Just outside Sailly-au-Bois: Château de Couin and more
With nothing in Sailly-au-Bois, the list has 3 places within 5 km of its centre. They include a château, a gallery and a battlefield. For a full day, there is Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens, 33 km away.
Where to start near Sailly-au-Bois
Along with Château de Couin, see a gallery and a battlefield.
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.
On the map
The farthest of them, Château de Couin, is 4.9 km out.
The first 20 on the list, numbered as below. The shape is the commune of Sailly-au-Bois; the orange dot is its centre. © OpenStreetMap contributors · commune boundary: IGN
Kind by kind
Châteaux or heritage sites lead the count with 2 of 3.
Dark: in Sailly-au-Bois. Light: in the communes within 5 km of its centre.
Place after place
All of it lies within 5 km of its centre: 3 places.
Nothing is mapped in Sailly-au-Bois itself; these are within 5 km of its centre.
The history of Sailly-au-Bois → · Parks and trails in Sailly-au-Bois →
Days out
Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens, at 33 km, heads the 12 day trips.
AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens33 km southwest, in AmiensAttractionAttractionMémorial de Thiepval10 km southeast, in AuthuilleAttractionAttractionCratère Lochnagar14 km southeast, in Ovillers-la-BoisselleAbbeyAbbeyAbbaye Saint-Pierre de Corbie24 km south, in CorbieCathedralCathedralCathédrale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Vaast d'Arras23 km northeast, in Arras
MuseumLouvre-Lens37 km northeast, in Lens
MuseumMusée de Picardie33 km southwest, in Amiens
MuseumMusée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras23 km northeast, in Arras
AbbeyAbbaye Saint-Vaast23 km northeast, in Arras
MuseumHistorial de la Grande Guerre32 km southeast, in PéronneAttractionAttractionMémorial à la 38e division galloise17 km southeast, in Carnoy-MametzAttractionAttractionMémorial de Pozières13 km southeast, in Ovillers-la-BoissellePlaces within 40 km of Sailly-au-Bois with an article in both French and English Wikipedia, nearest first.
Seeing Sailly-au-Bois: questions
Are there attractions near Sailly-au-Bois?
Nothing is mapped in Sailly-au-Bois itself, but within 5 km there are Château de Couin, La Brasserie d'Art Contemporain and Sheffield Park Memorial to the Pals Battalions.
Are there museums in or near Sailly-au-Bois?
One, in town or within 5 km: La Brasserie d'Art Contemporain.
What well-known places are within a day out of Sailly-au-Bois?
The nearest with articles in both French and English Wikipedia: Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens (33 km), Mémorial de Thiepval (10 km), Cratère Lochnagar (14 km), Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Corbie (24 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 Sailly-au-Bois, 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 (6)
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame d'Amiens: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Louvre-Lens: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de Picardie: T.Rambeau, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Historial de la Grande Guerre: Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL), CC BY-SA 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.