The Houses

-         The sculpted house, 3 rue de Bergues,

A so beautiful façade registered at the inventory of the Historical Monuments since December 20^th, 1988.

This house was built around 1780 and belonged to Pierre Verborg, the bailiff of Ledringhem, who had been one of the first magistrate (1813-1819) of Esquelbecq.

-         Old residence from the 17^th and the 18^th century

The Alphonse Bergerot square preserved several residences dated from the 17^th and the 18^th century which give the place an authentic character.

Also note the old narrowed entries of the roads “rue de la gare”, “rue de bergues” and “rue de Wormhout” on the square.

 See, as well, at rue de la Gare, facing the castle woods, the house dated from 1613.

-         La Mairie, The Town House, formerly Mormant Castle, surrounded by a tree park of a local species.

-         The Donkerwal (Old residence with towers, rue de Wormhout)

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The Yser

78 Km long, it rises at 35m above the sea level, between Buysscheure and Lederzeele, in the North of France. It goes through Esquelbecq and flows into the North Sea at Nieuwpoort.

            The Yser is famous by its strategic part played during the First World War. In 1914, after the flood of the plain of the Yser by the allies, the most atrocious trench warfare had been declared and lasted for almost four years on the edges of the Yser River.

            Several information points border the Yser, one of them is in Esquelbecq behind La Maison du Westhoek.

            List available at the Tourism Office.