If you’re travelling to France from England and don’t feel particularly driven to spend hours in the car, camping in Nord-Pas-de-Calais is pour vous. The north-eastern French region is a quick sail from Blighty – the chalk white cliffs of Dover can be seen here from Calais on a clear day – and as one of France’s most populous areas, Nord-Pas-de-Calais will nord see you or the family stuck for inspiration wherever you end up.
As Nord-Pas-de-Calais also has the D-Day landing beaches in Dunkirk and was the setting for many bloody battles in the First and Second World Wars, it’s a leading destination for remembrance too: over 165 military cemeteries commemorating the war fatalities of all nationalities are in the region on the Chemins de mémoire/Remembrance Trails.
Campsites in Nord-Pas-de-Calais will also put you in proximity to cities including capital Lille, Arras and the fishing port and medieval castle museum of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Those who say Pas to cities have dozens of Nord-Pas-de-Calais châteaux to potter around, hiking and biking around the gigantic Avesnois Natural Park, being beside le seaside at Wimereux and Wissant, or mixing French, British and Flemish flavours in countryside restaurants.
