On the heights of Neufchâtel-en-Bray

This route will take you up to the heights of Neuchâtel-en-Bray via paths and small wooded roads, then offer you a magnificent panoramic view of the Boutonnière du Pays de Bray on the way back.

Details

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 9.47 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 3h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 178 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 186 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 226 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 101 m

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Description of the walk

Start from the car park between the school and the Neufchâtel-en-Bray boiler house, Route de Fourcarmont.

(S/E) With your back to the school, turn left and cross the car park. At the top of the car park, take the path opposite.
Continue along this path uphill through the woodland until you reach the crossroads at the pylon.

(1) Turn left onto the tarmac path called Mont Bihorel. Continue along this path until you reach the junction with the D56 at the water tower.

(2) Go round the water tower and take the D56 on your right. Continue along this road through the fields for about 800m until you reach the junction with Rue du Four à Chaux.

(3) Take Rue du Four à Chaux on your left. Continue straight on along this small, tree-lined road which, after Val Renard, descends towards the hamlet of La Goulée (Lucy).

(4) When you reach La Goulée at the wayside shrine hidden by vegetation, turn right onto the cul-de-sac of Rue de la Goulée, which, after the last house, turns into a forest track.
Continue along this path, which climbs along the edge of the Ménonval Forest, until you reach the T-junction with Rue des Étaux.

(5) Take this street on your right and continue to the junction with the D56.
At the junction, turn left onto this road and continue to a crossroads at Brindollet.

(6) Turn right onto the narrow little road called Saint-Antoine and continue to the junction with the D928.

(7) Cross the D928 with care and take the path opposite which descends into the valley and offers a magnificent view of Neufchâtel-en-Bray and the ‘boutonnière’ of the Pays de Bray.
Follow the path down to the junction with Rue de la Vieille Côte.

(8) Turn right onto this street and enter Neufchâtel-en-Bray. Continue straight on down this street until you reach the bottom.

(9) At the bottom of Rue de la Vieille Côte, at the fork, continue along Rue du Val Boury on your right until you reach the junction with Route de Foucarmont and Grande Rue Saint-Jacques.

(10) Cross the junction and take Route de Foucarmont on your right. Continue on the left-hand pavement, following the wall of Neufchâtel-en-Bray cemetery and then the sports ground until you reach the junction with Boulevard Gustave Eiffel.

Cross Boulevard Gustave Eiffel and continue straight ahead to return to the car park where you started (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 125 m - Car park between the school and the boiler room
  2. 1 : km 0.95 - alt. 219 m - Mont Bihorel
  3. 2 : km 1.31 - alt. 219 m - Crossroads by the water tower
  4. 3 : km 2.11 - alt. 221 m - Rue du Four à Chaux
  5. 4 : km 3.98 - alt. 140 m - Calvary at La Goulée
  6. 5 : km 6.06 - alt. 225 m - Rue des Étaux
  7. 6 : km 6.55 - alt. 226 m - Route Saint-Antoine
  8. 7 : km 6.9 - alt. 207 m - D928
  9. 8 : km 7.89 - alt. 159 m - Rue de la Vieille Côte
  10. 9 : km 8.55 - alt. 104 m - Rue du Val Boury
  11. 10 : km 8.81 - alt. 104 m - Route de Foucarmont
  12. S/E : km 9.47 - alt. 124 m - Car park between the school and the boiler room

Notes

The car park at the start is occupied by secondary school teachers during term time.

Worth a visit

In Neufchâtel-en-Bray:
* Notre-Dame Church.
* Mathon Durand Museum.
* Plan d'eau des Aulnes.
* Neufchâtel cheese, the oldest of the Norman cheeses.
The Avenue Verte.

Mesnieres-en-Bray Castle, Renaissance style.

Private garden in Lucy, Le Crapaud à Trois Pattes.

Reviews and comments

4.6 / 5
Based on 6 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.8 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.3 / 5
Jardinier
Jardinier

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 20, 2026
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely route with beautiful views of Neuchâtel. The path is very easy to walk on.

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lesien
lesien

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 15, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Very nice route

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Clopine
Clopine

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : May 06, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

I find this a rather unusual walk: no “breathtaking scenery”, no “stately homes”, no “unique vantage points”, no “particular difficulties”, but a landscape entirely dominated by agriculture, the discovery of a deeply rural area (worth noting is an “intensive farming” farm colonising an entire valley floor, which is particularly interesting from a sociological perspective), and a walking route that breaks with convention. For all those who, beyond the pleasure of hiking or walking, enjoy reflecting on our relationship with nature (whilst getting some fresh air and stretching their legs, of course.)

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Abysse57
Abysse57

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 28, 2024
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

Accurate information, consistent with the route details

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nectar
nectar

Overall rating : 4.3 / 5

Date of your route : Jan 24, 2022
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A really lovely walk

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stanislas.jachimski
stanislas.jachimski

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 15, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Beautiful scenery.

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