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Haut Pichot Climb – Hardelot Castle loop from Desvres

Haut Pichot Climb – Hardelot Castle loop from Desvres

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Haut Pichot Climb – Hardelot Castle loop from Desvres

02:32

55.0km

550m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 18, 2026

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After 8.96 km for 64 m

After 34.2 km for 526 m

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Parking

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7.45 km

Wierre-au-Bois

Highlight • Settlement

This village is a place of pilgrimage for St. Gangulphus and keeps alive the memory of the work of Sainte-Beuve. His parents are buried here. There is also a seventeenth century castle and a medieval castle.

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8.76 km

Grand'Place Samer

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This market town is famous for its strawberries, which have been cultivated for over a century. There is also an annual Strawberry Festival celebrated throughout the region. The Grand'Place, the rectangular village square, is lined with old houses, mainly from the 18th century. Samer owes its name to H. Wulmaars, a monk who founded a Benedictine abbey here in the 7th century.

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15.7 km

Haut Pichot Climb

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

1.8 km long from Verlincthun with an average gradient of 6.6% and a passage of 14%.
The Haut Pichot is a true justice of the peace.
Well known by cyclists in the region

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16.6 km

Viewpoint

30.2 km

Hardelot-Plage

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At the start of the 1900s, Hardelot was still just a huge warren, mainly attracting hunters.
In 1905, an English patron, Sir John Whitley, already owner of the Château d'Hardelot and promoter of Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, wanted to make Hardelot the new fashionable seaside resort and social center for sports. He buys 400 hectares of land and creates "the company of Hardelot".
In 1911, the illustrious aviator Louis Blériot had a villa built on the dyke. He designed and marketed the first French aeroplage, the ancestor of the sand yacht, which would attract a large number of enthusiasts to the resort's beach.
The interwar period marked the peak of Hardelot, which rivaled Le Touquet Paris-Plage and attracted personalities from all over Europe. Many villas are built, where the big names in champagne, textiles and French gastronomy reside. But disfigured by the numerous destruction of the 2nd World War, the station must then be rebuilt. It has become a classic seaside resort lining up modern buildings on its seafront.
Note that here is judged the arrival of the Lille-Hardelot hiking-cycling race which takes place in May.

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34.2 km

Lake of Mirrors (Spiegelsee) – Condette Marsh

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The pretty Lac des Miroirs (Spiegelsee) is picturesquely situated in the Marais de Condette nature reserve.

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34.6 km

Hardelot Castle

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This neo-Gothic mansion is located in front of the lake of mirrors. It was built in the 19th century by Sir John Hare, who drew inspiration from Windsor Castle but retained the remains of the 13th century fortification. In 2009 it was restored by the department, furnished and decorated in Victorian and Napoleon III style. Today, visitors are told about the history of the castle and what the Franco-English "accord cordial" is, as well as in a more general way the particular relations between these two countries.

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46.5 km

Samer and the Saint-Martin Church

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The 15th century church, a remnant of the abbey, has an octagonal bell tower and an 11th century Romanesque baptismal font. The structure is remarkable for the buildings that are built against the church, not unusual in the Middle Ages.

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55.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

42.8 km

7.57 km

3.23 km

932 m

446 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

51.9 km

2.19 km

438 m

241 m

225 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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Thursday 9 July

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Haut Pichot Climb – Hardelot Castle loop from Desvres

Wierre-au-Bois

Grand'Place Samer

Haut Pichot Climb

Hardelot-Plage

Lake of Mirrors (Spiegelsee) – Condette Marsh

Hardelot Castle

Samer and the Saint-Martin Church

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