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Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts
Four UNESCO-listed 19th-century hydraulic boat lifts near La Louvière, still standing on the old Canal du Centre.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Marchienne-au-Pont
Wallonia, Belgium · Europe
About Marchienne-au-Pont
Marchienne-au-Pont works well as a base: 5 minutes from Charleroi, 23km from Villers Abbey.
Marchienne-au-Pont is in Wallonia, Belgium, with about 15,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Charleroi, about 4 km away.
Marchienne-au-Pont (French pronunciation: [maʁʃjɛn o pɔ̃]; Walloon: Mårciene) is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Charleroi, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a commune in its own right before the merger of communes in 1977, when it had a population of 17,000.
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What is there to see near Marchienne-au-Pont?
Within an hour or so of Marchienne-au-Pont: Canal du Centre Hydraulic Boat Lifts (19 km), Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift (22 km), Villers Abbey (23 km), Nivelles-Baulers (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Marchienne-au-Pont?
The nearest famous roads are Chimay Street Circuit, Baraque de Fraiture and Koninklijke Baan Coast Road.
Where is Marchienne-au-Pont?
Marchienne-au-Pont is in Wallonia, Belgium, about 4 km from Charleroi.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 15,154
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Belgium
- Region
- Wallonia
- Timezone
- Europe/Brussels
- Coordinates
- 50.4057, 4.3953
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Worth the detour from Marchienne-au-Pont
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
Strépy-Thieu Boat Lift
A colossal 73 m boat elevator on the Canal du Centre, among the tallest in the world, hoisting entire barges in a concrete cathedral visible for miles across Hainaut.
22 km · about 25 min drive
ancient ruins
Villers Abbey
The vast romantic ruins of a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, roofless Gothic arches lost in woodland near Brussels.
23 km · about 25 min drive
racetrack
Nivelles-Baulers
A flat, fast circuit that hosted two Belgian Grands Prix in the 1970s before closing in 1981. Much of the abandoned track survives among industrial development, its wide sweeping curves clearly readable from ground level.
24 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Lion's Mound Waterloo
A grass pyramid topped by a cast-iron lion marks the 1815 battlefield where Napoleon met his final defeat.
31 km · about 35 min drive
museum
Musée Hergé
Christian de Portzamparc's angular white museum in Louvain-la-Neuve devoted to Tintin's creator, holding original plates, sketches and the world's largest Hergé collection across eight themed galleries.
33 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Citadelle de Namur
One of Europe's mightiest hilltop fortresses guards the confluence of the Sambre and Meuse rivers in Wallonia's capital.
34 km · about 40 min drive
castle
Citadel of Namur
Extensive hilltop fortress at the Sambre-Meuse confluence in Namur, with a scenic road climbing to the ramparts.
34 km · about 40 min drive
Driving roads near Marchienne-au-Pont
3 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 39 kmChimay Street CircuitA Belgian village street circuit running since 1926, still used for historic car and motorcycle racing on closed public roads. Between meetings you can drive the whole flat-out 4km lap through farmland and the town outskirts.
- 80 kmTombeau du GéantA famous Semois viewpoint where the river loops around a tree-covered ridge resembling a giant's tomb near Botassart.
Driving in Belgium
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.74/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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