Douchy-les-Mines tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux at 17 km from Douchy-les-Mines

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Visit Douchy-les-Mines: highlights and tourist information

Douchy-les-Mines is situated in the Nord department and Hauts-de-France region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Douchy-les-Mines in Hauts-de-France.

Popular places to visit nearby include Saint-Amand-les-Eaux at 17 km and Le Quesnoy at 18 km.

Douchy-les-Mines, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

at 17 km (direction north-north-east)

Established as a spa centre for more than 2000 years, it is still the...

See Saint-Amand-les-Eaux guide

Le Quesnoy

at 18 km (direction east-south-east)

Le Quesnoy is best known for the promenade around the impressive ramparts that surround...

See Le Quesnoy guide

Cambrai

at 19 km (direction south-west)

Remarkably for the town that was the site of the world's first ever tank...

See Cambrai guide

Douai

at 23 km (direction west-north-west)

Douai has a pleasant old town and one of the most impressive belfries in...

See Douai guide

Forest of Mormal

at 27 km (direction east-south-east)

Mormal forest is the largest forest in the region and has hundreds of kilometres...

See Forest of Mormal guide

Bavay

at 29 km (direction east)

The town of Bavay has an important Roman forum and other Roman ruins...

See Bavay guide

Maroilles

at 32 km (direction east-south-east)

It is the riverside setting and the buildings that remain of the abbey complex...

See Maroilles guide

Arras Carriere Wellington

Monument at 43 km (direction west), in the Pas-de-Calais department

The Carrière Wellington museum in Arras is a series of tunnels that were used...

See Arras Carriere Wellington guide

Lille

at 44 km (direction north-west)

The renaissance of Lille over the last 20 years has transformed an industrial town...

See Lille guide

Arras

at 44 km (direction west), in the Pas-de-Calais department

The belfry and the large number of baroque style houses make the centre of...

See Arras guide

Roubaix

at 46 km (direction north-north-west)

Although its not a major tourist destination, the centre of the large town of...

See Roubaix guide

Solre-le-Chateau

at 52 km (direction east)

Solre-le-Chateau is best known for its church with a sloping spire and the town...

See Solre-le-Chateau guide

Peronne

at 52 km (direction south-west), in the Somme department

The town of Péronne is above all known for its impressive Museum commemorating life...

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Reserve excursions near Douchy-les-Mines

Map of places to visit near Douchy-les-Mines

Markets in and near Douchy-les-Mines

Market days in Douchy-les-Mines: weekly market: Saturday;

• Douchy-les-Mines: market Saturday (0km)
• Denain: market Thursday (3km)
• Escaudain: market Monday (5km)
• Abscon: market Tuesday (7km)
• Fenain: market Saturday (10km)
• Aniche: market Friday (10km)
• Anzin: market Tuesday & Friday (11km)
• Avesnes-les-Aubert: market Thursday & Sunday (12km)
• Beuvrages: market Sunday (13km)
• Bruay-sur-l'Escaut: market Thursday & Sunday (15km)

More information about Douchy-les-Mines, Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Tourist attractions near Douchy-les-Mines, France

What to do at Douchy-les-Mines? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Douchy-les-Mines.

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (18km)
• Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (23km)
• Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) (43km)
• Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (44km)
• Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) (44km)
• Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (45km)
• Beffroi d'Armentières (Belfries of Belgium and France) (56km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (17km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Scarpe-Escaut (15km)
• l'Avesnois (37km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (26km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (44km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le jardin de Sylvie Fontaine (32km)
• Le parc Barbieux (45km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Lille (44km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (15km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Pré des Nonnettes (16km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (25km)
• Réserve naturelle du Jardin écologique du Vieux-Lille (46km)
• Les Prés du Hem (58km)

Towns of Art and history

• Cambrai (19km)
• Arras (44km)
• Roubaix (46km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Mastaing (6km)
• Wattignies (40km)
• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (40km)
• Wasquehal (45km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lille (45km)

Geography and distances

Douchy-les-Mines is in the north-east of France at 44 kilometres from Lille, the department capital (general information: Douchy-les-Mines is 177 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Douchy-les-Mines from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 19 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Avesnes-le-Sec, Bouchain, Denain, Escaudain, Haspres, Haulchin, Haveluy, Hordain, Lieu-Saint-Amand, Lourches, Mastaing, Monchaux-sur-Ecaillon, Neuville-sur-Escaut, Noyelles-sur-Selle, Prouvy, Roeulx, Rouvignies, Thiant and Wavrechain-sous-Denain.

This page in French: Visiter Douchy-les-Mines