Fontaine des Pères - A la Source is the place to visit in Marcoing
Visitors to Marcoing can choose from 5 attractions, 2 gardens and a museum. We list one place to visit in Marcoing and 9 within 5 km of its centre. Drive 11 km to reach Estourmel.
What Marcoing is known for
Next to Fontaine des Pères - A la Source, the best known are 2 attractions, a museum and a garden.
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.
Map of the places
Furthest from the centre is Porte de la princesse endormie, 4.5 km away.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Marcoing; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What kind of places
Count 5 other sights and 2 gardens.
Dark: in Marcoing. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All of it
The town has one; within 5 km of its centre, the list finds 9 more.
Cambrai Tank 1917
Museum centred around 'Deborah' - a British tank buried on the battlefield after WWI and rediscovered in 1998. The site houses the remains of the tank and explores WWI tanks in general and the 1917 Battle of Cambrai..
The one place in Marcoing, then those within 5 km of its centre.
Around the region
Head 11 km out for Estourmel, the best known of 12.
MuseumMusée de Cambrai7.1 km northeast, in CambraiAttractionAttractionMémorial de Thiepval36 km west, in AuthuilleAttractionAttractionCratère Lochnagar36 km west, in Ovillers-la-Boisselle
MuseumHistorial de la Grande Guerre27 km southwest, in PéronneMuseumMuseumMusée Matisse26 km east, in Le Cateau-Cambrésis
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras34 km northwest, in ArrasAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Sauveur d'Anchin29 km north, in Pecquencourt
AbbeyAbbaye Saint-Vaast34 km northwest, in ArrasAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Nicolas d'Arrouaise21 km southwest, in Le TransloyPlaces within 40 km of Marcoing with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Places to visit in Marcoing: questions
What is there to see in Marcoing?
The one place mapped in Marcoing is Fontaine des Pères - A la Source. We list 1 place in town. Another 9 are within 5 km of the centre.
Are there museums in or near Marcoing?
One, in town or within 5 km: Cambrai Tank 1917.
What well-known places are within a day out of Marcoing?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Estourmel (11 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de Cambrai (7.1 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras (34 km), Musée de Cambrai (7.1 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 Marcoing, 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)
- Musée de Cambrai: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Historial de la Grande Guerre: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Abbaye Saint-Vaast: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0, 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.