Wavrewoud walk: Hondsbossen and Gasthuisbossen

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7.37 km
26 m
01h28
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Waverwoud: winter walk Natuurpunt Keerbergen January 2018. The Wavre Forest was mentioned a thousand years ago. Recently, some forests were connected by hiking trails so that something of the vastness comes back and you can walk here for a whole day!
This 7 km walk is the first part of that: there is walking in the Hondsbossen and the Gasthuisbossen.

Departure at the market of Sint-Katelijne-Waver, direction Hondsbossen, in the opposite direction walk around the Hondsbossen. Some beautiful old oaks, a large strip of American currant trees. Via the newly constructed corridor you can walk to the Gasthuis forests. There also in a counterclockwise way walk around the Gasthuis forests. Here many pines: Scots and Corsican pines. Back via the connecting corridor to the Hondsbossen to the Schans van Bosbeek. This Schans is a remnant of the defensive belt around Antwerp that served in WW1, a protected monument, but cannot be visited because it is private. Then you will be back at the starting point in no time.

In addition to the Hondsbossen and the Gasthuisbossen, you can also visit the Brede Zeyp, the fortress of Koningshooikt and the Vossenbergbos with the following route https://www.routeyou.com/nl-be/route/view/5003871/recreatieve-wandelroute/waverwoudwandeling

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Difficulty level: Medium (53/100)

Length: 7.37 km

Duration: 01h28


Total ascent: 26 m

Maximal slope: 0.9 %

Average slope: 0.4 %

Net ascent: 0 m

Total descent: 26 m

Difficulty level according to the author: 2/10

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Paved roads: 1.52 km (21 %)

Cobblestones: 0 m (0 %)

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Car free roads: 4.09 km (56 %)

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        Closest address to start and end: Markt, 2860 Sint-Katelijne-Waver, België

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        1. Burgher's House

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        2. Burgher's House

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          Detached single house of three bays and two storeys under half mansard roof (ridge parallel to the …
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        3. Burgher's House

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        4. Municipal School

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        5. Burgher's House

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          Originally a double house, now two houses, with a total of five bays and two storeys under a gable …
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        6. War Memorial Sint-Katelijne-Waver

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          Blue stone memorial stone in front of the church of Sainte-Catherine, with relief of a soldier at …
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        7. Saint Catherine

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          The place of worship "Sint-Catharina" is located in Sint-Katelijne-Waver.

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        8. Brewer's house

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          In the centre, a detached double house of five bays and one storey under a mansard roof (ridge …
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        9. Neoclassical bourgeois house

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          Double house of three bays and two storeys under hipped roof (ridge parallel to the street, …
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        10. Elongated farmhouse

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        11. Hoeve De Schrans

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        12. Village house

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          Characteristic small village house of three bays and one storey under tiled gable roof (ridge …
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        13. Elongated farmhouse

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          At the back is a farmhouse of eight bays and one storey under a gable roof (ridge parallel to the …
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        14. Flood zone Dorpsbeek

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          The residential area De Haes already experienced some floods before September 1998 as a result of …

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        15. Long-stretched farmhouse

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        16. Long-stretched farmhouse

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          Vacant farmhouse of nine bays and one storey under cantilevered tiled gable roof (ridge …
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        17. Redoubt of Bosbeek

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          The abandoned Bosbeek redoubt is part of the Main Resistance Position of the Fortress of Antwerp. …
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        18. Chapel of Our Lady of Lourdes

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        19. Schoolmuseum 't Klasje van Toen

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        20. Saint-Elisabeth retirement home

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          Rest home with gable stone from 1894, according to the literature the castle Fruytenborg was …
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        21. Two bourgeois houses and joinery

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          Two single houses and adjoining joinery (see inscription) of two storeys + basement under flat …
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        22. Presbytery Saint Catherine Parish

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          Current presbytery of four bays and two storeys + mezzanino under slate hipped roof (ridge …
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        23. Sint-Katelijne-Waver

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          Sint-Katelijne-Waver is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The …
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        24. Burgher's House Rozenhof

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        25. Guildhall of St. Sebastian's Guild

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        26. Redoubt Dorpveld

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          Veldschans of the outer fortification belt around Antwerp, the so-called Main Weather Stand with …
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