Cell towers in Guines (Pas-de-Calais)

Masts stand at Le Banc des Attaques, Chem du Bois de Ballon, 28 rue de Guizelin, Le Moulin aux Corneilles and Impasse Arthur Ledent.

The declared supports are a 31 m pylon, at Le Banc des Attaques, for Free Mobile and Orange; a 25 m pylon, at Chem du Bois de Ballon, for Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR; a 33 m building, at 28 rue de Guizelin, for Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile and SFR; a 32 m pylon, at Le Moulin aux Corneilles, for Free Mobile; a 20 m pylon, at Impasse Arthur Ledent, for Orange.

Systems from 1994 are still on the register. Local 5G started with Free Mobile in September 2021; SFR followed in June 2023, Bouygues Telecom followed in June 2023. 2016 was the busiest year, with 15 new systems, most of them 4G.

Approved additions not yet in service are pending on one existing mast, for example Free Mobile (5G 700 MHz) at Le Moulin aux Corneilles. 3 Bouygues Telecom 5G transmitters are listed as technically operational — installed, but not yet declared commercially in service.

The tallest structure is a 33 m building at 28 rue de Guizelin. The median height of measured supports is 31 m.

The widest declared gap between neighbouring supports is about 3.2 km, to the north-east of the centre. Most declared azimuths point outward, along a corridor or valley rather than at the centre.

On 3.5 GHz, the fastest 5G band: Orange on 2 of its 3 masts, Bouygues Telecom on 1 of its 2 masts, Free Mobile on 1 of its 3 masts and SFR on 1 of its 2 masts.

Nearby, Coulogne (6.4 km to the north) has a higher 5G share (100%).

Colocation covers 3 supports.

Among the 61 Pas-de-Calais towns with at least five masts, Guines ranks 58th by mast count.

Supports split between 4 pylons and 1 building.

Figures above cover installations declared to ANFR as in service or technically operational, as of October 2026; approved projects are not counted.