Hamel tourism and travel guide
Visit Hamel: highlights and tourist information
To Visit AttractionsHamel is situated in the Nord department and Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north-east of France at 40 kilometres from Lille, the department capital (general information: Hamel is 167 kilometres from Paris).
Popular places to visit nearby include Douai at 10 km and Cambrai at 17 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Hamel, 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 Hamel 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 Nord
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
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
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
Geographical Information
Commune: Hamel
Canton: Arleux
Arrondissement: Douai
Department: Nord
Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
New region: Hauts-de-France
Postcode: 59151
Distance to Hamel
from Lille (prefecture): 40 km
from Paris: 167 km
from Calais: 114 km
from Nice: 797 km
from Bordeaux: 664 km
from Strasbourg: 387 km
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
