On the paths of Le Temple

A pleasant walk along small roads and paths through hedgerows, by the river and through woodland.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 13.11 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 128 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 126 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 224 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 116 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Mauléon (79700)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 46.928604° / W 0.815543°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 1425E
  • Hour-by-hour weather

Description of the walk

Park in the car park at Le Temple town hall.

(S/E) Head west, passing in front of the church. When you reach Rue de la Commanderie, turn right and immediately left onto Rue des Tisserands. Continue along this road for 900 m

(1) Once past the last factory, take a path on the right. After a few metres, a wide panorama opens up before you (signpost). The path turns right after a few metres, then very quickly left to go behind the sewage treatment plant. Then join the D149bis.

(2) Cross this road and follow the path on the left that runs alongside it. Take the first path on the right and follow it to the Laudonnière farm.

(3) The path leads onto a road, which you take to the right. At the next junction, turn left, pass under a power line and continue along the road to the village of La Chapelle Largeau.

(4) At the entrance to the village, turn into the first street on the right and cross the housing estate to reach the church.

(5) Walk past the church and, at the first crossroads, take the road leading down to the right. You’ll reach a wayside cross 300 m further on.

(6) You will come to three roads; take the middle one leading towards La Pierre Blanche. Follow the road to the end and continue along the path branching off to the left, until you reach a footbridge over the Ouin.

(7) Cross the river and follow the path that runs alongside a field before joining a wider path through the woods. You will reach the road at the hamlet of L’Escoubleau.

(8) Take the road on the right to the first junction directly beneath the power line. Then turn left and left again at the three-way junction, without passing under the power line, to reach the hamlet of La Chaîne.

(9) Turn right onto the road and follow it for 100 m until you reach two paths on the right. Take the first one, which goes downhill. Follow it until you reach another road.

(10) Turn left onto the road. After passing the hamlet of Le Linot, at the wayside shrine, take the path on the right that runs alongside a small stream. Join a small road just before the hamlet of Le Chapître.

(11) Follow the road to the left and join the D149bis, which you follow to the right to reach the village of Le Temple.

(12) At the entrance to the village, at a place called l’Arceau, cross the road and head through the housing estates to return to the starting point (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 220 m - Town Hall car park
  2. 1 : km 0.95 - alt. 211 m - Path on the right
  3. 2 : km 1.83 - alt. 212 m - Crossing the D149bis
  4. 3 : km 2.95 - alt. 216 m - Laudonnière Farm
  5. 4 : km 3.91 - alt. 166 m - Entrance to the Chapelle Largeau
  6. 5 : km 4.31 - alt. 166 m - Church crossroads
  7. 6 : km 4.7 - alt. 138 m - Calvary
  8. 7 : km 5.8 - alt. 116 m - Footbridge over the Ouin
  9. 8 : km 6.86 - alt. 119 m - Village of L'Escouleau
  10. 9 : km 9 - alt. 124 m - Village of La Chaîne
  11. 10 : km 10.05 - alt. 145 m - Road to the left
  12. 11 : km 11.42 - alt. 200 m - Village of Le Chapître
  13. 12 : km 12.45 - alt. 223 m - A place called l'Arceau
  14. S/E : km 13.11 - alt. 220 m - Town Hall car park

Reviews and comments

4.2 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.3 / 5
Ease of following the route
3.7 / 5
Route interest
4.4 / 5
manuuher
manuuher

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 05, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A pleasant walk with a bit of an uphill climb. There is quite a bit of road, actually, with the final stretch being the least pleasant.
But there’s a nice spot for a picnic: a small pond just before you reach the starting village.

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viaud jean
viaud jean

Overall rating : 3.7 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 01, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★☆☆ Average
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

The route is not always signposted and can be extended to up to 20 km via parallel paths that offer interesting views.

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Dupoitou
Dupoitou

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 20, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

The route corresponds to the description.

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grandin
grandin ★

talie
Could you please edit both the description AND the route? Many people only use the route without really looking at the listing

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talie
talie

Upon checking, it appears that this path is no longer marked as open to the public on the latest update of the local footpath map. There is no alternative but to take the road! I have added this information to the description.

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Stephane Rocher
Stephane Rocher

Hello,
Thank you for your interest in our review. The closed section is located between points 8 and 9, after the Escoubleau farm.
Kind regards
Stéphane R.

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talie
talie

I’m surprised by your comment. This walk only uses paths designated by the local council as public footpaths. Could you please specify where the problem occurred?

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Stephane Rocher
Stephane Rocher

Overall rating : 3 / 5

Date of your route : May 23, 2023
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★☆☆☆☆ Very disappointing
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Part of the walk has been blocked off by a landowner (fence, barbed wire and a camera?!!!)
The walk looked set to be lovely had it not been for this major inconvenience. We had to take the road to get around it.

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leonard
leonard

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 11, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

An interesting route thanks to the variety of landscapes, particularly the river and moorland sections (the second half of the walk), with a range of views; we also appreciated the sheltered path running parallel to the main road on the way back to Le Temple. Although we were a bit confused at first by the lack of signposting, we didn’t get lost!

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talie
talie

You did well to make a detour to the Pyrome site. It’s a lovely spot. I hadn’t included it in this hike, as we’d already been there on another walk. (Which I haven’t got round to writing about here!)

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zewez
zewez

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : May 25, 2020
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A lovely walk; we took a detour to the Pyrome rocks (it’s signposted)

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zewez
zewez

Hello
At first glance, there are the Pyrôme Rocks in the area: why not suggest an alternative route to get there?

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randonneesHeMo
randonneesHeMo

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 04, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A pleasant and varied walk. It’s a shame there are no signposts at all along the route.

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