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Wissant - Cap Blanc Nez

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Wissant - Cap Blanc Nez

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September 25, 2021

Wissant - Cap Blanc Nez

Moderate

02:52

17.7km

6.2km/h

220m

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Overview

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Wissant Beach and Wooden Groynes

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Beautiful spacious beach with a good developed promenade to stroll.

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371 m

Wissant Seafront Promenade

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At high tide the sea covers the entire beach of Wissant where the waves crash on the rocks bordering the new seafront dike where it is good to walk there …

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889 m

Wissant beach reveals, as soon as the tide is low, a vast expanse of fine sand where land yachting is common. These are the last remaining dry docks, with Cap Blanc-Nez and Cap Gris-Nez in the background.

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2.61 km

World War II Bunker on the Beach

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You can explore this well-preserved remnant of the German Atlantic Wall, nestled in the dunes, partially obscured by shifting sands.

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3.09 km

Strouanne Beach

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This fine sand beach has a superb view of Cape Blanc-Nez. There you will discover a small stream which flows into the sea. The locals call it the Strouanne waterfall. …

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4.62 km

Petit Blanc-Nez (Little Blanc-Nez)

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Superb views of Wissant and Cap Blanc-Nez. You can also see bunkers on the hill dating back to the Second World War.

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5.79 km

Cran d'Escalles

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The Petit Blanc-Nez is a cliff in the Pas-de-Calais region and is part of the Deux-Caps (Two Capes) area, which also includes Cap Gris-Nez. Both are part of the protected …

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7.49 km

Cape Blanc-Nez

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The rocks, with their cracks and small caves in the calcareous wall, provide an important nesting site for numerous bird species such as jackdaws, house martins, fulmars, kestrels, gulls, terns …

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8.63 km

View from Mont d'Hubert

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Excavations carried out before the construction of a car park on Mont d'Hubert, near Cap Blanc Nez (Pas-de-Calais), have uncovered the remains of a Middle Neolithic camp (4,200 to 3,800 …

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9.66 km

Escalles Mill

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The Haut-Escalles car park. A little further from the cliff, but at the foot of Mont Hubert. If you are lucky you will walk among the sheep. And on your right you will see the Moulin d'Escalles.

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11.0 km

View of Cap Blanc-Nez

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Just above the hamlet of Le Tap Cul you have a viewpoint of the Cap Blanc Nez and its hinterland. You can keep looking at it.

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17.7 km

Wissant Beach and Wooden Groynes

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Beautiful spacious beach with a good developed promenade to stroll.

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.4 km

2.87 km

1.58 km

753 m

702 m

358 m

Surfaces

6.02 km

4.97 km

4.51 km

1.46 km

471 m

247 m

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Wissant - Cap Blanc Nez

Wissant Beach and Wooden Groynes

Wissant Seafront Promenade

Wissant Beach

World War II Bunker on the Beach

Strouanne Beach

Petit Blanc-Nez (Little Blanc-Nez)

Cran d'Escalles

Cape Blanc-Nez

View from Mont d'Hubert

Escalles Mill

View of Cap Blanc-Nez

Wissant Beach and Wooden Groynes

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