First pick
La Montagne
Wood or forest
219 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
1.6 km south-eastfrom the center
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Claude villetaneuse · CC BY-SA 3.0100%of the land protected
Outdoors in Lumbres · protected areas, woods and footpaths
Lumbres lies inside Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park
100% of Lumbres’ land lies in protected areas. Mapped woodland covers 24% of Lumbres. 13 km of footpaths cross Lumbres (1.3 km per km²). France has no Outdoors Grade yet: these are the figures, each beside the compared towns’ median.
Protected areas
100%
of the commune’s land
Compared town: 0.1%
Woodland
24%
of the land, mapped on OpenStreetMap
Compared town: 13%
Footpaths
13 km
1.3 km per km²
Compared town: 1.7 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.8 km
waymarked, GR and others
Compared town: 0.3 km per km²
Parks & woods
1
named, in or within 400 m of the commune
First: La Montagne
The sea
31 km
from the town center to the coast
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median.
Against French towns
How Lumbres compares with French towns
Each figure against the 3,798 compared French towns (communes with an overall grade): the marked bar is the town’s, the line the median. Described, not graded.
Protected areas100%Share of the land in a national park, regional nature park, nature reserve or Natura 2000 site
99out of 100
Woodland24%Share of the land mapped as forest or woods on OpenStreetMap
68out of 100
Footpaths1.3 km per km²Km of mapped footpath and track open on foot, per km² of the commune
41out of 100
Hiking routes0.4 km per km²Km of waymarked hiking routes (GR and others), per km² of the commune
52out of 100
Percentiles among compared French towns; ties count half.
Towns its size
Lumbres has the 19th most footpaths per km² of 41 towns its size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population (3,549 to 3,609 residents), by km of footpath per km². Hover for each one’s protected land and woods; click for its page.
From Saint-Brice-Courcelles (3.7 km per km²) to Saint-Savin (0 km per km²).
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Paths (km/km²) | Woodland | Protected | Coast | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Brice-Courcelles Marne | 3.7 | 15% | 0% | 195 km |
| 2 | Bavans Doubs | 3.7 | 43% | 0% | 415 km |
| 3 | Tosse Landes | 3.3 | 56% | 6.7% | 8.7 km |
| 4 | Orry-la-Ville Oise | 3.3 | 58% | 100% | 131 km |
| 5 | Sainte-Tulle Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 2.8 | 24% | 100% | 60 km |
| 6 | Jonzac Charente-Maritime | 2.7 | 11% | 8.4% | 24 km |
| 7 | Masevaux-Niederbruck Haut-Rhin | 2.6 | 78% | 100% | 445 km |
| 8 | Longeville-lès-Saint-Avold Moselle | 2.5 | 52% | 4.6% | 351 km |
| 9 | Orcines Puy-de-Dôme | 2.5 | 59% | 100% | 259 km |
| 10 | Marines Val-d'Oise | 2.2 | 36% | 100% | 108 km |
| 11 | Servon Seine-et-Marne | 2.2 | 12% | 0% | 172 km |
| 12 | Fontvieille Bouches-du-Rhône | 2.2 | 35% | 100% | 33 km |
| 13 | Montréal-la-Cluse Ain | 2.1 | 67% | 0% | 306 km |
| 14 | Saint-Julien-lès-Metz Moselle | 1.9 | 36% | 0% | 328 km |
| 15 | Olemps Aveyron | 1.8 | 17% | 0% | 135 km |
| 16 | Givry Saône-et-Loire | 1.7 | 46% | 2.2% | 361 km |
| 17 | Saint-Tropez Var | 1.5 | 16% | 0.1% | On it |
| 18 | Saint-Germain-des-Fossés Allier | 1.4 | 11% | 25% | 298 km |
| 19 | Lumbres Pas-de-Calais | 1.3 | 24% | 100% | 31 km |
| 20 | Espaly-Saint-Marcel Haute-Loire | 1.3 | 11% | 1.5% | 166 km |
| 21 | Neuilly-Crimolois Côte-d'Or | 1.3 | 17% | 0% | 409 km |
| 22 | Châteauneuf-sur-Charente Charente | 1.1 | 12% | 21% | 58 km |
| 23 | La Roche-de-Glun Drôme | 1.1 | 0% | 0% | 173 km |
| 24 | Rocheservière Vendée | 1.1 | 8.4% | 0% | 37 km |
| 25 | Plan-d'Orgon Bouches-du-Rhône | 1 | 5.9% | 12% | 41 km |
| 26 | Pompignac Gironde | 1 | 25% | 0% | 21 km |
| 27 | Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom Calvados | 0.8 | 20% | 0% | 37 km |
| 28 | Corps-Nuds Ille-et-Vilaine | 0.6 | 2.7% | 0% | 65 km |
| 29 | Avesnes-les-Aubert Nord | 0.6 | 0.8% | 0% | 116 km |
| 30 | Loyettes Ain | 0.5 | 5.9% | 12% | 260 km |
| 31 | Le Pont-de-Beauvoisin Isère | 0.5 | 8.4% | 0% | 240 km |
| 32 | Rochechouart Haute-Vienne | 0.4 | 29% | 99% | 131 km |
| 33 | Nogent Haute-Marne | 0.4 | 38% | 36% | 359 km |
| 34 | Varennes-sur-Allier Allier | 0.3 | 6.2% | 39% | 311 km |
| 35 | Vic-Fezensac Gers | 0.3 | 13% | 0% | 136 km |
| 36 | Baziège Haute-Garonne | 0.2 | 1.6% | 0% | 127 km |
| 37 | Magalas Hérault | 0.2 | 2.8% | 0% | 24 km |
| 38 | Derval Loire-Atlantique | 0.2 | 9.6% | 0% | 56 km |
| 39 | Réalmont Tarn | 0.1 | 5.9% | 0% | 105 km |
| 40 | Vald'Yerre Eure-et-Loir | 0.1 | 6.5% | 0.1% | 159 km |
| 41 | Saint-Savin Gironde | 0 | 24% | 4% | 16 km |
The map
Parks, woods, footpaths & countryside
Tap a number to zoom to a park or wood. Tap a layer to hide it. The dashed line is the commune’s boundary.
Green: parks, gardens and woods mapped on OpenStreetMap, named or not.© OpenStreetMap contributors · INPN / PatriNat · IGN
Places to walk
Parks and woods to walk in, in and around Lumbres
Named parks, gardens and woods in the commune or within 400 m, the biggest and best-pathed first: La Montagne leads, at 219 ha. Directions go to a point inside.
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL): named parks, gardens and woods; sizes are the whole site.
Protected areas
Protected land in and around Lumbres
The protected areas reaching the commune, and the nearest: national parks, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites.
Regional nature park
Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park
100% of the commune
Natura 2000 site
Pelouses, bois acides à neutrocalcicoles, landes nord-atlantiques du plateau d’Helfaut et système alluvial de la moyenne vallée de l’Aa
4.1% of the commune0.6 km from the center
Natura 2000 site
Coteau de la Montagne d’Acquin et pelouses du Val de Lumbres
1.7 km from the town center
Share of the commune’s land
Any protected area100%
Regional nature park100%
Natura 2000 site4.2%
Designations overlap (a regional park can hold a Natura 2000 site), so the rows don’t add up; the first counts each piece of land once.
100% of Lumbres’ land is protected, more than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared town in Pas-de-Calais has 0%. A regional nature park is a charter between communes to look after a landscape: farming, building and hunting go on inside it.
Source: INPN / PatriNat, protected areas July 2026, Natura 2000 December 2024; shares of IGN’s commune boundary.
Footpaths and woods
13 km of footpaths cross Lumbres
Paths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, and waymarked hiking routes, mapped on OpenStreetMap inside the commune; woods are mapped forest and woodland, private woods included.
Footpaths
13 km
1.3 km per km²
Hiking routes
3.8 km
waymarked: 0.4 km per km²
Woodland
24%
about 2.4 km² of mapped woods
Km per km² of the commune · mapped on OpenStreetMap
LumbresPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Footpaths1.3
Hiking routes0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LumbresPas-de-Calais medianFrance median
Woodland24%
0%50%100%
That is less than in 59% of compared French towns for footpaths per km², and for woodland more than in 68% of compared French towns. Hiking routes often follow paths and lanes already counted, so the two lengths overlap: don’t add them. Every home in Lumbres is within 800 m of a mapped park or wood, as in most French towns.
A named hiking route within 2 km
Other named walk
Tour de l'Audomarois11 km
Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), extracts of October 25, 2026 (Geofabrik).
When to get out
The best walking months in Lumbres: May to September
Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at Licques, 15 km away, and the daylight at the town’s latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 15 to 30 °C and little rain for the place.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.4 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 7 |
| Rain (mm) | 104 | 85 | 72 | 61 | 71 | 70 | 73 | 93 | 94 | 127 | 143 | 146 |
April is the driest month (61 mm) and August the warmest (highs of 23 °C). 146 mm of rain falls in December, the wettest month. Frost comes on about 50 nights a year. The climate in Lumbres →
Neighbors
Next to Lumbres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by the share of their land in protected areas.
WizernesSaint-Martin-lez-TatinghemLonguenesseBlendecquesSaint-OmerÉperlecquesLumbres
Under 1%1–10 %10–25 %25–50 %50 %+
| Town | Protected | Woodland | Paths (km/km²) | Coast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lumbres | 100% | 24% | 1.3 | 31 km |
| Wizernes 3,321 · 8 km | 100% | 6.8% | 0.7 | 32 km |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 9.3 km | 100% | 0.3% | 0.7 | 27 km |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 11 km | 100% | 8.8% | 3.7 | 29 km |
| Blendecques 4,859 · 11 km | 84% | 18% | 1.1 | 32 km |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 11 km | 100% | 2.8% | 1.6 | 28 km |
| Éperlecques 3,737 · 13 km | 100% | 34% | 0.6 | 19 km |
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected areas. National-park cores, national parks’ outer areas, regional nature parks, nature reserves and Natura 2000 sites, from INPN. A national park’s core is strictly protected; its outer area and a regional park are charters between communes, not bans. Designations overlap, so the total counts each piece of land once.
- Woodland. Forest and woods as OpenStreetMap maps them, private woods included: woods nobody has mapped are missing, and a mapped wood isn’t necessarily open to walkers.
- Footpaths and hiking routes. Footpaths, bridleways, steps and tracks open on foot, then waymarked hiking routes (GR and others) measured apart. A route often follows a path or lane already counted: the two overlap. Paths nobody has mapped are missing.
- Green space nearby. The share of residents (INSEE’s 200 m grid) within 800 m, as the crow flies, of a mapped park, garden or wood edge. It measures nearness, not a way in. Guadeloupe and French Guiana have no grid: their pages say whether the town center is within 800 m.
- The coast. The straight-line distance from the town center to OpenStreetMap’s coastline, which follows the tide line into estuaries. A commune is on the coast when the coastline crosses its boundary.
- No grade yet. U.S. and UK towns have an Outdoors Grade; French towns don’t yet. Each figure is set beside the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade) in the département and in France, each figure its own median.
Questions about the outdoors in Lumbres
Is Lumbres in a national or regional nature park?
Yes: Lumbres lies in Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park (100% of the commune).
Are there good walks in Lumbres?
OpenStreetMap maps 13 km of footpaths and tracks open on foot in the commune, 1.3 km per km² (the median compared town: 1.7 km per km²); 4 km of waymarked hiking routes cross it.
How much of Lumbres is woodland?
24% of the commune is mapped woodland, private woods included; the median compared French town has 13%.
Is Lumbres near the sea?
No: the coast is 31 km from the town center, as the crow flies.
When is the best time for walking in Lumbres?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain, from Météo-France’s 1991–2020 normals at the nearest suitable station.
Why is there no Outdoors Grade for French towns?
TownRatings grades the outdoors in the U.S. and the UK; the French figures are new and not graded yet. This page sets each one beside the median compared French town instead.
Sources: INPN / PatriNat (protected areas 2026, Natura 2000 2024) · © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL (paths, hiking routes, woods, coast, gardens) · INSEE, Filosofi 2021 200 m grid (residents) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Météo-France normals 1991–2020 · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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.