Around the Long lock – Long Castle loop from Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher

Around the Long lock – Long Castle loop from Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher

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Around the Long lock – Long Castle loop from Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher

02:52

58.4km

390m

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: September 10, 2026

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9.69 km

Around the Long lock

Highlight • Structure

The private property of Long, open to visitors, is located in the heart of the Somme between Abbeville and Amiens. Classified as a historic monument, the building, dating from the first half of the 18th century, features architecture in the Louis XV style, made entirely of pink bricks and white stones.
The Château du Long is shaped like a rectangular central body with a mansard roof, inside which are very beautiful sculptures and paintings by Huet. The site is surrounded by a magnificent park of about twenty hectares, with French-style shrubs, greenhouses and a listed washhouse, an 18th-century dovecote, an orangery and a cooler, a six-hectare pond, outbuildings or a four-hectare wood. Very beautiful statues also mark the alleys that invite you to stroll. (France-Voyage)

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9.90 km

Long Castle

Highlight • Castle

Château de Long is an 18th century castle located in the Somme valley. You can admire the architecture of pink bricks and white stones, the sculpted and painted decorations, the 20-hectare park with greenhouses and a wash house, and the 18th century dovecote. You can also discover the orangery, the ice house, the outbuildings, the 6 hectare pond and the 4 hectare wood. The castle is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Château de Long is a private property which welcomes visitors wishing to discover its history and charm.

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10.7 km

Long Hydroelectric Power Plant

Highlight • Monument

Located on a branch of the Somme, the Long hydropower plant is one of the rare examples in France of small energy production units built before 1914. Classified as a historic monument in 1984.

Open from April 1st to October 31st.

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18.8 km

Château de Flixecourt

Highlight • Castle

It was Jean-Baptiste Saint, patron of jute weaving in the Nièvre valley and director of the Saint-Frères manufactory, who saw the construction of the château in 1880 as proof of his social success. He died in 1880 and his widow Stéphanie Zambaux bought the land and carried out the construction.

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20.6 km

Moulin de Basile

Highlight • Monument

very pretty little mill, accessible and fitted out with projections inside of different animated films on the stone of the mill, evoking the history of the region. very nice !

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