Bois des Pochets

Bois des Pochets is a forest in Braine-le-Château, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Wallonia. Bois des Pochets is situated nearby to the hamlet Bruyère Mathias, as well as near the suburb Les Colir.

Places of Interest

Highlights include K-W Line and Pillory of Braine-le-Château.

K-W Line

Ruins

Photo: WO2, Public domain.

The Koningshooikt–Wavre Line, abbreviated to KW Line and often known as the Dyle Line after the Dijle river, was a 60-kilometre-long fortified line of defence prepared by the Belgian Army between Koningshooikt and Wavre which was intended to protect Brussels from a possible German invasion.

Pillory of Braine-le-Château

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 2.0.

Malakofftoren

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Malakofftoren is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tubize and Ittre.

Tubize

Town

Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tubize is a municipality and city of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. On January 1, 2006 Tubize had a total population of 22,335.

Ittre

Village

Photo: EmDee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ittre is a municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. Since the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977, the municipality is composed of three districts: Haut-Ittre, Ittre and Virginal-Samme.

Halle

Town

Photo: Smiley.toerist, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Halle is a Belgian city and municipality in the Halle-Vilvoorde district of the province of Flemish Brabant. It is located on the Brussels–Charleroi Canal and on the Flemish side of the language border that separates Flanders and Wallonia.

Bois des Pochets

Type: Forest
Location: Braine-le-Château, Arrondissement of Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, Benelux, Europe
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Latitude

50.6841° or 50° 41′ 3″ north

Longitude

4.2565° or 4° 15′ 24″ east

Open location code

9F26M7M4+JJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 168346956

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=forest

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Satellite Map

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