Houtkerque travel guide
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Visit Houtkerque: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Houtkerque is situated in the Nord department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north-east of France at 43 km from Lille, the department capital. (General information: Houtkerque is 225 km from Paris and 52 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Omer at 27 km from Houtkerque
Popular places to visit near Houtkerque: these include Saint-Omer at 27 km and Aire-sur-la-Lys at 30 km.
La ferme du mont des Récollets is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 11km and Bergues is a listed 'recommended detour' at 15km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Houtkerque, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Houtkerque
See France This Way travel guides for and Nord-Pas-de-Calais (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Houtkerque.
Note that all distances from Houtkerque shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Houtkerque holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Houtkerque (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Nord gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Houtkerque and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': La ferme du mont des Récollets (11km) : Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (39km) : Le parc Barbieux (46km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (42km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Grande-Synthe (25km) : Loon-Plage (29km) : Tourcoing (43km) : Wasquehal (44km) : Roubaix (46km) : Wattignies (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Omer (27km) : Lille (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Bergues (15km) : Gravelines (35km) :
Map of places to visit near Houtkerque & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Houtkerque
Canton: Steenvoorde
Arrondissement: Dunkerque
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Postcode: 59470
Distance to Houtkerque
from Lille: 43 km
from Paris: 225 km
from Calais: 52 km
from Nice: 872 km
from Bordeaux: 712 km
from Strasbourg: 450 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 5 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Houtkerque): Bambecque, Herzeele, Oost-Cappel, Oudezeele and Winnezeele.
Getting here
For driving distances to Houtkerque from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Houtkerque