Near Besneville: Manoir du Parc and other places to visit
Of the 7 places to visit in and around Besneville, 6 are châteaux or heritage sites. Besneville itself has none of them. Further out, Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte is 7.3 km away.
Just outside Besneville, the best known
5 châteaux follow Manoir du Parc.
Best known first: by how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each place (Wikidata’s count). It isn’t a ranking of how good they are.
Where each one is
Furthest out is Le Moulin à vent du Cotentin, at 4.9 km.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Besneville; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
By kind
The biggest group is châteaux or heritage sites, with 6 of the 7.
Dark: in Besneville. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place after place
7 places, all within 5 km of its centre, make the list.
Nothing is mapped in Besneville itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Besneville → · Parks and trails in Besneville →
Day trips
Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, 7.3 km away, is the best known of the 12.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Coutances39 km south, in Coutances
AttractionLe Redoutable31 km north, in Cherbourg-en-CotentinAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Sainte-Trinité de Lessay19 km south, in LessayAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte7.4 km east, in Saint-Sauveur-le-VicomteAttractionAttractionChâteau de Bricquebec11 km north, in Bricquebec-en-CotentinChâteauChâteauChâteau de Pirou24 km south, in PirouChâteauChâteauChâteau de Plain-Marais19 km east, in Beuzeville-la-Bastille
MuseumMusée Thomas-Henry29 km north, in Cherbourg-en-CotentinMuseumMuseumBatterie d'Azeville25 km northeast, in AzevilleMuseumMuseumBatterie de Crisbecq27 km northeast, in Saint-Marcouf
MuseumLa Cité de la Mer30 km north, in Cherbourg-en-CotentinPlaces within 40 km of Besneville with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Places to visit in Besneville: questions
Are there attractions near Besneville?
Nothing is mapped in Besneville itself, but within 5 km there are Manoir du Parc, Manoir du Dick, Château d'Olonde and Château de Beaulieu.
Are there museums in or near Besneville?
No museum or gallery is mapped in Besneville or within 5 km.
What well-known places are within a day out of Besneville?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Château de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte (7.3 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Coutances (39 km), Le Redoutable (31 km), Abbaye Sainte-Trinité de Lessay (19 km).
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap and Wikidata: named museums, galleries, châteaux, abbeys, gardens, zoos, theme parks and other visitor attractions whose mapped point lies inside the commune of Besneville, then those in the communes within 5 km of its centre, and well-known places within 40 km. Houses, ruins and gardens need a sign they’re open to visitors; places marked private, closed or disused are left out. The historic-monument link is the Culture ministry’s Mérimée record. A place that isn’t mapped isn’t listed, so this isn’t everything there is to see.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: descriptions, websites, Wikipedia articles), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries. Distances are from the commune’s centre point.
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (4)
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Coutances: Aroche, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Le Redoutable: Guillaume Rueda, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Thomas-Henry: HaguardDuNord, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- La Cité de la Mer: Ji-Elle, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.