église (crossing points (1) , (4) , (6) and (8) ).
There are public toilets at the entrance to the second part of Lamarque Way.

Worth a visit

Voie Lamarque is the green corridor that connects the banks of the Marne to Parc du Plateau d'Avron. It is the former railway line that connected the gypsum quarries on the plateau to the transhipment point on the Marne (19th century), converted into a pedestrian path about twenty years ago.
The Parc des Coteaux d'Avron in Neuilly-Plaisance (31 hectares) consists of former gypsum quarries, which were recently backfilled and transformed into a biotope. Picnic tables, children's games, and a large meadow with a community vegetable garden at the end, as well as a panoramic view of the entire southern suburbs (Paris to the west, Noisy-le-Grand to the east).
The Plateau d'Avron Nature Park in Rosny-sous-Bois was completed in May 2022. Visitors can now enter via the southern entrance and walk around the park via beautiful paths, including a suspended pontoon and footbridges over ponds.
The Saint-Henri Church in Neuilly-Plaisance was created by the developer Poulet-Langlet in 1869. It is a church with a Latin cross plan, facing north-west.
The banks of the Marne offer a beautiful walk along the river. From the Quai de l'Argonne, you can extend your walk by heading south to the Bry footbridge and then returning via the Bry-sur-Marne riverbank (an additional 45 minutes).

 Always be cautious and plan ahead when you're outdoors. Visorando and the author of this route cannot be held responsible for any accidents occurring on this route.

The GR® and PR® markings are the intellectual property of the Fédération Française de Randonnée Pédestre.

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 16 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.2 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.1 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
AntoB
AntoB

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 10, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The view of the Marne Valley from the Parc des Coteaux d'Avron is very beautiful.
A very pleasant route.
You can extend your walk a little by strolling along the banks of the Marne, which are very pleasant from the Neuilly Plaisance RER station.

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martha91
martha91

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 07, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

I was very pleasantly surprised by this hike, which was very enjoyable, with lots of greenery. The parts through the town were very pretty, with lovely little houses to discover, quiet streets and a rather pleasant view of the Marne hillsides. The Avron plateau park is definitely worth a visit.

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Martine castillo
Martine castillo

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 29, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Good description of the route.
Nice walk to the Marne, which I followed to Joinville.

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santiago2
santiago2

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 16, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

interesting hike!

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valmouss
valmouss

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 03, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A minor hiccup at step 6: we couldn't find the Plateau d'Avron nature park on the Rosny side, and had trouble locating Rue de la Marne.
Next time we'll print out a map of the city, as the one provided by Visorando didn't fit on the computer screen.
Otherwise, the hike isn't very "green"; most of the route is in an urban environment, but it was interesting (to see this site from a different perspective than the one usually seen from the RER) and even charming, as there are quite a few old buildings.

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Cricrichai
Cricrichai

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 18, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I especially liked the first part in nature

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POULIN Gérard
POULIN Gérard ★

Hello Françoise. L,
Thank you for pointing out this error. The correction has been made.

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Françoise. L
Françoise. L

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 19, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

First, I would like to point out an error in the middle of Point 4 of the description that must be corrected: After the sentence "At the end, in the bend, take the path on the right, then almost immediately another path on the left that descends towards the Sente de la Mare aux Loups." It should then say: turn RIGHT, not left, and then walk along the park under construction (which is now finished, by the way...) on your right to reach Rue du Bois de Neuilly.

Otherwise, it's a lovely route, especially the first part (green corridor and parks). Then the return trip through the small streets is nice but a bit long at the end... The map helps, but is a little too small... Thank you for this discovery!

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Danyna
Danyna

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 14, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A very pleasant route, mostly through natural surroundings.
The return journey was a little complicated. We couldn't find the town of L'Hermitage and returned via the Lamarque road.

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jpeg93160
jpeg93160

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 06, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

This very enjoyable route allowed me to revisit the city of my childhood. I remember Lamarque Road as a wasteland, cows on the Plateau d'Avron and the farm near Place Jean Mermoz (in the 1970s). A lot has changed since then . I really liked the mix of greenery and urbanisation, and even in August, there are quite a few shaded areas along the route.
I'm sure that many Nocéens have never done this route, which I highly recommend.

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Galinette75
Galinette75

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 12, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

Hello, everyone!

A nice, easy, urban hike.
Perfect for these times of lockdown.
The route and description are easy to find and follow.
Well done!!!

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alexlechat
alexlechat

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 10, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Same comments as above: a little lost in the future plateau park. It was difficult to find an exit as everything was locked. Interesting route, I didn't know the Coulée Verte or the Parc des Coteaux d'Avron. Living in Chelles, I took the bus to the Neuilly Plaisance RER station and returned to Chelles via the Marne, a total of 18km. Very pleasant..

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knar
knar

Thank you for these constructive comments. Indeed, since I explored and described this trail, construction work has blocked the path through the wasteland. I will modify the trail accordingly, pending the completion of the park.

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randosro
randosro

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 07, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

Hello,
As we live near point 7, we are already familiar with a large part of the route, including the Parc des Côteaux d'Avron, so we had no difficulty finding our way around the streets of the towns.
For the park, why not use the Cahouettes entrance, opposite Voie Lamarque, and take Chemin de Montgomery, which leads back to Traverse des Carrières, rather than making us walk along a 60 cm wide pavement alongside a wall covered in branches to reach Porte Kennedy?
In the park, Allée des Frênes leads to the north exit. Perhaps this should be clarified by saying "do not leave the park, but" before saying "head towards the large meadow" which is to the left of the path.
The beautiful little garden at the corner of Avenue de l'Est is Square du Château d'Eau.
We got a little lost in the future Plateau Park. When you enter the "path on the right" and go straight ahead, it's a dead end with a wasteland under construction. We improvised, and it worked out well. So you should write "take the path on the right, then quickly turn left, and at the end, turn right onto Sente de la Mare aux Loups". We can't wait for the park to be finished!
Another thing: mention the toilets at the entrance to the second part of the Voie Lamarque.
Thank you for this hike in any case.

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Anne D.
Anne D.

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 21, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The Avron plateau is a wonderful discovery, but the end of the walk is less interesting, especially as the banks of the Marne were crowded.
I encountered a few problems when crossing the wasteland, which was under construction (and very muddy) and many of the access points were closed. I managed to get out via the Pommiers path and was able to resume the route.
I remembered seeing a kind of retirement home for horses, donkeys, etc. in the area, but I can't remember exactly where. I couldn't find it.

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