Tour of the Bourg-Blanc communal lake

A peaceful walk around the communal lake in Bourg-Blanc.
These former meadows were used for tin mining by the Société Comiren (Compagnie Minière Rennanaise).
Since mining ceased, a 6-hectare lake has been developed as a place for walking and relaxation, not to mention fishing for enthusiasts.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 3.67 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 1h 05 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 3 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 3 m

  • ▲
    Highest point: 65 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 59 m
  • ⚐ Country: France
  • ⚐ District: Bourg-Blanc (29860)
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 48.492065° / W 4.502577°
  • ❏
    IGN map(s): Ref. 0416ET, 0417ET
  • Hour-by-hour weather

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Description of the walk

Park in the leisure centre car park at the entrance to Boug-Blanc after the D13 roundabout.

(S/E) Go around the left side of the leisure centre building to reach the lake, then turn right to start the tour in an anti-clockwise direction.

Follow the bank lined on the right by the Aber Bénouic stream, a tributary of the Aber Benoît. Ignore the passage at the end of the first pond on the left and the side footbridges leading to the inhabited areas and reach the northern end of the lake.

(1) Leave the edge of the lake (signposted Rando Abers No. 5) by taking a footbridge on the right over the Aber Bénouic, walk along an industrial area on your right and then a small marshy area. Cross a footbridge on the left and you will come to a small car park.Cross it to reach Rue Saint-Yves, which you follow to the left on the left-hand pavement. Look for another car park on your right (Place Chapalain, 80 spaces) and continue along the same street to Place de la Forge (information board).

(2) Turn left to cross this square and reach the lake after crossing the Aber Bénouic again on a small footbridge. Continue straight ahead to the southern end of the lake, ignoring all the side footbridges.

(3) Turn left to continue along the lake, with the stream now on your right. Continue until you reach a children's playground.

(4) Turn right towards a footbridge and follow the dirt track through a wooded area towards the road (this section is not accessible to people with reduced mobility).

Turn left before the road, then left again to reach the car park (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 62 m - Leisure centre car park Rue de Brest
  2. 1 : km 0.69 - alt. 59 m - Fork to the right
  3. 2 : km 1.3 - alt. 65 m - Place de la Forge
  4. 3 : km 2.71 - alt. 63 m - Fork to the left
  5. 4 : km 3.32 - alt. 60 m - Children's playground
  6. S/E : km 3.67 - alt. 62 m - Leisure centre car park Rue de Brest

Notes

Toilets at the starting car park.
Various shelters along the route and other car parks available.
Simple trainers are sufficient.
Turning left at (1) and continuing along the edge of the field at (4) to return to the car park, this route is perfectly suited to people with reduced mobility.

Worth a visit

Reviews and comments

5 / 5
Based on 5 reviews

Reliability of the description
5 / 5
Ease of following the route
5 / 5
Route interest
5 / 5
Mic Bravoure
Mic Bravoure
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Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Mar 31, 2025
Reliability of the description : Not used / Not applicable
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : No

A very pleasant little walk around this lake.
The section between 1 and 2 takes us away from this pleasant setting to follow a road and is of no interest except for extending the walk.
The time indicated is slightly overestimated. 😉

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Syl7600
Syl7600

Overall rating : 5 / 5

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

a very pleasant and easy short walk

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natetrv
natetrv

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Apr 19, 2021
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good
Very busy route : Yes

Great walk of just under an hour around the lake. Very clean and well maintained.
Cycling available for younger children

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panuela
panuela

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Feb 08, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A lovely walk around the lake, very pleasant and easy when you haven't been able to walk for a while. We saw birds such as gulls, cormorants and ducks. We noted the time it took to walk around the lake on the information sheet.

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Jiela
Jiela

Overall rating : 5 / 5

Date of your route : Sep 30, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

My wife and I enjoyed walking around the lake.

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