Serbonnes Historical and Ecological Trail

A short 3 km loop, marked in pink, starting from the Church of Saint-Victor, built in the 12th century and renovated in the 16th century.
You will take a path that leads to the wetland area where there is an unusual Gustave Eiffel-style wash house.
This wetland area contains several bubbling springs.
In the wash house itself, you can already see a few bubbling springs.
By skirting around this wetland area, you will follow the Yonne river to take the towpath, then go around the Grand Varennes estate with its park and mill, before returning to the town hall and village square after discovering the house of the regicide Jacques-Clément.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 3.23 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 0h 55 
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    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 12 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 12 m

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    Highest point: 68 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 56 m

Description of the walk

Departure from Serbonnes Town Hall. Parking nearby.

(S/E) With your back to the town hall, take the pavement on the right, passing by the village café-bar. When you reach the cross street (Rue du Parc), turn left and, at the end of this street, turn right to leave the village towards Michery until you reach the first path on the right.

(1) Turn right onto this path leading to the wash house in the wetland area.

(2) At the wash house, continue straight ahead and, at the crossroads, turn right, going around the marshy area.

(3) At the crossroads, turn right to reach the banks of the Yonne.

(4) Turn right onto the towpath and pass in front of the Grand Varennes park, which you will go around to reach Rue des Patis.

(5) Turn right and continue for approximately 250 m to reach the village square, where you will find the house of Jacques Clément, the regicide, on your left. Turn left to return to the Serbonnes Town Hall (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 68 m - Serbonnes Town Hall - Eglise Saint Victor
  2. 1 : km 0.46 - alt. 64 m - Wash house path
  3. 2 : km 1.18 - alt. 65 m - Gustave Eiffel-style wash house
  4. 3 : km 1.66 - alt. 58 m - Crossroads with the cross-country path
  5. 4 : km 2.4 - alt. 57 m - Towpath - Yonne (l')
  6. 5 : km 2.94 - alt. 68 m - Rue des Patis
  7. S/E : km 3.23 - alt. 68 m - Town hall

Notes

Café-bar in the village.

Picnic area available in the village square, near the wetlands.

Worth a visit

Saint-Victor Church and its large square.
The wash house.
In the wetland: the remarkable tree, the bubbling springs that can already be seen in the wash house.
La Chandelle (a dead tree teeming with biodiversity).
The towpath leaving the wetland between the points (2) and (3).
The Château du Grand Varennes.
The house of Jacques Clément, the regicide.

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