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Location
Click on towns on map to visit other locations.Calais ¦Dunkerque¦ Cassel¦ St Omer¦ Le Touquet¦ Lille¦ Arras¦ Boulogne¦ Abbeville ¦ Douai ¦ Montreuil ¦ Ieper¦ Lens¦ Cambrai
"Take the stony path up to the top of the hill, where you will be rewarded with spectacular views across Northern France, to Belgium and beyond"
Where to stay
To find budget accommodation the closest hotels are at Dunkirk, Lille and St Omer.
Hotels with Internet Booking:-
Premiere Classe
- 2 Hotels (Dunkirk)
Fasthotel
- 1 Hotel (Dunkirk)
Balladins
- 1 Hotel
Hotel Formule 1 - 1 Hotel (Bailleuil)
Food and fuel
The closest hypermarkets will be found at St-Omer, Lille Englos, and Dunkerque.
Auchan Dunkerque
Grande-Synthe
Route Nationale 40
59760 GRANDE-SYNTHE
Tel +33(0)3 28 58 55 55
Office du Tourisme
Grand Place
BP 10
59670 CASSEL
Tel: 03 28 40 52 55
Fax: 03 28 40 59 17
E mail: cassel@tourisme.norsys.fr
You arrive at highest hill(175m) in the area along classically straight Roman Roads. Park in Grand Place, surrounded by its restaurants and antique shops. The Office du Tourisme will be found at the top of Grand Place. Keen walkers should ask about the free maps of walks in French Flanders including one around Cassel. Take the stony path up to the top of the hill, where you will be rewarded with spectacular views across Northern France, to Belgium and beyond. There are viewing platforms to identify the visible landmarks.
There is also a windmill, a reminder of the many that used to cover the hill.
Down the centuries, the fortified town of Cassel has been of great military importance. It is believed that Cassel was the hill up which the Grand Old Duke of York marched his 10 000 men, in the Nursery Rhyme. The rhyme tells that he marched them back down again so the outcome can be guessed. In later years General Foch used Cassel as his HQ from October 1914 to June 1915. A statute of him on horseback can be found in the park on the hilltop, along with memorials to other earlier military engagements. Cassel retained its military significance right up to the Second World War when a defence was set up outside the town to protect the retreat of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to Dunkirk in 1940.
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