Hamel tourism and travel guide

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Visit Hamel: highlights and tourist information

Hamel 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 Hamel in Hauts-de-France.

Popular places to visit nearby include Douai at 10 km and Cambrai at 17 km.

Hamel, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Douai

at 10 km (direction )

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

See Douai guide

Cambrai

at 17 km (direction south-east)

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

See Cambrai guide

Arras Carriere Wellington

Monument at 21 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

Arras

at 22 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

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

at 31 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Saint-Amand-les-Eaux guide

Lille

at 40 km (direction east-north-east)

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

See Lille guide

Peronne

at 40 km (direction south-south-west), in the Somme department

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

See Peronne guide

Le Quesnoy

at 40 km (direction east)

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

See Le Quesnoy guide

Roubaix

at 46 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Roubaix guide

Forest of Mormal

at 48 km (direction east)

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

See Forest of Mormal guide

Saint-Quentin

at 50 km (direction south-south-east), in the Aisne department

In the central square in Saint-Quentin, the 16th century town hall is a remarkable...

See Saint-Quentin guide

Maroilles

at 52 km (direction east)

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

See Maroilles guide

Aire-sur-la-Lys

at 62 km (direction west-north-west), in the Pas-de-Calais department

Now officially listed as a 'recommended detour' town, the highlight in Aire-sur-la-Lys is the...

See Aire-sur-la-Lys guide

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Reserve excursions near Hamel

Map of places to visit near Hamel

Markets in and near Hamel

• Douai: market Wednesday & Saturday (10km)
• Flers-en-Escrebieux: market Friday (13km)
• Aniche: market Friday (14km)
• Auby: market Wednesday (15km)
• Courcelles-les-Lens: market Sunday (16km)
• Cambrai: market Wednesday & Saturday (17km)
• Abscon: market Tuesday (17km)
• Leforest: market Wednesday (17km)
• Henin-Beaumont: market Tuesday & Friday (18km)
• Fenain: market Saturday (19km)

More information about Hamel, Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Tourist attractions near Hamel, France

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

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (10km)
• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (16km)
• Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (21km)
• Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (22km)
• Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) (37km)
• Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) (39km)
• Beffroi de Béthune (Belfries of Belgium and France) (42km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (31km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Scarpe-Escaut (30km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (26km)
• Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (40km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le parc Barbieux (45km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Lille (39km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (13km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (17km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Pré des Nonnettes (20km)
• Réserve naturelle du Jardin écologique du Vieux-Lille (41km)

Towns of Art and history

• Cambrai (17km)
• Arras (22km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Mastaing (17km)
• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (31km)
• Wattignies (34km)
• Wasquehal (43km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lille (40km)

Geography and distances

Hamel is in the north-east of France at 40 kilometres from Lille, the department capital (general information: Hamel is 167 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Hamel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 23 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Arleux, Bellonne, Brunemont, Bugnicourt, Cantin, Dury, Ecourt-Saint-Quentin, Estrees, Etaing, Ferin, Goeulzin, Gouy-sous-Bellonne, Lecluse, Noyelles-sous-Bellonne, Oisy-le-Verger, Palluel, Recourt, Roucourt, Rumaucourt, Sailly-en-Ostrevent, Sauchy-Cauchy, Saudemont and Tortequesne.

This page in French: Visiter Hamel