Vendin-le-Vieil tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Douai at 19 km from Vendin-le-Vieil

Visit Vendin-le-Vieil: highlights and tourist information

Vendin-le-Vieil 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 Vendin-le-Vieil in Hauts-de-France.

Popular places to visit nearby include Douai at 19 km and Arras Carriere Wellington at 22 km.

Vendin-le-Vieil, France: places to visit and attractions

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

Douai

at 19 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 22 km (direction south-south-west)

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

See Arras Carriere Wellington guide

Lille

at 23 km (direction north-east), in the Nord department

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

See Lille guide

Arras

at 23 km (direction south-south-west)

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

See Arras guide

Roubaix

at 33 km (direction north-east), in the Nord department

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

See Roubaix guide

Aire-sur-la-Lys

at 38 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

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

Cambrai

at 44 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 44 km (direction west-south-west)

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

See Les Jardins de Sericourt guide

Cassel

at 45 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 52 km (direction west-north-west)

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

See Saint-Omer guide

Esquelbecq

at 55 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 Vendin-le-Vieil

Markets in and near Vendin-le-Vieil

• Harnes: market Thursday (4km)
• Lens: market Tuesday & Saturday & Friday (6km)
• Courrieres: market Wednesday (6km)
• Carvin: market Saturday (7km)
• Billy-Montigny: market Sunday (7km)
• Avion: market Thursday (7km)
• Annoeullin: market Tuesday (7km)
• La Bassee: market Thursday (8km)
• Henin-Beaumont: market Tuesday & Friday (8km)
• Lievin: market Wednesday & Sunday (9km)

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Tourist attractions near Vendin-le-Vieil, France

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

Heritage sites

• Beffroi de Béthune (Belfries of Belgium and France) (17km)
• Beffroi de Loos (Belfries of Belgium and France) (19km)
• Beffroi de Douai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (19km)
• Beffroi et hôtel de ville d'Arras (Belfries of Belgium and France) (21km)
• Beffroi de Lille (Belfries of Belgium and France) (22km)
• Arras citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (23km)
• Beffroi d'Armentières (Belfries of Belgium and France) (24km)
• Beffroi de Bailleul (Belfries of Belgium and France) (30km)
• Beffroi de Comines (Belfries of Belgium and France) (33km)
• Beffroi d'Aire-sur-la-Lys (Belfries of Belgium and France) (38km)
• Beffroi de Cambrai (Belfries of Belgium and France) (42km)
• Beffroi de Lucheux (Belfries of Belgium and France) (45km)
• Beffroi de Doullens (Belfries of Belgium and France) (51km)

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) (23km)
• Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (52km)

Remarkable gardens

• Le parc Barbieux (31km)
• Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (39km)
• Parc du château de Sericourt (44km)
• La ferme du mont des Récollets (45km)

Protected historical centre (fr: secteur sauvegardé)

(see also historical French towns)

• Lille (23km)

Sites of natural beauty

• Réserve naturelle régionale du Marais de Wagnonville (17km)
• Réserve naturelle du Jardin écologique du Vieux-Lille (24km)
• Les Prés du Hem (25km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale de la Tourbière de Vred (28km)
• Réserve naturelle régionale du Pré des Nonnettes (29km)
• Réserve naturelle nationale des étangs du Romelaëre (53km)

Towns of Art and history

• Arras (23km)
• Roubaix (33km)
• Cambrai (44km)
• Saint-Omer (52km)

Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie)

• Wattignies (18km)
• Wasquehal (29km)
• Tourcoing (34km)
• Mastaing (37km)
• Boubers-sur-Canche (49km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

• Parc zoologique de Lille (22km)

Geography and distances

Vendin-le-Vieil is in the north of France at 22 kilometres from Arras, the department capital (general information: Vendin-le-Vieil is 184 kilometres from Paris).

Getting here

For driving distances to Vendin-le-Vieil from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 21 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Annay, Annoeullin, Auchy-les-Mines, Bauvin, Benifontaine, Billy-Berclau, Courrieres, Douvrin, Estevelles, Fouquieres-les-Lens, Haisnes, Harnes, Hulluch, Lens, Loison-sous-Lens, Loos-en-Gohelle, Meurchin, Montigny-en-Gohelle, Noyelles-sous-Lens, Provin and Wingles.

This page in French: Visiter Vendin-le-Vieil