Walking through Brabant estates

Just below Tilburg you can enjoy a lovely walk in the border area with Belgium. This walking route takes you through the quiet forests on the Kempen estates Nieuwkerk and Gorp & Roovert. On the cozy terrace at Natuurpoort De Roovertsche Leij you will experience the typical Burgundian hospitality.

Estate Nieuwkerk
Nieuwkerk is partly in the Netherlands, partly in Belgium. The hamlet owes its name to the border church that was built here in 1652. Catholics from Tilburg could go to this church to practice their faith. The estate was created in the nineteenth century by Baron De Meester de Betzenbroek. His descendants still partly own the estate. Walking through the woods, you occasionally have beautiful views over the meadows.

Robbertsche Leij
After a while you walk onto the Gorp and Roovert estate. The forests become denser and darker here. You walk between beeches and oaks, a little later between conifers. At junction 2 you cross the Roovertsche Leij, the stream that meanders through this nature reserve. At the stone bridge there is a reference to the execution of 5 resistance heroes by the Germans during the Second World War. In Gorp you see a beautiful monumental hunting lodge from 1870.
Would you like to explore these estates and rural Brabant by bike? Then take route 370828.