Camping Port de Plaisance

The Somme Battlefield heartlands has lots of historical hotspots to explore: walk or bike into Péronne and tour the Museum of the Great War in the town’s 12th-century château, or take the Remembrance Trail to investigate the Somme Battlefields’ most important spots between Albert and Péronne, such as the Chapel of Remembrance and the Delville Wood South African National Memorial. Somme department capital Amiens, one of France's Towns and Lands of Art and History, is 50 minutes away. Famed for its mammoth Christmas market, the town is also acclaimed for its 13th-century cathedral (so splendid it's a UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Jules Verne House and its hortillonnages/ floating gardens. Golf fans will fit in well around here too: the Picardy region has plentiful golf courses to tee off at, coupled with tiptop views across green open countryside. For something slightly more scary, whitewater rafting at Picquigny, where you can also hire canoes, kayaks and paddleboards, is around 50 minutes away by car.