Erches tourism and travel guide

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Erches is situated in the Somme department and Picardy region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north of France at 26 kilometres from Amiens, the department capital (general information: Erches is 99 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Ourscamp abbey at 28 km and Noyon at 28 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Erches, France: places to visit and attractions

Some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Erches in Hauts-de-France.

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

... or see ALL recommended places to visit in Somme

Map of places to visit near Erches

Markets in and near Erches

• Roye: market Friday (9km)
• Rosieres-en-Santerre: market Tuesday (10km)
• Montdidier: market Thursday (11km)
• Moreuil: market Tuesday (14km)
• Ressons-sur-Matz: market Wednesday (21km)
• Corbie: market Friday (23km)
• Noyon: market Saturday (29km)
• Ham: market Saturday (29km)
• Peronne: market Saturday (30km)
• Saint-Just-en-Chaussee: market Tuesday (30km)

More information about Erches, Picardy

Tourist attractions near Erches, France

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

Heritage sites

• Folleville église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (23km)
• Amiens Cathedral (33km)
• Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (33km)
• Compiène église Saint-Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (36km)

National Monuments

• Pierrefonds Chateau (47km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale Saint Pierre (Beauvais) (53km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (58km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le clos Alexandre (33km)
• Parc du château de Compiègne (36km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle de l'Étang Saint-Ladre (26km)
• Mont Ganelon (32km)
• Forêt de Laigue (35km)
• Forêt de Compiègne (39km)
• Hortillonnages d'Amiens (40km)
• Forêt de Hez-Froidmont (46km)
• Plan d'eau du Canada (53km)

Towns of Art and history

• Noyon (28km)
• Amiens (36km)
• Saint-Quentin (46km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Remerangles (41km)
• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (42km)
• Gauchy (44km)
• Beauvais (53km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Erches is in the north of France. Most visitors take a a cross-channel ferry to a nearby port such as Dieppe or Boulogne or the channel tunnel to Calais. For driving distances to Erches from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 20 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Andechy, Armancourt, Arvillers, Beaufort-en-Santerre, Becquigny, Bouchoir, Damery, Davenescourt, Fignieres, Folies, Fouquescourt, Guerbigny, Hangest-en-Santerre, Le Quesnel, Lignieres, Marquivillers, Parvillers-le-Quesnoy, Rouvroy-en-Santerre, Villers-les-Roye and Warsy.

This page in French: Visiter Erches