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The Sept Fontaines Nature Reserve

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The Sept Fontaines Nature Reserve

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The Sept Fontaines Nature Reserve

Name: The Sept Fontaines Nature Reserve
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Location: Hannut, Waremme, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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1. Grand-Hallet Church – Nice hiking trail loop from Grand-Hallet

7.99km

02:06

70m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Narrow Country Path – Beautiful hiking trail loop from Petit-Hallet

14.7km

03:52

130m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Nice hiking trail – Grand-Hallet Church loop from Avernas-le-Bauduin

5.04km

01:19

40m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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July 1, 2025

This marshy area of 21 hectares was already inhabited in prehistoric times and buildings were built in Roman times.

Today there is a water pumping station and watercress beds are still in use.

The area includes part of the valley of the Henri-Fontaine stream with flora that can no longer be found in the rest of the area. Damp meadows, dense reed land and tall perennial herbaceous plants of 1.5 to 2 meters high, located in alluvial zones on non-acidic and fairly moist soil with pieces of forest with trees that do well on wet soils, such as alders: these are remnants of the typical wet valleys that you often saw before agriculture became increasingly intensive.

You cannot enter the nature reserve itself but you can see it quite well and at a certain point (if you follow the path next to it) you come to a beautiful piece of alluvial forest with the stream.

Be sure to also walk to the Moulin Dardenne, which is located on the edge of the area on another road and location with the nature reserve behind it and streams that come out of the nature reserve.

This is also the start of the path along the nature reserve. On the other side you will also find a start of the path - with information board - at a junction with the Rue du Condroz in Grand-Hallet. You will find it just before the bend behind which the Dardenne watermill is located. Turn left, it rises a little and then you are on the path.

More on hannut.be/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/brochure-7-fontaines-nl.pdf where you will find a full description of a 'seven-sources walk' that of course runs along the nature reserve and many sights around it.

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July 2, 2025

The Henri Fontaine stream rises between Cras-Avernas and Bertrée, then irrigates several villages in the commune of Hannut before crossing the reserve at Grand-Hallet. Its source has long been linked to watercress cultivation, which requires good quality water.

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Nathalie V. 🇧🇪

March 3, 2025

The Sept Fontaines nature reserve extends in Hannut on a part of the valley where the Henri-Fontaine flows, where many vegetation elements have disappeared, also on other territories municipalities. Stagnant water, a gently sloping river, dry reed beds, ruderal scrub, alluvial alder-ash forests, alluvial meadows... all bear witness to what could be observed less than a century ago in most valley bottoms, before the significant intensification of land use. The site is part of the main ecological structure of Hannut, as a core area.

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Elevation 110 m

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Location: Hannut, Waremme, Liège, Wallonie, Wallonia, Belgium

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The Sept Fontaines Nature Reserve

1. Grand-Hallet Church – Nice hiking trail loop from Grand-Hallet

2. Narrow Country Path – Beautiful hiking trail loop from Petit-Hallet

3. Nice hiking trail – Grand-Hallet Church loop from Avernas-le-Bauduin

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