GR 121 ‘de la Manche à l'Escaut’ (Channel to Scheldt)

Countryside

Point de vue

Swamp

Risque : 2 - Assez Faible

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Trail markings: red-white

Description

Along the water...

200 km across the Pas-de-Calais from Oisy-le-Verger to Equihen-Plage.
This was the first Grande Randonnée route to be created in the Pas-de-Calais.
It crosses the département from the Sensée ponds via Arras, then enters the Canche valley with its many villages to join the hills of the Boulonnais region as far as the English Channel.
10 stages throughout the Pas-de-Calais region, with its many riches:

Stage 1 (17.7 km): from Equihen-Plage to Halinghem

Things to see along the way: Hardelot castle, the Condettes ponds nature reserve and the Escault dunes (ENS) and the Glaisière de Nesles (ENS).

Stage 2 (16.9 km): Verlincthun - Maresville

Alternating between agricultural plateaux and the proximity of watercourses...

Stage 3 (15.9 km): Maresville to Montreuil-sur-Mer

Small rural heritage, canals and streams ...

Stage 4 (20km): from Montreuil-sur-Mer to Beaurainville

The citadel of Montreuil-sur-Mer, the Charterhouse of Neuville-sous-Montreuil, the marshes and the village of Aix-en-Issart...

Stage 5 (16.4 km): Beaurainville to Grigny

The Beaurainville marshes, the Hesdin national forest and near the River Canche…

Stage 6 (13.1 km): from Grigny to Fillièvres

Mills along the canche, the Grigny marsh and small rural heritage...

Stage 7 (28 km): from Fillièvres to Denier

Heritage villages from Conchy-sur-Canche to Boubers-sur-Canche...

Stage 8 (29 km): from Denier to Arras

A small rural heritage, the Gy, the castles of the Campagnes de l'Artois, and Arras, a town steeped in history...

Stage 9 (21, 3 km): from Arras to Boiry-Notre-Dame

The marshes of Feuchy, the Caribou at Monchy-le-Preux ...

Stage 10 (18, 8 km): from Boiry-Notre- Dame to Oisy-le-Verger

the marshes of the Sensée, the megaliths: the Sept Bonnettes ...

A route along the water between ponds, marshes, canals and rivers...

Departure : Oisy-le-Verger
Arrival : Equihen-Plage
Towns crossed : Oisy-le-Verger, Palluel, Écourt-Saint-Quentin, Tortequesne, Sailly-en-Ostrevent, Hamblain-les-Prés, Boiry-Notre-Dame, Monchy-le-Preux, Fampoux, Athies, Saint-Laurent-Blangy, Arras, Achicourt, Sainte-Catherine, Anzin-Saint-Aubin, Duisans, Étrun, Agnez-lès-Duisans, Gouves, Montenescourt, Habarcq, Noyellette, Lattre-Saint-Quentin, Noyelle-Vion, Avesnes-le-Comte, Beaufort-Blavincourt, Manin, Givenchy-le-Noble, Lignereuil, Denier, Berlencourt-le-Cauroy, Estrée-Wamin, Rebreuviette, Rebreuve-sur-Canche, Bouret-sur-Canche, Frévent, Ligny-sur-Canche, Boubers-sur-Canche, Monchel-sur-Canche, Conchy-sur-Canche, Aubrometz, Fillièvres, Galametz, Wail, Vieil-Hesdin, Le Parcq, Grigny, Huby-Saint-Leu, Guisy, Cavron-Saint-Martin, Contes, Beaurainville, Loison-sur-Créquoise, Saint-Den½ux, Aix-en-Issart, Marant, Marles-sur-Canche, Neuville-sous-Montreuil, Montreuil, La Madelaine-sous-Montreuil, Sorrus, La Calotterie, Bréxent-Énocq, Maresville, Longvilliers, Bernieulles, Beussent, Parenty, Lacres, Tingry, Halinghen, Nesles, Verlincthun, Condette, Neufchâtel-Hardelot, Saint-Étienne-au-Mont, and Équihen-Plage