Prepare your stay :
Tourism and handicap
The town of Comines-Warneton advocates a quality approach to develop tourism and civic services which are adapted to visitors with reduced mobility.
Meeting everyone’s specific needs
The reception of people with disabilities is based on a quality approach with an easy access to tourist facilities and the provision of adapted services.
Adapted museums
Plugstreet 14-18 experience
- Rue de Messines, 156 • 7782 Ploegsteert
- + 32(0)56 48 40 00
- ic.plugstreet1418@gmail.com
- www.plugstreet1418.be
Ribbon Museum of Comines
- Rue des Arts, 3 • 7780 Comines
- + 32(0)56 58 77 68
- larubanerie@yahoo.fr
- www.larubanerie.be
Brewery Museum of Warneton
- Rue Pierre De Simpel, 11 • 7784 Warneton
Other local sites
British Memorial and Cemeteries
- Rue de Messines, 159 • 7782 Ploegsteert
Soete Windmill
- Chemin du Moulin Soete, 7 • 7780 Comines
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Warneton
- Place de l’Abbaye • 7784 Warneton
Société d’Histoire
de Comines-Warneton
et de la région
- Place de l’Abbaye • 7784 Warneton
- + 32(0)56 55 79 66
- info@shcwr.net
- www.shcwr.net
Specialised services and effective tools offered in our museums
Adapted tours for visual, hearing and mild mental impairments, etc. Specialised guides available on request.
- Use of easy to read and comprehend language.
- Audio transcripts on tablets or smartphones (QR Code).
- Multisensory experiences: tactile exploration (models), images in relief.
Disability in urban areas
Facilitating mobility for users with disabilities requires a balance between expectations and the design of public spaces and roads.
- Providing a safe socio-spatial environment:
- Specific and safe road infrastructure (lowered pavements, ribbed paving slabs, etc.).
- Adapted access to public buildings and various tourist facilities (ramps, inclined planes, etc.).
- Unlimited time parking spaces for disabled persons.
Disability and leisure
Many relaxation areas and leisure facilities offer specific activities for children and adults with disabilities.
- Active leisure activities: Aqualys swimming pool, Ice Mountain Adventure Park (zitski), Tennessee Bowling, How’hache, Escape game, etc.
Aqualys swimming pool
- Rue de la Procession, 49 • 7780 Comines
- + 32(0)56 55 58 17
- piscine.aqualys@ieg.be
- www.piscine-aqua-lys
- Petanque courts: access ramps, adapted markers, etc. Bookings can be made at AGISC.
- Soft mobility experiences: tricycle hire with wheelchair-accessible platform. Bookings can be made at
- AGISC Service des sports
- Rue des Arts, 10 • 7780 Comines
- + 32(0)56 48 42 28
- info@sports-agisc.be
- www.villedecomines-warneton.be/service-des-sports/
