Lauwin-Planque tourism and travel guide

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Visit Lauwin-Planque: highlights and tourist information

Lauwin-Planque 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 Lauwin-Planque in Hauts-de-France.

Popular places to visit nearby include Douai at 3 km and Arras Carriere Wellington at 22 km.

Lauwin-Planque, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Douai

at 3 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Douai guide

Arras Carriere Wellington

Monument at 22 km (direction west-south-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 23 km (direction west-south-west), in the Pas-de-Calais department

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

See Arras guide

Lille

at 28 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Lille guide

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

at 28 km (direction east)

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

See Saint-Amand-les-Eaux guide

Cambrai

at 29 km (direction south-east)

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

See Cambrai guide

Roubaix

at 35 km (direction north-north-east)

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

See Roubaix guide

Le Quesnoy

at 45 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Le Quesnoy guide

Forest of Mormal

at 53 km (direction east-south-east)

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

See Forest of Mormal guide

Aire-sur-la-Lys

at 54 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

Cassel

at 60 km (direction north-west)

The town of Cassel is built on the highest hill in the Flanders region...

See Cassel guide

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Reserve excursions near Lauwin-Planque

Map of places to visit near Lauwin-Planque

Markets in and near Lauwin-Planque

• Flers-en-Escrebieux: market Friday (1km)
• Auby: market Wednesday (3km)
• Douai: market Wednesday & Saturday (4km)
• Courcelles-les-Lens: market Sunday (4km)
• Leforest: market Wednesday (5km)
• Henin-Beaumont: market Tuesday & Friday (8km)
• Billy-Montigny: market Sunday (10km)
• Libercourt: market Thursday (10km)
• Courrieres: market Wednesday (10km)
• Harnes: market Thursday (12km)

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Tourist attractions near Lauwin-Planque, France

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

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (4km)
• Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (22km)
• Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (24km)
• Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) (25km)
• Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) (27km)
• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (27km)
• Beffroi de Béthune (Belfries of Belgium and France) (33km)
• Beffroi d'Armentières (Belfries of Belgium and France) (35km)
• Beffroi de Comines (Belfries of Belgium and France) (41km)
• Beffroi de Bailleul (Belfries of Belgium and France) (44km)
• Beffroi de Lucheux (Belfries of Belgium and France) (50km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (28km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Scarpe-Escaut (27km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (28km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (38km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le parc Barbieux (33km)
• Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (44km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Lille (27km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (2km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (14km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Pré des Nonnettes (15km)
• Réserve naturelle du Jardin écologique du Vieux-Lille (29km)
• Les Prés du Hem (36km)

Towns of Art and history

• Arras (23km)
• Cambrai (29km)
• Roubaix (35km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Mastaing (21km)
• Wattignies (22km)
• Wasquehal (32km)
• Tourcoing (38km)
• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (44km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lille (28km)

Geography and distances

Lauwin-Planque is in the north-east of France at 28 kilometres from Lille, the department capital (general information: Lauwin-Planque is 178 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Lauwin-Planque from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 19 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Auby, Brebieres, Courcelles-les-Lens, Courchelettes, Cuincy, Dechy, Douai, Dourges, Esquerchin, Evin-Malmaison, Flers-en-Escrebieux, Lambres-Lez-Douai, Leforest, Noyelles-Godault, Quiery-la-Motte, Raimbeaucourt, Roost-Warendin, Sin-le-Noble and Waziers.

This page in French: Visiter Lauwin-Planque