Loison-sous-Lens tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Douai at 17 km from Loison-sous-Lens

Visit Loison-sous-Lens: highlights and tourist information

Loison-sous-Lens is situated in the Pas-de-Calais 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 Loison-sous-Lens in Hauts-de-France.

Popular places to visit nearby include Douai at 17 km and Arras Carriere Wellington at 19 km.

Loison-sous-Lens, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Douai

at 17 km (direction east-south-east), in the Nord department

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

See Douai guide

Arras Carriere Wellington

Monument at 19 km (direction south-south-west)

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

See Arras Carriere Wellington guide

Arras

at 19 km (direction south-south-west)

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

See Arras guide

Lille

at 26 km (direction north-east), in the Nord department

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

See Lille guide

Roubaix

at 36 km (direction north-east), in the Nord department

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

See Roubaix guide

Saint-Amand-les-Eaux

at 40 km (direction east), in the Nord department

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

See Saint-Amand-les-Eaux guide

Aire-sur-la-Lys

at 40 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Aire-sur-la-Lys guide

Cambrai

at 40 km (direction south-east), in the Nord department

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

See Cambrai guide

Les Jardins de Sericourt

Garden at 42 km (direction west-south-west)

Beautiful garden to visit in the village of Sericourt....

See Les Jardins de Sericourt guide

Cassel

at 48 km (direction north-west), in the Nord department

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

See Cassel guide

Saint-Omer

at 55 km (direction west-north-west)

The attractive centre of Saint-Omr is one of the best towns to...

See Saint-Omer guide

Esquelbecq

at 59 km (direction north-west), in the Nord department

At Esquelbec you can admire the Flemand style town centre with its...

See Esquelbecq guide

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Map of places to visit near Loison-sous-Lens

Markets in and near Loison-sous-Lens

• Harnes: market Thursday (3km)
• Lens: market Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (3km)
• Avion: market Thursday (4km)
• Billy-Montigny: market Sunday (4km)
• Henin-Beaumont: market Tuesday & Friday (6km)
• Courrieres: market Wednesday (6km)
• Lievin: market Wednesday & Sunday (7km)
• Carvin: market Saturday (9km)
• Grenay: market Tuesday (9km)
• Annoeullin: market Tuesday (11km)

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Tourist attractions near Loison-sous-Lens, France

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

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (17km)
• Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (18km)
• Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (19km)
• Beffroi de Béthune (Belfries of Belgium and France) (19km)
• Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) (22km)
• Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) (26km)
• Beffroi d'Armentières (Belfries of Belgium and France) (28km)
• Beffroi de Bailleul (Belfries of Belgium and France) (34km)
• Beffroi de Comines (Belfries of Belgium and France) (37km)
• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (39km)
• Beffroi d'Aire-sur-la-Lys (Belfries of Belgium and France) (40km)
• Beffroi de Lucheux (Belfries of Belgium and France) (42km)
• Beffroi de Doullens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (49km)

Recommended detour towns (fr: plus beau détour)

• Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (40km)

Regional Natural Parcs

• Scarpe-Escaut (39km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (26km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (49km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le parc Barbieux (34km)
• Parc du château de Sericourt (42km)
• Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (42km)
• La ferme du mont des Récollets (48km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Lille (26km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (15km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (27km)
• Réserve naturelle du Jardin écologique du Vieux-Lille (27km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Pré des Nonnettes (28km)
• Les Prés du Hem (29km)
• Réserve naturelle nationale des étangs du Romelaëre (56km)

Towns of Art and history

• Arras (19km)
• Roubaix (36km)
• Cambrai (40km)
• Saint-Omer (55km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Wattignies (21km)
• Wasquehal (32km)
• Mastaing (35km)
• Tourcoing (38km)
• Boubers-sur-Canche (48km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lille (26km)

Geography and distances

Loison-sous-Lens is in the north of France at 18 kilometres from Arras, the department capital (general information: Loison-sous-Lens is 180 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Loison-sous-Lens from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 20 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Annay, Avion, Benifontaine, Billy-Montigny, Courrieres, Drocourt, Eleu-Dit-Leauwette, Estevelles, Fouquieres-les-Lens, Harnes, Henin-Beaumont, Hulluch, Lens, Loos-en-Gohelle, Mericourt, Montigny-en-Gohelle, Noyelles-sous-Lens, Rouvroy, Sallaumines and Vendin-le-Vieil.

This page in French: Visiter Loison-sous-Lens