Veleau Valley of the Aa

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41 km
102 m
02h44
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What if agriculture, nature and gentle recreation go hand in hand? In Ravels, a land consolidation redesigned the landscape, creating more space for water and nature. You will discover it on this cycle route along water spots in the Valley of the Aa.

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Statistics

Difficulty level: Easy (47/100)

Length: 41 km

Duration: 02h44


Total ascent: 102 m

Maximal slope: 2.1 %

Average slope: 0.2 %

Net ascent: 0 m

Total descent: 102 m

Roads and subsoil

Paved roads: 34.3 km (84 %)

Cobblestones: 0 m (0 %)

Bike paths: 10.9 km (27 %)

Scenery

Car free roads: 10.8 km (26 %)

Noise pollution

Amount of traffic


Natural area

Urban area

Water rich area

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        Start and end of the route

        Closest address to start and end: Hof ten Bergestraat 2,2B, 2381 Weelde, België

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        Places of interest

        1. Municipal school of Ravels-Eel

          0 · School
          Former municipal school. Circa 1877 construction of the teacher's house with an adjoining …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        2. EEL flood zone

          0 · Landscape element
          The Eel flood zone can collect 11,500m³ of water. The part west of the Hogevoortstraat consists …
          Toerisme Provincie Antwerpen
        3. Mosdijk flood zone

          0 · Landscape element
          The Mosdijk zone is an area of 4.3 hectares with a collection capacity of 16,200 m³ and has …
          Toerisme Provincie Antwerpen
        4. Farm with loose components

          0 · Farm
          Farmhouse with stable house of three + three bays and parallel northeastern barn, ascending to the …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        5. Farm with loose components

          0 · Farm
          Farmhouse with stable house of five + four bays and parallel western longitudinal barn both under …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        6. Farm Kapelhoef

          0 · Farm
          Kapelhoef, see the former Maagdenkapel behind the farm, founded by Mechelen rentier Adolphus De …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        7. Farm with loose components

          0 · Farm
          Farm as a site already appears on the Ferraris map (circa 1775), in its current form ascending to …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        8. Stable house

          0 · House
          Former stable house of five + three bays under renewed gable roof (ridge parallel to the street, …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        9. Farm Pannenhoef

          0 · Heritage
          Hoeve Pannenhoef is a farm near the town of Poppel, which belongs to the Antwerp municipality of …
          Wikipedia
        10. Hunting pavilion 't Kasteeltje

          0 · POI
          Former hunting pavilion, modo summer residence erected on the site of the "Overbroekse Hoef" (see …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        11. Overbroek - Tree planting zone

          0 · Natural area

          This autumn (2022), Natuurpunt will plant a total of more than 65 ha of forest at 25 locations in …

          Jan Meeusen
        12. Farm with loose components

          0 · Farm
          Farm consisting of a stable house of three + four bays under gable roof (ridge perpendicular to …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        13. Pilgrimage Chapel Rovert Chapel

          0 · POI
          Classicist processional chapel or pilgrimage chapel, built in 1736-1738 on the foundations of the …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        14. The smoke

          0 · Farm
          Believe it or not, until about 1850 the important trade route from Antwerp via Hilvarenbeek to …
          Manwan
        15. Gorp

          0 · City
          Gorp is a hamlet in the municipality of Hilvarenbeek, in the south of the Netherlands near its …
          Wikipedia
        16. Estate Gorp en Roovert

          0 · Estate
          The 1,200-hectare estate consists of an alternation of forests, heaths, fens, a stream valley and …
          Natuurmagazine Roots
        17. Rovertsche Leij

          0 · Stream
          Right through the estates flows the winding Rovertsche Leij, according to the 16th century Joannes …
          Natuurmagazine Roots
        18. St. John's Chapel

          0 · POI
          There used to be two border churches on Nieuwkerk. The first, on Steenvoort for the benefit of the …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        19. Nieuwkerk

          0 · Border
          This maligned saint has been guarding the crossroads at the Dutch-Belgian border near Nieuwkerk …
          Historische Routes
        20. Farm with loose components

          0 · Farm
          Farm consisting of a stable house of three + four bays registered in 1929, on the north side a …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        21. Den buiten

          0 · B&B
          tvl
        22. Den Buiten

          0 · B&B
          A bike ride from Aarle to Baarle-Nassau, through the Belgian enclaves, were streets divided by the …
          B&BDenBuiten
        23. Boundary marker

          0 · POI
          Since 1843, border posts have been placed on the border between the Netherlands and Belgium. In …
          Eddy&Rita
        24. Castle in neo-Flemish Renaissance style

          0 · Castle
          Castle designed by P.J. Taeymans, built by Aimé Misonne in 1901, see inscription facing stone, and …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        25. Castle De Schrieken

          0 · Castle
          De Schrieken Castle is a castle west of the town of Poppel, which belongs to the Antwerp …
          Wikipedia
        26. Domain De Schrieken

          0 · POI
          Domain 'De Schrieken' and surroundings is located on the territory of the municipality of Ravels …
          Onroerend Erfgoed Vlaanderen
        27. Presbytery of St. Michael's Parish

          0 · Beguinage
          Presbytery in eclectic style from 1903 to a design by J. Taeymans, see inscription facing stone. …
          Rudy Wuyts
        28. Parish Church of St. Michael

          0 · Church
          Free-standing Gothic church ascending to circa 1525-1529, largely rebuilt in neo-Gothic style …
          Rudy Wuyts
        29. Weelde

          0 · Sub-Municipality
          Weelde is a village in the municipality of Ravels, in the province of Antwerp, Belgium. As of …
          Wikipedia
        30. Chapel dedicated to Our Lady

          0 · Chapel
          On three-sided square located brick chapel with cemented plinth and gable roof (ridge direction …
          Rudy Wuyts

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        Municipal school of Ravels-Eel
        EEL flood zone
        Mosdijk flood zone
        Farm with loose components
        Farm with loose components
        Farm Kapelhoef
        Farm with loose components
        Stable house
        Farm Pannenhoef
        Hunting pavilion 't Kasteeltje
        Overbroek - Tree planting zone
        Farm with loose components
        Pilgrimage Chapel Rovert Chapel
        The smoke
        Gorp
        Estate Gorp en Roovert
        Rovertsche Leij
        St. John's Chapel
        Nieuwkerk
        Farm with loose components
        Den buiten
        Den Buiten
        Boundary marker
        Castle in neo-Flemish Renaissance style
        Castle De Schrieken
        Domain De Schrieken
        Presbytery of St. Michael's Parish
        Parish Church of St. Michael
        Weelde
        Chapel dedicated to Our Lady
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