Towards Ferme de la Motte through the forest and along the greenway.

A circular cycle route to explore the national forest, the Ferme de la Motte farm and Liessies Castle.

Details

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  • Touring/Gravel
    Activity: Touring/Gravel
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    Distance: 9.30 mi
  • ◔
    Duration according to the author: 1 hr 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Easy

  • ⚐
    Back to start: Yes
  • ↗
    Ascent: + 433 ft
  • ↘
    Descent: - 430 ft

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    Highest point: 745 ft
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 571 ft

Description of the route

Park at Place du Général de Gaulle.

(S/E) With the church on your left, turn left onto Rue Edmond Wiart, then immediately left again, continuing to the end of the street

(1) Turn right onto Rue Léo Lagrange. Ignore a street on the right, pass a four-way intersection and continue straight ahead. Continue straight ahead on Rue Jules Hiroux.

(2) At the corner of no. 43, turn left onto Rue Roland Michaux, then turn right onto Rue André Baudin.

(3) At the three-way junction, turn left onto Rue Traversière.

(4) At the end, turn right onto Rue du Petit Étang and you will come to a cross street.

(5) Turn left onto Rue du Bois l'Abbé. At the fork, turn right onto Rue du Bois l'Abbé. Pass the Ferme de l'Abbé, then pass the Maison Forestière de Sains and continue straight ahead on Route Forestière du Chemin Vert.

(6) Ignore a path on the right and the greenway on the left. Continue straight ahead on Bois l'Abbé - Route Forestière du Chemin Vert.

(7) At the four-way crossroads, turn left onto Route Forestière de l'Étang de Breucq. Walk alongside the lake on your right and the Grand Étang on your left until you reach a crossroad.

(8) Turn left onto Rue de la Motte, follow the Grand Étang on your left, ignore a path on the left and then follow the Étang du Paradis on your right. Continue straight ahead and pass in front of the Chapelle Immaculée Conception, then continue straight ahead, keeping Le Paradis on your right.

(9) Turn left before Rue Clémenceau to take the greenway immediately on your left. Follow the greenway straight ahead.

(10) Walk along the Grand Étang, this time on your left, and rejoin the Route Forestière du Chemin Vert that you took earlier.

(6) Turn right onto Bois l'Abbé and follow the road you came along in the opposite direction, pass the Maison Forestière de Sains and continue along Rue du Bois l'Abbé.

(5) Turn right onto Rue du Petit Étang.

(4) Turn left onto Rue Traversière.

(3) Turn right onto Rue André Baudin and take the first left onto Rue Roland Michaux.

(2) Turn right onto Rue Jules Hiroux, then continue onto Rue Léo Lagrange.

(1) Take thesecond left, then turn right onto Rue Edmond Wiart and you will find yourself back at the church (S/E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : mi 0 - alt. 620 ft - Église Saint-Rémi (Sains-du-Nord)
  2. 1 : mi 0.13 - alt. 600 ft - Rue Léo Lagrange
  3. 2 : mi 0.49 - alt. 597 ft - Rue Roland Michaux
  4. 3 : mi 0.79 - alt. 623 ft - Rue Traversière.
  5. 4 : mi 0.91 - alt. 633 ft - Rue du Petit Étang
  6. 5 : mi 1.22 - alt. 679 ft - Rue du Bois l'Abbé
  7. 6 : mi 2.67 - alt. 659 ft - Cycle path
  8. 7 : mi 3.24 - alt. 705 ft - Route Forestière de l'Étang de Breucq
  9. 8 : mi 4.56 - alt. 574 ft - Rue de la Motte - Étang de Breucq
  10. 9 : mi 4.97 - alt. 594 ft - Greenway. Close to the - Helpe Majeure (rivière)
  11. 10 : mi 5.52 - alt. 610 ft - Follow the - Grand Étang (Forêt de l'Abbé)
  12. S/E : mi 9.3 - alt. 620 ft - Church of Sains-du-Nord

Notes

Unmarked route.

Worth a visit

The Maison du Bocage in Sains-du-Nord.

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