Circular route around La Grandville

Route through woods and valleys. Panoramic views over the Gernelle and Issancourt-et-Rumel valleys and, at the end of the hike, over La Grandville.

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 13.06 km
  • ◔
    Average duration: 4h 20 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Moderate

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 219 m
  • ↘
    Descent: - 218 m

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    Highest point: 294 m
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    Lowest point: 185 m

Description of the walk

Departure from La Grandville. From the centre, take the Gernelle road. After 100 metres, at the calvary, park along the castle wall.

(S/E) Go down the road, take the first street on the right, ignore the next one and at the second one, go up to the right. Pass along the football field.

(1) Continue along the gravel path. Ignore any paths that cross it. Continue until you reach the stream that flows into the Fagne brook.

(2) Cross and continue straight ahead. A long path (more than 1 km), shaded by deciduous and coniferous trees, with soil that can be muddy in wet weather. Arrive at a place called Le Bannay.

(3) Turn 90° and come out onto an old logging site. Ignore the paths on the right and opposite (which lead directly to Gernelle), and take the one on the left down the logging site. It curves to the right and becomes grassy. Turn left onto the path leading into the undergrowth, which ends at a logging track. Follow this track to the right along the fields. Cross the Ruisseau Infernal stream.

(4) You will come to the Gernelle-Gespunsart forest road, which is tarmac. Follow it to the right for about 400 metres until you reach a place called Les Wèbes.

(5) Turn left into the woods, leave the road and begin a short climb to reach the ridge path. Follow it to the right across open ground in the middle of the fields. You will reach the calvary on the road between Rumel and Gernelle.

(6) Turn left towards the cemetery, where you can rest on a bench and enjoy the view.
Walk along the cemetery wall (west), ignore the path on the right, and immediately take the path on the left, which, after a grassy section, leads to Issancourt-Rumel.

(7) 20 metres before the main road, turn right into Rue du Tilleul. Continue straight ahead along the houses; the street becomes a path lined with hedges. It crosses a street coming from Rume; continue straight ahead and follow the gravel path along the contour lines. After passing through some undergrowth, it joins the D57.

(8) Take the path on the right that runs alongside a former equestrian centre. It climbs and follows the Ruisseau de la Belle Fontaine stream. After 800 metres, it curves to the right and crosses a path coming from Rume. Turn left and continue for 100 metres.

(9) Immediately turn left onto a balcony path. This leads to a small field and an orchard. Walk up to the edge of the woods and follow the path on the left to the road.

(10) Cross it, continue straight ahead on a slight incline on a sandy path for 700 metres and ignore the paths branching off to the right and left. You will come to another crossroads.

(11) Turn right for 20 metres and then left, leaving the water intake on your right. Take the wide path down to La Grandville and you will return to the car park where you started (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 254 m - La Grandville car park, Calvaire route de Gernel
  2. 1 : km 1.04 - alt. 255 m - Gravel path
  3. 2 : km 1.88 - alt. 219 m - Straight ahead.
  4. 3 : km 3.08 - alt. 223 m - Le Bannay, path on the left
  5. 4 : km 3.91 - alt. 197 m - On the right, Gernelle-Gespunsart Forest Road.
  6. 5 : km 4.59 - alt. 234 m - Les Wèbes, path on the left
  7. 6 : km 6.2 - alt. 250 m - Calvary
  8. 7 : km 7.69 - alt. 185 m - Issancourt-Rumel, first street on the right
  9. 8 : km 9.12 - alt. 200 m - On the right, along an old equestrian centre.
  10. 9 : km 10.46 - alt. 264 m - Balcony path on the left
  11. 10 : km 11.46 - alt. 270 m - Crossing a road
  12. 11 : km 12.14 - alt. 293 m - Turn right at the crossroads.
  13. S/E : km 13.06 - alt. 255 m - La Grandville car park, Calvaire, Route de Gernel

Notes

Between (1) and (2) In wet weather, the path may be slippery.
(6) Bench at the cemetery, water available?

Variation "1": For the more athletic, after (3), 100m further on, take the path veering sharply left uphill. It is steady at first but becomes steep at the end and continues flat along the ridge to join the path described in (3).

Option 2: Between (5) and (6), at the level of the road going up from Rume, take the path to the right of the high boundary stone, which leads to (7) (about 800 metres less).

Option 3: To significantly shorten the route (by nearly 4 km), at the cemetery, after the4, continue straight ahead and after a wide bend to the left, you will come to the balcony path on the right (7).

Worth a visit

Before (5), on the ridge, there is a clear view over the valleys to the left of Issancout-Rumel, with the towers of Sedan in the distance and Gernelle to the right.

After (10), view of La Grandville

Reviews and comments

4.4 / 5
Based on 7 reviews

Reliability of the description
4.1 / 5
Ease of following the route
4.5 / 5
Route interest
4.5 / 5
jeanphilippeduplaix
jeanphilippeduplaix

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 03, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : Yes

A lovely autumn walk, pleasant and easy. I recommend it.

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Mch79
Mch79
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Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Aug 12, 2025
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : Not used / Not applicable
Very busy route : No

Uninteresting and very sunny route

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Mick88
Mick88

Overall rating : 4.5 / 5

Date of your route : Jun 18, 2020
Reliability of the description : ★★★★★ Very good
Ease of following the route : Not used / Not applicable
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good
Very busy route : No

A beautiful hike.
Between points 2 and 3, the path is stony except for approximately 200 metres before reaching the place called Bannay. It had rained heavily the day before and there was only one puddle in one place.
At a place called Les Wèbes, there is a small car park on the left-hand side of the road, where you have to take the path on the left.

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henri57
henri57 ★

Hello

Thank you for your feedback.

GPS used between numbers 3-4-5 for greater ease.

And for greater comfort.

See you soon

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Mimi 08
Mimi 08

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Dec 10, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★☆ Good

A very pleasant and varied hike, with beautiful scenery in places, and a path that is passable despite the rainy season.

GPS used between numbers 3-4-5 for ease.

At the old equestrian centre, we had a lovely encounter with goats, ponies and donkeys, who were very interested in our presence.

A little extra at the start of the hike: delicious raisin bread bought at the village bakery!

Mimi08, her sister and her two cousins.

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leflon08
leflon08

Overall rating : 4 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 04, 2019
Reliability of the description : ★★★☆☆ Average
Ease of following the route : ★★★★☆ Good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

We have to go through Bannay, Boulais and Webes, but these places are not marked on the map, so it's difficult to know if we're on the right route.
So we "waded" a bit towards Bannais-le Boulais and found our way out thanks to Google Maps on our smartphone.
It was hot, and we appreciated that a large part of the route was through the woods.

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celmati
celmati

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Jul 22, 2018
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

Lovely walk

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PascalineDY
PascalineDY

Overall rating : 4.7 / 5

Date of your route : Nov 16, 2017
Reliability of the description : ★★★★☆ Good
Ease of following the route : ★★★★★ Very good
Route interest : ★★★★★ Very good

A pleasant and very varied route, which presents no difficulties.

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