3 km from Blessy, Château de Créminil leads the list
This is a list led by châteaux or heritage sites, 6 of its 8. Blessy itself has none of them. Make a day of it at Coupole d'Helfaut, 12 km away.
Top of the list around Blessy
Close behind Château de Créminil are 2 forts, an attraction and an abbey.
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.
Mapped around Blessy
Just outside town, most of the 8 sit to the northeast.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Blessy; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Sorted by kind
The biggest group is châteaux or heritage sites, with 6 of the 8.
Dark: in Blessy. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Every entry
8 places make the list, every one within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Blessy itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Day trips from Blessy
Leading the 12 is Coupole d'Helfaut, 12 km away; they include 4 attractions and 2 abbeys.
CathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer15 km north, in Saint-OmerAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Bertin16 km north, in Saint-Omer
MuseumLouvre-Lens39 km southeast, in LensMuseumMuseumBlockhaus d'Éperlecques26 km northwest, in ÉperlecquesTheme parkTheme parkDennlys Parc14 km west, in DennebrœucqAttractionAttractionMont Cassel23 km northeast, in CasselAttractionAttractionChâteau d'Olhain28 km southeast, in Fresnicourt-le-DolmenChurchChurchMémorial de Neuve-Chapelle31 km east, in RichebourgAttractionAttractionAnneau de la Mémoire37 km southeast, in Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
GardenConservatoire botanique national de Bailleul33 km northeast, in BailleulAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Winoc de Bergues40 km north, in BerguesPlaces within 40 km of Blessy with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Places to visit in Blessy: questions
Are there attractions near Blessy?
Nothing is mapped in Blessy itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Créminil, Beffroi d'Aire-sur-la-Lys, Abbaye de Saint-Augustin-lès-Thérouanne and Porte de Beaulieu.
Are there museums in or near Blessy?
One, in town or within 5 km: Archives municipales.
What well-known places are within a day out of Blessy?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Coupole d'Helfaut (12 km), Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer (15 km), Abbaye Saint-Bertin (16 km), Louvre-Lens (39 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 Blessy, 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 (3)
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Saint-Omer: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louvre-Lens: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Conservatoire botanique national de Bailleul: Lamiot, CC BY 3.0, 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.