Saint-Laurent Trail

A route through the Plouzévédé countryside, taking in wash houses and wayside crosses.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 5.20 mi
  • ◔
    Average duration: 2h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 69 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 66 ft

  • ▲
    Highest point: 325 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 236 ft

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Description of the walk

Parking available in the car park at Plouzévédé Town Hall. Route marked in green and white.

(S/E) With your back to the town hall, head right then immediately left along the Venelle des Écoliers. At the junction, turn right onto Rue du Calvaire and pass the Clos des Écoles.

(1) Further on, at the start of the climb, turn right onto the grassy path. This leads onto Rue de Kerscaven, which you should follow to the left. At the bend, take a dirt track on the right which turns left after 70 metres; follow this until you reach the tarmac road. Turn right onto it; it continues straight on as a dirt track that goes round a house in Guernévez.

(2) After this house, turn right and follow the path across the fields at first, then along an embankment (ignore the path on the right), and then along a pasture. Continue to the stony path (Route de l’Élevage).

(3) Turn left. The path leads past a poultry farm; follow it until you reach another path running at right angles. Take this to the right until you reach a tarmac road. At this point, go left for 50 metres and turn right onto the dirt track. When you reach the tarmac road, turn left and follow it to the main road (RD 35) at Saint-Laurent.

(4) Cross it with care and take the grassy path to the Pen ar Valy wayside cross. Take the path on the right and, after the sunken lane, turn right again towards Porscotter. Cross the farmyard, then follow the road to the left and, after 150 metres, turn left again towards Poul ar Zal, then take the sunken lane on the right which passes near a wash house. At the tarmac road, keep left towards Toulhoat and continue to the junction.

(5) Take the dirt track on the right; this is bordered by an embankment on the left and leads to Kervingant. At the tarmac road, turn left then right after 30 metres and reach a fork.

(6) Turn left towards the village, until you reach the Stop sign by the cemetery.

(7) Turn left and cross with care to reach the town hall (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 272 ft - Town Hall - Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Plouzévédé)
  2. 1 : mi 0.23 - alt. 282 ft - School grounds
  3. 2 : mi 0.77 - alt. 322 ft - Guernévez
  4. 3 : mi 1.44 - alt. 302 ft - Route de l'élevage
  5. 4 : mi 3.17 - alt. 243 ft - Saint-Laurent
  6. 5 : mi 3.98 - alt. 276 ft - Toulhoat
  7. 6 : mi 4.68 - alt. 285 ft - Rue de Kermaria
  8. 7 : mi 5.1 - alt. 259 ft - Cemetery
  9. S/E : mi 5.2 - alt. 269 ft - Town hall - Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul (Plouzévédé)

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

4.3 / 5
Based on 4 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
3 / 5
de Franco
de Franco

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 17, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

Most of the route runs through open cabbage fields, which aren’t exactly picturesque. The upside is that it’s sunny when the weather’s fine

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Simone Fontaine
Simone Fontaine

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★☆☆☆ Disappointing
Very busy route : No

A very well-signposted route, mainly through farmland, which is rather monotonous and of little interest apart from the unobstructed view of the Monts d'Arrée.

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Gin29
Gin29

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 24, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk, with varied scenery, and in fine weather!

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TAMALOUX 2019
TAMALOUX 2019

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Oct 30, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

This easy and varied route is a real pleasure to follow. It was created recently by volunteers from Plouzévédé. As newcomers – my wife and I have moved here from Vaucluse – we are really enjoying the fruits of their labour and would like to thank them...

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