Roye tourism and travel guide

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Roye is situated in the Somme department and Picardy region (now part of the Hauts-de-France region), in the north of France at 34 kilometres from Amiens, the department capital (general information: Roye is 99 kilometres from Paris).

Popular places to visit nearby include Noyon at 20 km and Ourscamp abbey at 20 km. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

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Roye, 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 Roye 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 Roye

Markets in and near Roye

Market days in Roye: weekly market: Friday;

• Roye: market Friday (0km)
• Rosieres-en-Santerre: market Tuesday (14km)
• Montdidier: market Thursday (17km)
• Ressons-sur-Matz: market Wednesday (18km)
• Noyon: market Saturday (20km)
• Ham: market Saturday (21km)
• Moreuil: market Tuesday (23km)
• Thourotte: market Thursday (25km)
• Longueil-Annel: market Sunday - seasonal market only (27km)
• Peronne: market Saturday (28km)

More information about Roye, Picardy

Tourist attractions near Roye, France

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

Heritage sites

• Folleville église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km)
• Compiène église Saint-Jacques (monuments on French pilgrim routes) (31km)
• Amiens Cathedral (41km)
• Beffroi d'Amiens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (42km)

National Monuments

• Pierrefonds Chateau (41km)
• Chateau Coucy (43km)

Churches and religious monuments

• Eglise de Saint Martin (Gilocourt) (45km)
• Eglise abbatiale de Notre Dame (Morienval) (45km)
• Abbaye Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Moncel (Pontpoint) (46km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (54km)
• Eglise de Berzy-le-Sec (Berzy-le-sec) (55km)

Remarkable gardens

• Parc du château de Compiègne (32km)
• Le clos Alexandre (42km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Mont Ganelon (27km)
• Forêt de Laigue (29km)
• Forêt de Compiègne (34km)
• Réserve naturelle de l'Étang Saint-Ladre (34km)
• Réserve naturelle des Marais d'Isle (41km)
• Hortillonnages d'Amiens (47km)
• Forêt de Hez-Froidmont (49km)

Towns of Art and history

• Noyon (20km)
• Saint-Quentin (39km)
• Amiens (44km)
• Soissons (52km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Gauchy (37km)
• Guyencourt-Saulcourt (39km)
• Remerangles (46km)

Geography and distances

Getting here

Roye 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 Roye from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 25 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Amy, Andechy, Armancourt, Avricourt, Balatre, Beuvraignes, Carrepuis, Champien, Cremery, Damery, Dancourt-Popincourt, Evricourt, Fresnoy-les-Roye, Goyencourt, Gruny, Laucourt, Marche-Allouarde, Margny-Aux-Cerises, Parvillers-le-Quesnoy, Rethonvillers, Roiglise, Saint-Mard, Tilloloy, Verpillieres and Villers-les-Roye.

This page in French: Visiter Roye