GR 145 Via Francigena
Calais
GR 145 Via Francigena
Easy
Difficulty3j
Duration253,4km
Distance+3590m
Positive Elevation-3464m
Negative ElevationCrossing
Course typeGR
NetworkTechnicité : 1 - Facile
Risque : 1 -Faible
Effort : 2 - Assez facile
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Description
The Via Francigena, a European itinerary in the footsteps of Cigeric, Archbishop of Canterbury who travelled to Rome in 990, stretches over 1,700 km.
It crosses the Pas-de-Calais over 250 km from Calais to the Somme department.
Along the way, you'll discover Calais, Cap Blanc Nez, Wisques Abbey, the varied landscapes, Notre-Dame de Lorette and Arras, capital of the Artois region...
There are 12 stages:
Stage 1 (20.5km): Calais to Wissant
Leaving Calais, the city of lace, along the Côte d'Opale to reach the slope of the Blanc-Nez towards Escalles notch on the Grand Site des 2 Caps.
Stage 2 (26.5km): from Wissant to Guînes
A view of the Boulonnais mountains as you cross the Landrethun-le-Nord forest and reach the Guînes forest house.
Stage 3 (16km): from Guînes to Licques
Leave Guînes for the Rietz-aux-Anglais forest. Join the chapel and forecourt of Licques Abbey.
Stage 4 (15km): from Licques to Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
Licques, a natural heritage and the Tournehem-sur-la-Hem forest, a remarkable history, before crossing Cahen, Yeuse and Guémy.
Stage 5 (20.5 km): Tournehem-sur-la-Hem to Wisques
The old mill towards Nort-Leulinghem, the city of ‘memoirs of life’, before joining the pilgrimage route.
Stage 6 (17.5km): from Wisques to Delettes
Leave Esquerdes for Wisques, famous for its Notre-Dame abbey. Follow the countryside through the Esquerdes woods to Delettes.
Stage 7 (24km): from Delettes to Amettes
Overlook the Lys valley, the ancient city of Thérouanne, a jewel of biodiversity and the limestone hillsides of Nesles. A brief glimpse of the Château de Liettres
Stage 8 (22.5 km): from Amettes to Bruay-La Bruissière
Gain a better understanding of the history of the Saint Benoît Labre house in Amettes to reach the community of Bruay-La Bruissière, its mining landscapes and slag heaps.
Stage 9 (26.5km): Bruay-La Bruissière to Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
A short visit to the Olhain departmental nature and leisure park, considered to be the green lung of the Pas-De-Calais. Then a forest path leading to the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette cemetery.
Stage 10 (20 km): from Ablain-Saint-Nazaire to Arras
A glimpse of Mont-Saint-Eloi and its abbey, a historic monument dating from 1921, before arriving in the town of Marœuil and the entrance to Arras.
Stage 11 (25.5km): Arras to Bapaume
Discover Arras, its Grand' Place, architecture and embroidered facades. Recall memories of the war in Hamelincourt to reach the village of Sapignies.
Stage 12 (15.5km): from Bapaume to Rocquigny
Cross the south of the Arras region and its plains from Bapaume via Beaulencourt and Villers-au-Flos to reach the Somme département.
It crosses the Pas-de-Calais over 250 km from Calais to the Somme department.
Along the way, you'll discover Calais, Cap Blanc Nez, Wisques Abbey, the varied landscapes, Notre-Dame de Lorette and Arras, capital of the Artois region...
There are 12 stages:
Stage 1 (20.5km): Calais to Wissant
Leaving Calais, the city of lace, along the Côte d'Opale to reach the slope of the Blanc-Nez towards Escalles notch on the Grand Site des 2 Caps.
Stage 2 (26.5km): from Wissant to Guînes
A view of the Boulonnais mountains as you cross the Landrethun-le-Nord forest and reach the Guînes forest house.
Stage 3 (16km): from Guînes to Licques
Leave Guînes for the Rietz-aux-Anglais forest. Join the chapel and forecourt of Licques Abbey.
Stage 4 (15km): from Licques to Tournehem-sur-la-Hem
Licques, a natural heritage and the Tournehem-sur-la-Hem forest, a remarkable history, before crossing Cahen, Yeuse and Guémy.
Stage 5 (20.5 km): Tournehem-sur-la-Hem to Wisques
The old mill towards Nort-Leulinghem, the city of ‘memoirs of life’, before joining the pilgrimage route.
Stage 6 (17.5km): from Wisques to Delettes
Leave Esquerdes for Wisques, famous for its Notre-Dame abbey. Follow the countryside through the Esquerdes woods to Delettes.
Stage 7 (24km): from Delettes to Amettes
Overlook the Lys valley, the ancient city of Thérouanne, a jewel of biodiversity and the limestone hillsides of Nesles. A brief glimpse of the Château de Liettres
Stage 8 (22.5 km): from Amettes to Bruay-La Bruissière
Gain a better understanding of the history of the Saint Benoît Labre house in Amettes to reach the community of Bruay-La Bruissière, its mining landscapes and slag heaps.
Stage 9 (26.5km): Bruay-La Bruissière to Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
A short visit to the Olhain departmental nature and leisure park, considered to be the green lung of the Pas-De-Calais. Then a forest path leading to the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette cemetery.
Stage 10 (20 km): from Ablain-Saint-Nazaire to Arras
A glimpse of Mont-Saint-Eloi and its abbey, a historic monument dating from 1921, before arriving in the town of Marœuil and the entrance to Arras.
Stage 11 (25.5km): Arras to Bapaume
Discover Arras, its Grand' Place, architecture and embroidered facades. Recall memories of the war in Hamelincourt to reach the village of Sapignies.
Stage 12 (15.5km): from Bapaume to Rocquigny
Cross the south of the Arras region and its plains from Bapaume via Beaulencourt and Villers-au-Flos to reach the Somme département.
- Departure : Calais - port car ferry terminal
- Arrival : Rocquigny
- Towns crossed : Calais, Sangatte, Escalles, Wissant, Audembert, Saint-Inglevert, Leubringhen, Landrethun-le-Nord, Caffiers, Guînes, Fiennes, Hermelinghen, Alembon, Sanghen, Licques, Clerques, Landrethun-lès-Ardres, Louches, Tournehem-sur-la-Hem, Nordausques, Nort-Leulinghem, Mentque-Nortbécourt, Éperlecques, Houlle, Moringhem, Zudausques, Leulinghem, Wisques, Esquerdes, Wavrans-sur-l'Aa, Remilly-Wirquin, Pihem, Cléty, Dohem, Delettes, Coyecques, Thérouanne, Mametz, Enquin-lez-Guinegatte, Blessy, Liettres, Estrée-Blanche, Ligny-lès-Aire, Auchy-au-Bois, Amettes, Ames, Ferfay, Auchel, Burbure, Lillers, Allouagne, Lozinghem, Marles-les-Mines, Calonne-Ricouart, Bruay-la-Buissière, Divion, Houdain, Rebreuve-Ranchicourt, Maisnil-lès-Ruitz, Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen, Estrée-Cauchy, Servins, Gouy-Servins, Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, Souchez, Carency, Mont-Saint-Éloi, Mar½uil, Duisans, Arras, Anzin-Saint-Aubin, Sainte-Catherine, Achicourt, Beaurains, Mercatel, Boisleux-Saint-Marc, Boisleux-au-Mont, Boyelles, Hamelincourt, Courcelles-le-Comte, Gomiécourt, Bihucourt, Béhagnies, Sapignies, Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume, Avesnes-lès-Bapaume, Bapaume, Ligny-Thilloy, Beaulencourt, Riencourt-lès-Bapaume, Bancourt, Villers-au-Flos, Barastre, and Rocquigny
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Recommandations
The sections of the routes not included in the Plan Départemental des Itinéraires de Promenade et de Randonnée (PDIPR) of the Pas-de-Calais department are shown for information only.
Information desks
Office de Tourisme d'Arras
Hôtel de Ville - Place des Héros, 62000.0 ARRAS
Office de Tourisme de la Terre des 2 Caps
Place de la Mairie, 62179 WISSANT
Office de Tourisme du Pays d'Opale - Antenne de Guines
14 Rue Clémenceau, 62340.0 GUINES
Office de Tourisme du Sud-Artois
10 Place Faidherbe, 62450.0 BAPAUME
Office de Tourisme du Ternois
Hôtel de Ville, 62130.0 SAINT-POL-SUR-TERNOISE
Office de Tourisme Intercommunal de Calais Côte d'Opale
12 Boulevard Clémenceau, 62100.0 CALAIS
Ferme d’Haringzelle, 62179 AUDINGHEN
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VIELLE EGLISE D'ABLAIN-SAINT-NAZAIRE
Fleuron du style gothique flamboyant, l’église d’Ablain-Saint-Nazaire a symboliquement été laissée à l’état de ruines suite à sa destruction lors de la Première Guerre mondiale, comme témoin des terribles combats. Elle est classée au titre des Monuments Historiques depuis 1918.