Activities

Our Village

• Château Bellinglise

• Church, Eglise Saint Flor

• Lavoir de la Fontaine Sorel

• War Memorial

• Bistrot/ Bar for local eats and atmosphere

• Forest walks centre & nature observation post

Nearby

• Restaurants: Les Chiens Rouges; La Petite Auberge; La Bergerie; Auberge du Mont Saint-Mard

• Compiègne Imperial Palace & Rose Garden

• Compiegne and Noyon for cathedrals, restaurants & out of town shopping

• Monde de Lili: indoor soft play centre for 3-12 year olds

• Speedpark: indoor karting, laser & bowling

• Majestic Multiplex cinema

• Domaine de Marqueglise: Fishing

• Montigny Grottos, Machemont

• Pierrefonds with its fairy tale medieval castle

• Zip line & treetop adventure

• Aerodrome de Compiègne-Margny

• Jet ski centre at Longueil-Sainte-Marie

• Quad biking

• Horse riding

• Archery

• Golf at Château Monchy-Humières

• Mennechet Chateau and Abbey at Chiry-Ourscamp

Day Trips

• Chantilly Royal Equestrian Château

• Senlis including Museum of Art and Archeology

• Paris (40 mins by direct train from Compiègne)

• Aéroville shopping mall, Roissy-en-France (50 mins)

• Asterix theme park (30mins)

• Mer de Sable theme park (30 mins)

• Disneyland Paris (1h30)

• Beaches of Normandy & Baie de Somme

• Guise and nearby Maison Familiale d'Henri Matisse museum

• Amiens including Picardie Museum

• Gerberoy one of France's listed villages of beauty

• Laon with its Resistance & Deportation museum

Local Festivities Year Round

• Epiphany: ("La Galette des Rois", frangipan cakes with hidden trinket "fève", 6 January)

• Mardi-Gras Carnival (parades, crêpes, waffles & beignets, Feb/March)

• Brocantes (bric-a-brac village markets, weekends March-October)

• National Music Day (street bands in villages and public spaces, 21 June)

• Feu de Saint Jean (Summer Solstice bonfire night, 24 June)

• Bastille Day (National holiday with village parties and fireworks,14 July)

• Lassigny Beach (2 weeks in July)

• Thourotte Beach (5 weeks during July and August)

• Christmas Markets (Compiègne, Noyon, Amiens and villages in December)