Why this ride
A 125 km round trip from Amiens - roughly 2 h 28 in the saddle. The stops in between: Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de, Beffroi de Saint-Riquier and back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Amiens Cathedral and Beffroi de Saint-Riquier
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 125 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 28
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Amiens Cathedral → Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 39 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 30 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Amiens Cathedral
Amiens Cathedral is huge. Built mostly in the thirteenth century, Notre-Dame d'Amiens is the largest Gothic cathedral in France by interior volume, with a nave rising over forty metres, and its west front is covered with hundreds of carved figures, saints, prophets and kings, which were once brightly painted. In summer, a light show projects the original colours onto the facade at night, bringing back the medieval look. The cathedral is a World Heritage Site, and its interior, with its soaring columns and stained glass, is a masterpiece of Gothic architecture.
Read the complete Amiens Cathedral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Amiens Cathedral is where the day begins. Next is Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de.
2. Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de
On 26 March 1918, with the German spring offensive smashing through the British lines and threatening to split the Allied armies apart, French and British leaders met in the town hall of Doullens, a small town on the river Authie, north of Amiens. In a room on the first floor, they agreed to give the French general Ferdinand Foch the coordination of all Allied forces on the Western Front, a decision that many historians see as a turning point of the war. The room, now known as the Salle du Commandement Unique, can still be visited, with a stained glass window commemorating the meeting. The belfry of the old town hall, a solid tower from the late Middle Ages, is part of the UNESCO group of belfries of Belgium and France.
Read the complete Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de comes up about 30 km into the recorded legs. Next is Beffroi de Saint-Riquier.
3. Beffroi de Saint-Riquier
Saint-Riquier is a small village in the Somme, a few kilometres from Abbeville, and it punches far above its weight. In the early Middle Ages it was the site of Centula, one of the most important monasteries of the Carolingian empire, ruled by Angilbert, a courtier and son-in-law of Charlemagne, who made it a centre of learning and prayer with hundreds of monks. The great abbey church you see today is later, a Gothic building with a richly carved facade, but the scale of the place still reflects that history. The belfry, a solid square tower in the village, was a symbol of the townspeople's rights and is one of the belfries listed by UNESCO in Belgium and France.
Read the complete Beffroi de Saint-Riquier write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 62 km into the recorded legs you reach Beffroi de Saint-Riquier. Next is back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de.
4. back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de, late in the day. Next is Amiens Cathedral.
5. Amiens Cathedral
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Amiens Cathedral write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Amiens Cathedral. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Amiens Cathedral to Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de
Amiens Cathedral → Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de to Beffroi de Saint-Riquier
Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de → Beffroi de Saint-Riquier is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Beffroi de Saint-Riquier to back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de
Beffroi de Saint-Riquier → back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de to Amiens Cathedral
back through Beffroi de l’ancienne maison communale de → Amiens Cathedral is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.