Sentier de laColonne

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Pedestrian Walks and Rambles
SENTIER DE LA COLONNE
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KM
8 km
2hKM
1
2
A pretty area of farms,
ponds and waterfalls the
Denacre Valley has some
lovely 19th-century houses
and manors, many of which
are built using the local
Baincthun stone
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Sentier de
la Colonne
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1. Denacre Waterfall
2. Column of the Grand Army
3. Wimereux Valley.
Start point: Saint-Martin-Boulogne.
Parking and access to the path:
Car park of the Decathlon Store
in Saint-Martin-Boulogne 1
Sentier
de la Colonne
(Napoléon’s Column)
Vallée du Denacre. 6
GPS Coordinates:
Latitude : 50.725 - Longitude : 1.63
SAINT-MARTINBOULOGNE
Further Information:
The 53-metre high marble Column of the Grand Army
was built to celebrate Napoleon by the troops based in
the Boulogne barracks, where 180,000 soldiers had been
assembled and ready to invade England.
• Communauté d’agglomération du Boulonnais
1, boulevard du bassin Napoléon - BP 755 - 62 321 Boulogne-sur-Mer Cedex
Tél. : 00 33(0)3.21.10.36.30 - www.tourisme-boulonnais.com
The TGN Project (Transmanche Green Network) is co-funded by the European Union (Interreg IVA 2
SEAS). It includes the CAB, BOSCO+, the Shepway District Council, Canterbury, Discover Folkestone
Hythe and Romney Marsh and Kent Wildlife Trust. Its main objective is to feature the natural heritage
and to promote green tourism.
S ta rt p o i n t
S aint-M artin-B oulogne
KM
Niveau
KM
8 km
2h00
easy
7
Directions
Start from the Decathlon store car park, Route de Saint-Omer,
Montjoie Industrial Estate in Saint-Martin-Boulogne.
1 On leaving the car park, go
to the right as far as the “Kid et
Boul” Leisure Centre. Go round
behind it in order to get to the
path on the left. Continue as far
as the bridge (365 metres) and
go under the A16 motorway.
7 Take this alley in order to
view the column then retrace
your steps. Go round the
roundabout on the right this
time, and then down the wooden
steps in order to rejoin the path
that skirts the motorway.
2 Then take the path on the
left and follow the “Parcours de
la Colonne” signposting. Cross
the Hayette Stream.
8 This takes you to the
junction with the “Chemin des
Moulins”. Here, follow the
“Parcours de la Colonne” and
continue to walk alongside the
motorway.
3 Go through the underpass
of the A16. At its exit, turn right
and walk along the motorway
in order to reach the second
bridge.
4 Go over this bridge and
continue on the “Rue du
Denacre”. Arrival at the
D237E3. Cross the road and
take the “Sentier du Denacre”
opposite.
5 At the junction, take the
“Chemin de l’Espagnerie” on
the left.
6 At the top of this, turn right
and go back over the A16, go
round the roundabout in order to
rejoin the “Allée de la Colonne”.
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SENTIER DE LA COLONNE
KM
8 km
KM
2h00
5
6
7
9 Turn right and follow the
“Rue du Denacre” towards an
old farm, and when you get
there, turn left and follow the
“Rue des Prairies”.
8
10 Go down the street (Rue de
la Cluse) on the left a little, then
take a very stony path. At the
bottom of the latter, you arrive
at the first underpass. Do not
go through it but turn right and
walk along the motorway once
again in order to get back to the
first bridge that you took. When
there, continue straight ahead to
go to the “Kid et Boul” and then
to the departure car park.
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4
3
2
10
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Waymarking:
Arrows, milestones or painted
signs have been placed along
the circuit.
Route continues
Wrong direction
• Idea of routes with another path: Path of the Imperial
Ramble (7KM - departure: Saint-Martin-Boulogne).
Change
of direction
Suggested Equipment:
Walking shoes.
• Stay on the waymarked path and respect
the work of the site managers, farmers, and
forestry workers.
• Protect wildlife and environment, and take
your litter home.
• This is a living working countryside and works
may require temporary route changes - please
follow any diversion signs.
NEIGHBOURHOOD SERVICES:
Wimille Town Hall: 1a, Rue de Lozembrune.
Tel 00 33(0)3.21.32.17.88
• Saint-Martin-Boulogne Town Hall. 313, Route de Saint-Omer.
Tel 00 33(0)3.21.32.84.84
• Wimereux Tourist Office, Quai Alfred Giard, Wimereux.
Tel 00 33(0)3.21.83.27.17
• Boulogne-sur-Mer Tourist Office, Parvis de Nausicaà.
Tel 00 33(0)3.21.10.88.10
• Snacks available at the swimming pool/skating rink at the
departure point
• Little shops in the vicinity of the Column of the Great Army.