Velennes travel guide
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Visit Velennes: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Velennes is situated in the Oise department (Picardy region) in the north of France at 9 km from Beauvais, the department capital. (General information: Velennes is 70 km from Paris and 166 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Beauvais at 8 km from Velennes
Popular places to visit near Velennes: these include Beauvais at 8 km and Gerberoy at 25 km.
Remerangles is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 8km and Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) is a listed 'religious monument' at 9km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Velennes, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Velennes
See France This Way travel guides for Oise and Picardy (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Velennes.
Note that all distances from Velennes shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Velennes holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Velennes (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 Picardy and Oise 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 Velennes and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin et parc du château de Chantilly (37km) : Potager des Princes (37km) : Parc de l'abbaye de Royaumont (39km) : Parc du château de Valgenceuse (43km) : Parc du château de Digeon (43km) : Parc du château de Compiègne (46km) : Le clos Alexandre (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Gerberoy (25km) :
- Religious monuments: Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (9km) : Abbaye Saint Germer de Fly (Saint-Germer-de-Fly) (29km) : Abbatiale Saint Nicolas (Saint-Leu-d'Esserent) (33km) : Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure et Eglise de Saint Pierre (Precy-sur-Oise) (33km) : Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais de Gisors (Gisors) (36km) : Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel (Pontpoint) (38km) : Cathédrale Notre Dame (Senlis) (41km) : Abbaye Cistercienne de Royaumont (Asnieres-sur-Oise) (43km) : Abbaye Notre-Dame du Val (Meriel) (44km) : Eglise de Saint Denis (Mery-sur-Oise) (45km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Remerangles (8km) : Beauvais (9km) : Mureaumont (34km) :
- Heritage Sites: Amiens Cathedral (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Chantilly (37km) : Pontoise (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: L'Isle-Adam (40km) : Forges-les-Eaux (49km) :
Map of places to visit near Velennes & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Velennes
Canton: Nivillers
Arrondissement: Beauvais
Department: Oise
Region: Picardy
Postcode: 60510
Distance to Velennes
from Beauvais: 9 km
from Paris: 70 km
from Calais: 166 km
from Nice: 750 km
from Bordeaux: 556 km
from Strasbourg: 417 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Velennes): Abbeville-Saint-Lucien, Bonlier, Fontaine-Saint-Lucien, Fouquerolles, Guignecourt, Haudivillers, Lafraye, Le Fay-Saint-Quentin, Maisoncelle-Saint-Pierre, Nivillers, Oroer, Reuil-sur-Breche, Therdonne and Tille.
Getting here
For driving distances to Velennes from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Velennes