Calais
Population 67,571 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in France
- January: 8 h 25 of daylight
- February: 10 h 02 of daylight
- March: 11 h 49 of daylight
- April: 13 h 48 of daylight
- May: 15 h 31 of daylight
- June: 16 h 30 of daylight
- July: 16 h 06 of daylight
- August: 14 h 36 of daylight
- September: 12 h 41 of daylight
- October: 10 h 46 of daylight
- November: 8 h 58 of daylight
- December: 7 h 58 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Calais
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Calais's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 1
2 to 3 hours· 1
3 to 5 hours· 28
5 hours or more· 130
- Kerkrade5h 01
- The Hague5h 02
- Dinant5h 08
- Breda5h 09
- Heerlen5h 10
- Dordrecht5h 16
- Leiden5h 17
- Reims5h 19
- Amsterdam5h 22
- Tilburg5h 25
120 moreFewer
- Spa5h 25
- St Albans5h 26
- Gouda5h 28
- Le Mans5h 29
- Chartres5h 29
- Stevenage5h 30
- Valkenburg aan de Geul5h 32
- Zaandam5h 36
- Haarlem5h 37
- Weesp5h 37
- Hilversum5h 38
- Maastricht5h 39
- Reading5h 39
- Le Havre5h 42
- Utrecht5h 48
- Almere5h 49
- Eindhoven5h 49
- Bussum5h 49
- Amersfoort5h 50
- Crawley5h 51
- 's-Hertogenbosch5h 52
- Peterborough5h 52
- Chelmsford5h 53
- Milton Keynes5h 53
- Lyon5h 58
- Windsor and Eton5h 58
- Dijon5h 59
- Folkestone6h 01
- Caen6h 04
- Guildford6h 04
- Alkmaar6h 05
- Coventry6h 07
- Southend-on-Sea6h 07
- Leicester6h 08
- Stamford6h 08
- Swindon6h 10
- Cambridge6h 11
- Oxford6h 11
- Colchester6h 15
- Bordeaux6h 16
- Farnborough6h 16
- Apeldoorn6h 18
- Brighton6h 20
- Canterbury6h 21
- Nantes6h 22
- Geldrop6h 24
- Nijmegen6h 26
- Rennes6h 27
- Venlo6h 27
- Northampton6h 27
- Winchester6h 28
- Deventer6h 29
- Birmingham6h 29
- Derby6h 30
- Strasbourg6h 32
- Eastleigh6h 37
- Ipswich6h 38
- Vlissingen6h 38
- Ely6h 39
- Arnhem6h 41
- Dieppe6h 41
- Doncaster6h 43
- Zwolle6h 43
- Southampton6h 45
- Salisbury6h 45
- Hastings6h 46
- Eastbourne6h 49
- Avignon6h 50
- Bath6h 51
- Nottingham6h 52
- Metz6h 55
- Portsmouth6h 57
- Zutphen6h 57
- Marseille6h 59
- Bristol6h 59
- Arundel7h 04
- York7h 05
- Sheffield7h 06
- Wakefield7h 06
- Arles7h 09
- Cardiff7h 10
- Stockport7h 11
- Stratford-upon-Avon7h 11
- Cheltenham7h 12
- Warminster7h 12
- Bayeux7h 13
- Grenoble7h 15
- Enschede7h 16
- Warrington7h 16
- Bournemouth7h 17
- Gloucester7h 17
- Norwich7h 20
- La Rochelle7h 21
- Saint-Étienne7h 21
- Manchester7h 21
- Leeds7h 23
- Colmar7h 24
- Runcorn7h 24
- Wigan7h 27
- Assen7h 27
- Basel7h 28
- Salford7h 31
- Orange7h 33
- Aix-en-Provence7h 34
- Altrincham7h 35
- Worcester7h 35
- Lincoln7h 37
- Chambéry7h 38
- Preston7h 41
- Saint-Malo7h 42
- Groningen7h 44
- Kingston upon Hull7h 45
- Nancy7h 46
- Leeuwarden7h 46
- Chester7h 46
- Shrewsbury7h 47
- Liverpool7h 49
- Huddersfield7h 49
- Bolton7h 51
- Tewkesbury7h 56
From Calais's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 2
2 to 3 hours· 2
3 to 5 hours· 56
- Kraainem3h 03
- Leuven3h 14
- Kortrijk3h 17
- Aalst3h 22
- Mechelen3h 22
- Rouen3h 24
- Disneyland Paris3h 26
- London3h 29
- Saint-Cloud3h 29
- Ghent3h 32
46 moreFewer
- Charleroi3h 34
- Ath3h 40
- Antwerp3h 41
- Versailles3h 41
- Liège3h 45
- Namur3h 51
- Lier3h 55
- St Albans3h 56
- Fontainebleau3h 58
- Stevenage4h
- Bruges4h 01
- Hasselt4h 07
- Sint-Niklaas4h 07
- Reading4h 18
- Ypres4h 19
- Le Havre4h 21
- Crawley4h 21
- Peterborough4h 21
- Reims4h 22
- Chelmsford4h 23
- Milton Keynes4h 23
- Ostend4h 26
- Windsor and Eton4h 28
- Folkestone4h 33
- Rotterdam4h 34
- Dieppe4h 35
- Guildford4h 35
- Coventry4h 36
- Southend-on-Sea4h 37
- Dinant4h 38
- Stamford4h 38
- Chartres4h 39
- Cambridge4h 41
- Leicester4h 41
- Schiedam4h 42
- Colchester4h 45
- Farnborough4h 46
- Delft4h 48
- Oxford4h 49
- Brighton4h 50
- Breda4h 51
- Canterbury4h 53
- Swindon4h 55
- Northampton4h 56
- Rennes4h 57
- Winchester4h 59
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Citadelle de Calais Attraction · 920 m
- Ferme urbaine Zoo · 210 m
- Musée de mémoire 1939 - 1945 Museum · 240 m
- Cité Internationale de la Dentelle et de la Mode Museum · 690 m
- Musée des Beaux-Arts Museum · 780 m
- Caléidoscopes Gallery · 970 m
- Le Jacquard Memorial · 370 m
- Sommet du beffroi Viewpoint · 450 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Calais-Ville 380 m
- Pôle d'échanges multimodal Calais – Gare 440 m
- George V 510 m
- Meuse 660 m
- Cité de la Dentelle 700 m
- Les Fontinettes 1.0 km
More train stations: Beau Marais 3.5 km, Calais - Fréthun 6.0 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.