Out from Escalles: Cap Blanc-Nez and more
There is no place to visit in Escalles; there are 4 within 5 km of its centre. They include 3 attractions and a museum. If you have a day, head to V3, 7.5 km away.
Just outside Escalles, the best known
Cap Blanc-Nez aside, the next best known are 2 attractions and a museum.
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.
Places on the map
Close by, the 4 mostly lie to the north.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Escalles; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
What sort of places
Other sights lead the count with 3 of 4.
Dark: in Escalles. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
All the places to visit
Here are the 4 places within 5 km of its centre.
Nothing is mapped in Escalles itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
Trips out
The standout of the 11 is V3, 7.5 km from town.
MuseumCité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais11 km east, in Calais
AquariumNausicaá - Centre national de la mer22 km south, in Boulogne-sur-MerChâteauChâteauChâteau de Boulogne-sur-Mer22 km south, in Boulogne-sur-Mer
MuseumFort de la Crèche20 km southwest, in WimereuxFortFortFort de l'Heurt25 km southwest, in Le PortelPlaces within 40 km of Escalles with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Good to know in Escalles
Are there attractions near Escalles?
Nothing is mapped in Escalles itself, but within 5 km there are Cap Blanc-Nez, Monument to the Dover Patrol, Camp de César and Maison des pècheurs.
Are there museums in or near Escalles?
One, in town or within 5 km: Maison des pècheurs.
What well-known places are within a day out of Escalles?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: V3 (7.5 km), Cap Gris-Nez (10 km), Forteresse de Mimoyecques (7.6 km), Fort Mahon (15 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 Escalles, 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)
- Cité internationale de la dentelle et de la mode de Calais: Serge Ottaviani, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nausicaá - Centre national de la mer: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort de la Crèche: Les Bergers des Pierres - Moselle Association, CC BY-SA 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.