Wault Quay – Old Town Hall and Belfry loop from Lille-Flandres

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Wault Quay – Old Town Hall and Belfry loop from Lille-Flandres

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Wault Quay – Old Town Hall and Belfry loop from Lille-Flandres

02:05

8.11km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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898 m

English house

Highlight • Monument

At 34 Place du Lion d'Or stands a striking English house, unique in Lille. Formerly a place of pleasure, now it is a real estate

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1.47 km

Louise de Bettignies Square

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Place Louis-de-Bettignies Place Louis-de-Bettignies, on your right, is worth a stroll. The Deüle canal came all the way here, this was a very busy port until the 18th century. On …

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2.92 km

The Canal de la Moyenne-Dele or Canal de l'Esplanade is a canal (about 2 kilometers) built in Lille in 1751 that allows a connection between the Haute-Dele and the Basse-Deûle (locally filled in 1929).

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3.52 km

Wault Quay

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The Quai du Wault is one of the two former ports of Lille.

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6.57 km

Town Hall Belfry

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The Belfry of Lille is an impressive tower located on the Place Simon Vollant in Lille. It is one of the 56 belfries in Belgium and France that was added …

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6.71 km

Old Town Hall and Belfry

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The town hall was built from 1924 to 1927, by a local, but very famous architect, Emile Dubuisson. The building is dominated by a belfry of 104 meters high. With …

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6.82 km

Paris Gate

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The Porte de Paris is an impressive Arc de Triomphe in Lille, France, built between 1685 and 1692 to celebrate the conquest of the city by Louis XIV in 1667. …

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8.11 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.44 km

2.30 km

886 m

481 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.16 km

1.68 km

216 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 31 October

12°C

4°C

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

December 28, 2024,L3: Stadswandeling Lille (Rijsel)

Saturday the city walk in Lille was on the program. A cold, but dry day 🙂. As a reference I took the walk of euroreizen.be With this walk we are following in the footsteps of komootster @Katrien 👍. Lille is of course a top city, where it seems as if as much Dutch (not only Flemish, also many Dutch) as …

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