Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre, Le Rœulx

Name: Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre
Address: Rue Saint-Géry 1a, Le Rœulx, 7070, Belgium

#2 among attractions in Le Rœulx

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Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre, Le Rœulx

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The lifts on the Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in Belgium which are classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. All four are located on the Canal du Centre in Belgium's historic sillon industriel industrial belt. ()

Local name: Ascenseurs à bateaux du Canal du Centre Unesco: from 1998Area: 2.08 mi²Coordinates: 50°28'17"N, 4°5'40"E

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Rue Saint-Géry 1aLe Rœulx 7070 Belgium

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Day trips

Boat Lifts on the Canal du Centre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Havré Castle, Bois-du-Luc, Silex's.

4.5 miSW
Cemetery
St Symphorien Military Cemetery, Mons
115 min walk • The St Symphorien Military Cemetery is a First World War Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground in Saint-Symphorien, Belgium. It contains the graves of 284 German and 229 Commonwealth soldiers, principally those killed during the Battle of Mons.
2.5 miW
Tours of a moated 12th-century castle
Havré Castle, Mons
64 min walk • Havré Castle is a ruined castle in the village of Havré in the town of Mons, province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
2.4 miE
Mine, Museum,
Bois-du-Luc, La Louvière
62 min walk • The Bois-du-Luc was a coal mine in Houdeng-Aimeries, near La Louvière, in Belgium which today is preserved as an industrial heritage site. As well as the site of the headquarters of the Société des Charbonnages de Bois-du-Luc et d'Havre, the Bois du Luc was the site of the Saint Emmanuel Pit which belonged to the company.
6.1 miSW
, Prehistoric site
Silex's, Mons
155 min walk • The Neolithic flint mines of Spiennes are among the largest and earliest Neolithic flint mines which survive in north-western Europe, located close to the Walloon village of Spiennes, southeast of Mons, Belgium. The mines were active during the mid and late Neolithic between 4,300 and 2,200 BC.
2.4 miN
Forts and castles
Le Rœulx Castle, Le Rœulx
62 min walk • Le Rœulx Castle, also known as the Château des Princes de Croÿ, or "castle of the Princes de Croÿ", is a castle in the town of Le Rœulx in the province of Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium.
0.8 miNE
Canal
Canal du Centre
21 min walk • The Canal du Centre is a canal in Wallonia, Belgium, which, with other canals, links the waterways of the Meuse and Scheldt rivers. It has a total length of 20.9 km. It connects the artificial lake Grand Large near Nimy, with the Brussels–Charleroi Canal near Seneffe.
6 miSW
Village, Area
Spiennes, Mons
154 min walk • Spiennes is a town of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of Mons, located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium. It was a municipality until the fusion of the Belgian municipalities in 1977.
4.5 miSE
50°25'5"N • 4°9'17"E
Statio Romana - Musée gallo-romain, Binche
116 min walk • Museum
3.7 miE
Canal lock,
Canal du Centre - Ascenseur n° 1, La Louvière
96 min walk • The lifts on the Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in Belgium which are classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
2.2 miE
Canal lock,
Canal du Centre - Ascenseur n° 2, La Louvière
58 min walk • The lifts on the Canal du Centre are a series of four hydraulic boat lifts near the town of La Louvière in Belgium which are classified as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
4.7 miE
Football, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Stade du Tivoli, La Louvière
120 min walk • The Stade Communal du Tivoli is a multi-use stadium in La Louvière, Belgium. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It was the home ground of R.A.A. Louviéroise. The stadium holds 12,500 people and was built in 1972. UR La Louvière Centre are its current tenants.