At Tergnier, when you make a U-turn before the lock, take the pavement (respecting pedestrians) and join the driveway on the left, just after the bridge.

From Ribemont

bus : Saint-Quentin

From La Fère

• TER   Amiens, Noyon, Lille, Laon, Reims

Tergnier :

• cité cheminote
• museum of the Resistance and Deportation of Picardy
• place Carnegie   : radio-concrete square built after the First World War.
• Frette nautical base, a vast 32-hectare lake –

Chauny :

• market hall, station, town hall

Manicamp gave its name to a “maroilles” style cheese.

Proximity :

• Saint-Gobain
  • glass and mirror factory created in 1665 by Colbert, now closed, of which only the portal remains visible

• Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique
  
  • ruins of a 13th-century fortified castle on a spur overlooking the town.

From Ribemont :

bus : Saint-Quentin

From La Fère :

• TER Amiens, Noyon, Lille Laon, Reims

Sissy :

• art deco church (1930)
• ruins of the chapel of the Dormants (13th-16th centuries)

Alaincourt :

• museum “La maison de Marie-Jeanne” exhibits objects from daily life between 1875 and 1950
• 13th-century church

Proximity :

• Saint-Quentin :
  • Musée des Beaux-Arts Antoine Lescuyer
  • musée des Papillons
  • village des métiers d’antan and Motobécane museum
  • Isle-Saint-Quentin marsh nature reserve (400 ha)

• Vendeuil
  • Gothic-style church, bell tower with 2 roosters

• Achery :
  • remains of Hindenburg Line blockhouses (1916/1917)

• La Fère :
  
  • musée Jeanne d’Aboville , Flemish and Dutch paintings
  • statue of the artilleryman formerly on the Alma bridge in Paris

The official route, which is signposted, makes a diversion via Vadencourt. CycloTransEurope also offers a more direct alternative route.

Trains from Saint-Quentin (15 km)

• Compiègne, Maubeuge
• TER  Amiens, Tergnier, Noyon, Lille

Bus :

• From Origny-Sainte-Benoîte : Saint-Quentin, Hirson
• From Ribemont : Saint-Quentin

Markets:

• Guise, saturday morning
• Ribemont, Wednesday morning

Macquigny:

• church built in the 12th century, fortified in the 16th century with a brick donjon bell tower

Origny-sainte-Benoîte:

• terminus of the Chemin de fer touristique du Vermandois  www.cftv.fr

Ribemont:

• Condorcet’s 17th-century birthplace and museum
• Saint-Germain chapel, an 18th-century building with remarkable furnishings
• Benedictine abbey of Saint-Nicolas-des-Prés-sous-Ribemont, founded in 1083 and rebuilt in 1663

The official route, which is signposted, takes a detour via Vadencourt. CycloTransEurope also offers a more direct alternative route.

Trains from Saint-Quentin (15 km)

• Intercity trains Compiègne, Maubeuge
• TER Amiens, Tergnier, Noyon, Lille

Cars :

• from Origny-Sainte-Benoîte: Saint-Quentin, Hirson
• from Ribemont: Saint-Quentin

Markets:

• Guise, Saturday morning
• Ribemont, Wednesday morning

Macquigny :

• church built in the 12th century, fortified in the 16th century with a brick keep bell tower

Origny-Sainte-Benoîte :

• Terminus of the Vermandois Tourist Railway

Ribemont :

• Condorcet’s 17th-century birthplace and museum
• Saint-Germain Chapel, an 18th-century building housing remarkable furnishings
• Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Nicolas-des-Prés-sous-Ribemont, founded in 1083 and rebuilt in 1663
• Lucy Mill: the last 19th-century mill in the valley that was not destroyed during the wars

Approaching Noyon, signposting for the Trans’Oise has been put in place to reach the town. At Noyon, cross the canal by the footbridge. At the next bridge, turn right onto the D 165. In the woods, at the crossroads, go straight on to the abbaye. Continue right to the station, turn left onto a small road to Pimprez.

From Noyon

• TER : Saint-Quentin, Compiègne, Creil, Paris

Quierzy :.

• 16th-century castle
• conservatory of medicinal plants from the High Middle Ages

Noyon :

• Cathedral (12th century)
• quartier canonial
• town hall
• Musée Jean Calvin

Chiry-Ourscamp :

• former Cistercian abbey (13th-century chapel)
• ruins of Mennechet castle

Proximity :

• Blérancourt
  • 17th century castle restored after World War 1
  • Museum of Franco-American Cooperation
  • jardin du nouveau monde

Quierzy : La Pâturelle farm, tasting of an extinct cheese, le Manicamp

Pont-l’Evêque : Le Confluent, restaurant