Around the castle of Beloeil

1. Go to the church of Neufmaison (V). Cross the Ath-Baudour road and head towards Herchies. Follow Rue Colonel Balaince until you turn left into Rue du Long Aulnois just before the Herchies nameplate. You immediately pedal through an agricultural landscape. Ignore a dead end on the left and make a right-angle turn. You cross a slightly hilly landscape and pass in front of the Château-Ferme Marouzet – without the appearance of a castle – and the Bois des Fichaux. Turn with the road on the right, ignore a road on the left and enjoy a 360° panorama. Then you arrive at the crossroads at Jipley Farm or Gipleux Farm. Here you pedal left and follow Rue de Condé. Turn right with this road and leave Rue Royale until you reach the Carreau farm. At the crossroads of the Ferme des Attacks, follow the path of Saint-Ghislain on the right until the crossroads in T. Turn left and walk along the impressive white farm of Agasse (1).
2. At the crossroads with an unpaved country lane and a country chapel from 1759 on the other side, follow Rue du Saint-Moulin on the right. You continue pedaling through an agricultural landscape with beautiful views. Then you arrive at the crossroads with the square farm of the Fief du Gré. Continue straight, pass the beautiful pond and pass the Sirault nameplate. You now drive on a slightly wider concrete road, pass the small Bois du Polonaise and then arrive at the intersection Au Noir Bonnet, with a restaurant of the same name and the Saint-Etienne chapel. Cross the intersection and pedal to Sirault. Ignore a side street on the right and at the fork follow the rue des Déportés on the right. On the T, bike on the left, direction church. Pass the church and at the crossroads, next to the New All, straight. You come on a priority road. Turn right for a moment and then immediately left, direction Villerot. Now follow E. Vandervelde Street. At the first fork, leave the road to Villerot and keep right. It climbs slowly and you don't care about secondary roads. You continue to climb gently for a while and at the intersection with the signposts on a pole, in the middle of the road, you continue to pedal straight, towards Stambruges. You now follow J. Lenoir Street, a slightly wider concrete road. Congo is the name of this place. At the end of rue J. Lenoir, you arrive at a T and follow rue des Planneries on the left until the crossroads. Here you choose on the right, direction Stambruges. Don't worry about side roads and cycle along a wide concrete road through the forest. Leaving the forest, cross the Blaton-Ath canal and cross the Rue de Calvaire. Then take the first street on the right, rue Gélogue Maurice Robert. Turn left with this street. On the right is the Moulin du Rié (18th-19th centuries), an old water mill, although there are few traces on this side. At the end of the street, turn right and follow a road that climbs slowly, which widens at the exit of the village. You pass in front of the sign that indicates the end of the agglomeration of Stambruges and can immediately read that you are in the rue de Beloeil. After 2 km you will arrive at the first real intersection. On the right, you have rue Docteur Roland. Turn left here. Then take the first street on the right, rue de Favarcq, towards Beloeil Centre. On the corner is a white building from 1837. Don't worry about side roads until you can turn left into the Major's Path. Halfway down this road, you have a beautiful view of the castle of Beloeil (2) on the right with the Neptune Group, an impressive marble fountain, in the foreground.
3. Continue cycling along the Orangerie and turn right onto the T. You are now following the Chemin de Garde. Ignore a road on the left, then carefully cross the N526. On the other side follow the rue de Canteleu. Ignore the first street on the left and turn left at the next fork. You enter the open field and take the first road on the right. At the next intersection, take the narrow hilly road on the right. Enjoy the beautiful view. After a stretch of hollow road, just after the agglomeration sign of Huissignies, you arrive at a crossroads with a chapel. Pedal left and continue your way between the meadows, towards the railway. Ignore one road to the right and left, then turn right into the next road (the second after the intersection with the chapel). On the T, turn left and dive under the railway tracks. 500 meters further, next to a farm, take the first street on the right, rue des Frères. Follow it to the end. You are now in Ormeignies and follow Rue Saint-Ursmer on the right. Where this street turns left, you cycle almost straight into the rue des Bailles. Follow this road with beautiful views to the railway. Turn left until you reach the railway bridge. On the left, the road ends in the field, so: right on the bridge, and at the end turn left until the intersection. Follow Rue d'Ath on the right, then turn left onto second street. Now you pedal down Sint-Vincent Street. Turn with this street on the left or if you want on the T on the left then immediately right. At the next fork, keep right and a few hundred meters further, you cross the Blaton-Ath canal via a weighbridge, at lock No. 15. Between Beloeil and Ladeuze, there are five locks at a distance of 3 km. After the bridge, take Rue de la Liberté on the right. Pass in front of the church and at the first fork, turn right onto rue Warpotte, direction Grosage. Pass the slaughterhouse with the adjacent butcher shop. Continue to follow the signs for Grosage. Leave the road to Beloeil on the right and at the Grosage agglomeration sign, you can see on the right the old water mill (3), now without wheel. Follow rue du Puits à Leval, direction Chièvres then turn right into rue Saint-Christophe. At the intersection of the church, you continue straight, direction Neufmaison. You are now 3 km from the starting point. At the Au Bon Coin junction, turn right towards Neufmaison. Next to the paved road is a narrow strip of asphalt that you can use as a bike path. After a kilometre you will arrive at a quiet square with Le Petit Musée du Pain (4) and a barn from 1801. You can see farm equipment and buy baked bread on Tuesdays. Continue to follow the paved road. It turns into asphalt. You pass in front of the cemetery of Neufmaison and arrive at the rue de Stambruges, which you follow on the left until the starting point.