Hauts-de-France, France · Europe
Wormhout works well as a base: 10 minutes from Herzeele, 59km from Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Wormhout is in Hauts-de-France, France, with about 5,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Herzeele, about 5 km away.
Wormhout (French pronunciation: [wɔʁmut] ; before 1975: Wormhoudt; West Flemish: Wormout) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. Several people in Wormhout still speak West Flemish, a local dialect of Dutch and the traditional language of the region, while French-speakers form a majority, due toRead more
centuries of French political and cultural influence.
The town's name is of Germanic origin, meaning "Wormwood."
Neighbouring towns and villages :
Ledringhem to the south-west, separated by river Peene Becque
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Within an hour or so of Wormhout: In de Vrede (18 km), De Panne Beach (25 km), In Flanders Fields Museum (29 km), Menin Gate (30 km).
The nearest famous roads are Koninklijke Baan Coast Road and Brouwersdam.
Wormhout is in Hauts-de-France, France, about 5 km from Herzeele.
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Full driving guide for France8 notable places within an hour's drive.
cafe
The abbey café opposite Saint-Sixtus monastery in Westvleteren: effectively the only place on earth to reliably drink Westvleteren 12, long rated the world's best beer, at the source with a slab of abbey cheese.
18 km · about 20 min drive
beach
Belgium's widest sandy beach, famous for land-yachting and bordering the wild Westhoek dunes near the French border.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Set in Ypres' rebuilt Cloth Hall, this museum tells the harrowing story of the WWI Western Front trenches.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
A vast memorial arch bearing 54,000 names of the missing, where the Last Post sounds every evening at eight.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Lively old quarter of Flemish brick gables and grand squares, the cultural capital of the French north.
50 km · about 55 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Dazzling white chalk cliffs on the Opal Coast with views across the Channel to England on clear days.
53 km · about 60 min drive
museum
A luminous glass-and-steel satellite of the Louvre rising from a former coal-mining town.
56 km · about 65 min drive
coastal drive
The N34 'Royal Road' hugs nearly the whole Belgian coast, sharing its corridor with the world's longest tram line and passing Belle Epoque De Haan, dunes and beach resorts.
59 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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