And its abbey church
Straddling the border between Normandy and Picardy, this former Benedictine abbey was founded in 661. The 12th-century abbey church, built entirely of calcareous clay from the Pays de Bray, wonderfully illustrates the transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic style. A replica of the Sainte-Chapelle of Paris constructed by Saint Louis and a perfect example of the High Gothic style, the Sainte-Chapelle de Saint-Germer-de-Fly is situated in an extension of the abbey church.
Custom route
Custom route
12 Beauvais / St-Germer-de-Fly
This stage principally follows an old railway transformed into a greenway, passing through a lovely landscape full of attractions, from the gates of Beauvais to the wet meadows of the Pays de Bray. Departing from the SNCF railway station in Beauvais, the itinerary follows the Thérain River, passing right by the painter André Van Beek remarkable garden and the Saint-Paul amusement park. Laughs and thrills guaranteed! The route then offers a succession of varied bucolic scenery, with ponds and picturesque farms and cottages reminiscent of nearby Normandy.
The Oise and the Normandy tracks converge to a single main track close the the famous abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Fly.
The Oise and the Normandy tracks converge to a single main track close the the famous abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Fly.
5 St-Germer-de-Fly / Forges-les-Eaux
Leaving Saint-Germer-de-Fly, the greenway cross a superb region of hedged farmlands and apple-tree orchards making an exceptional rural landscape. This stage takes you into the Norman section of the historic Pays de Bray region . The track takes you as far as the old thermal town of Forges-les-Eaux and it’s casino.
This stage takes you into the Norman section of the historic Pays de Bray region. It was here on the former Dieppe to Paris railway line that the Avenue Verte London-Paris was born. Furthermore the places through which you pass still have reminders of their railway past with the houses of level crossing keepers, old railway stations now put to new uses, signs and marker posts…
This stage takes you into the Norman section of the historic Pays de Bray region. It was here on the former Dieppe to Paris railway line that the Avenue Verte London-Paris was born. Furthermore the places through which you pass still have reminders of their railway past with the houses of level crossing keepers, old railway stations now put to new uses, signs and marker posts…
4 Gisors / St-Germer-de-Fly
Leaving Gisors, the tiny roads follow the Epte Valley between the wooded hills of Vexin. You will then travel between peat lands, wet meadows and limestone meadows covered with large numbers of orchids in spring.
The Oise and the Normandy tracks converge to a single main track close the the famous abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Fly.
The Oise and the Normandy tracks converge to a single main track close the the famous abbey of Saint-Germer-de-Fly.