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Ronquières Inclined Plane – Counts' Castle loop from Thieu

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Ronquières Inclined Plane – Counts' Castle loop from Thieu

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Ronquières Inclined Plane – Counts' Castle loop from Thieu

03:04

51.7km

290m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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377 m

Canal du Centre Boat Lift No. 4

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The ship lifts on the Centrumkanaal are special constructions that ensure that ships can bridge the required height difference. The ships are lifted by four hydraulic lifts, after which they can sail further.

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3.54 km

Historic Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre

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We must avoid weekends and public holidays at all costs: many walkers, families with strollers and young children, the elderly ... it is difficult to circulate freely on a road bike. And lastly we must take into account the owners of dogs without leash and groups of young people who like to drink ...

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24.4 km

Ronquières Boat Bridge

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The Ronquières Inclined Plane is a boat lift near the Belgian village of Ronquières. It is an inclined plane on the Charleroi-Brussels Canal. It bridges the height difference with the Hainaut Plateau.

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26.4 km

Ronquières Inclined Plane

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Take a moment to visit the church of Saint-Gery nearby.

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26.7 km

RAVeL L106: Ecaussinnes–Ronquières

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very nice trail along an old railway track. well visible and rather clean. Several typical railway structures are visible: stations, bridges and even several meters of tracks.

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32.5 km

Counts' Castle

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can only see it from the outside but it looks super nice and one can only imagine the history

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49.7 km

Strépy‑Thieu Boat Lift

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The Strépy-Thieu lift is a double boat lift located in Belgium, on the Canal du Centre in the Walloon Region in the province of Hainaut.

Started in 1982 and inaugurated in 2002, it allows, thanks to its two independent ferries, the crossing of a height difference of 73.15 meters between the Escaut basin and a dividing reach towards the Meuse basin also including a section of the Brussels-Charleroi Canal, limited by the Ronquières inclined plane (to the north) and the Viesville lock (to the south).

Until September 18, 2016, it was the largest boat lift in the world, the date on which the Three Gorges Dam boat lift was inaugurated. Thanks to its unique ferry, the Chinese elevator now allows 3,000-ton ships to cross the 113-meter drop in 40 minutes, rather than three hours via the existing water staircase.

-- Source: fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascenseur_de_Str%C3%A9py-Thieu

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The Strépy-Thieu boat lift

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This lift is one of the finest technological feats of modern Belgian civil engineering. With its extraordinary dimensions, it allows new generations of boats to overcome a height difference of 73.15 meters, which makes it the largest boat lift in Europe!

Visiting this site is very interesting. On the eighth floor, a gallery leading to a cinema is devoted to the history of shipping.

Find all the information on canalducentre.be/fr/visites/llift-funiculaire-strepy-thieu

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51.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.1 km

15.5 km

5.11 km

544 m

364 m

139 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

40.3 km

10.2 km

869 m

194 m

136 m

Elevation

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Lowest point (50 m)

Weather

Thursday 3 September

23°C

17°C

57 %

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May 12, 2025,🇧🇪 Nach Ronquieres zur Schiefen Ebene (Schrägaufzug) und zu den 4 historischen Schiffshebewerken des Canal du Centre

Today we passed the Strepy-Thieu boat lift and went to Ronquieres to the inclined plane (inclined boat lift). Over a length of 1,435 meters and a gradient of 5%, the boats are raised or lowered 68 meters. We then sailed along the Canal du Centre past the four historic boat lifts. The four boat lifts overcome a total height of …

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Ronquières Inclined Plane – Counts' Castle loop from Thieu

Canal du Centre Boat Lift No. 4

Historic Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre

Ronquières Boat Bridge

Ronquières Inclined Plane

RAVeL L106: Ecaussinnes–Ronquières

Counts' Castle

Strépy‑Thieu Boat Lift

The Strépy-Thieu boat lift

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